• February−May 2026: The cohort engagement begins virtually, building community and deepening knowledge of stewardship efforts and strategies.
• June 15-19, 2026: The group will meet in Glacier National Park for a five-day/four-night field experience where we will study how rangers, Indigenous communities, scientists, and community members are engaging in productive and inclusive public land management and education.
• July−December 2026: The cohort will put into practice the lessons they’ve learned and collaborate on a compendium of their discoveries, while continuing to meet virtually.

• Dates: Monday, June 15, 2026 through Friday, June 19, 2026 (optional early arrival June 14 for a small additional fee, paid to Glacier Institute)
• Cost: $1950 per person. This includes all lodging, meals, and transportation to and from the Glacier Park International Airport and within the park.
• Lodging:  The Glacier Institute’s Field Camp is located inside Glacier National Park’s West Entrance. Field Camp consists of five rustic cabins with twin size beds that can house up to five guests each, however we limit the cohort to no more than 4 people per cabin. There is a separate community bathhouse that has private bathrooms with hot showers. There is also a community house with a fridge to store personal snacks and a fire pit for sharing stories.
• Alternative Lodging: If a shared cabin does not meet your needs, you may arrange alternate lodging at your own expense, and you will be responsible for getting to and from Field Camp each day. If you pursue this option, the full program fee still applies.
• Meals: All meals and snacks will be provided during the stay at Field Camp, and dietary modifications will be honored.
• Transportation: Participants are responsible for their own transportation to/from the Glacier Park International Airport (Kalispell, MT). The Glacier Institute will provide scheduled shuttle trips to and from the airport and their Field Camp during business hours. In-park transportation will be provided during the seminar. If you choose to drive to Glacier, we will arrange parking by the Glacier Field Camp.

Participants are required to join the full in-person field experience in Glacier National Park (June 15–19, 2026), virtual meetings before and after the trip, and produce a final deliverable that demonstrates how lessons from the program are applied on campus or in the community (e.g., syllabi, experiential learning plans, resource guides, scholarly article). The application is where participants begin outlining their proposed deliverable and confirming their commitment to the program.

Applications are open to all faculty, staff, and administrators from AASCU campuses and will be reviewed by program staff beginning December 1, 2025. Reviews continue until the 18-member cohort is full or until the final deadline of January 26, 2026—whichever comes first. Because space is limited, we encourage applicants to apply early. A spot in the program is confirmed only after payment is received.

AASCU will fully refund your payment if you provide Ellen Knutson a written refund request by January 16, 2026. After that date, refunds will not be issued.

Several years of assessments indicate that the Town Hall Meeting improves students learning of course content, changes students’ self-perception from an identification with high school notions of schooling as too often boring and meaningless to a college appropriate identification of schooling as relevant and part of students’ development as adult participants in a democracy, improves students’ civic participation, and increases students’ self-esteem.

By considering the city’s rich history in civil rights and economic justice, as well as the even more powerful desire for civility that has impacted our ability to have deep, community-wide discussion of the area’s struggles, this program explores the different traditions of participation that drive public policy, governance, and citizen engagement.

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Professional practice internship on voter registration, marketing, and increasing voter turnout among youth voters.

ADP invites rolling applications for this opportunity designed to give professionals/scholars in our network a national platform to develop their research and programmatic ideas. ADP Civic Fellows will be part of a cohort experience and will work closely with our director and steering committee to design and advance ADP national initiatives.

Each Fellow is expected to provide the following information to the ADP Director:

• A one-page proposal delineating the focus of your Civic Fellowship, including where ADP can assist you and your intended timeline and outcomes;
• Specify a one-or two-year appointment (both types are renewable);
• An overview report and an updated proposal at the halfway mark of your term, delineating your progress;
• A final report at the conclusion of your term, which can be leveraged to re-start the Civic Fellowship;
• Updates to the Steering Committee and the larger ADP community about your project as needed.
• Participate in calls with the ADP Director
• Participate in the ADP Steering Committee as an ex officio member during  the term of the fellowship.

If you are interested in joining as a team to be in the Civic Fellow program, the only modification would be that you ask one member of your team to be the Steering Committee ex officio member. All reports that you provide would be as a team and quarterly calls would ideally include the full team.