Posts Tagged ‘Civic Engagement’
SU Students Help First Year Students Transition to College Life
Katrina Aberizk served on the Dean’s Team, helping out with a professor’s forum for freshman. She enjoyed the opportunity to work with incoming students. She wrote that, “I feel as if I made a great impression on the students in Professor Himes’ First Year Forum. It was refreshing and reassuring that they all felt comfortable…
Read MoreStar of Television and Radio
Eileen Spath ’14 hosts a morning radio show on WJPZ. She is on air live giving you the day’s weather, introducing songs, and sharing local and national news. As a morning show host, Eileen researches entertainment news – everything from what’s happening with Kate and Will to what Justin Beiber has been up to lately. She and her co-hosts take calls, play…
Read MoreLooking for the Perfect Civic Engagement Placement?
The Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service is the perfect place to start. Located in the Schine Student Center, the staff at the Shaw Center will listen to who you are and help you find the placement that is best for you. And now even better, the Shaw Center has…
Read MoreCivic Engagement: Make it part of your New Year’s Resolution list!
Vincent House serves a population of low-income families on the West Side of Syracuse. Through Vincent House, students are provided many educational and social activities that will enhance development in both areas. Kelsey Cappetta, the Volunteer Coordinator at Vincent House writes, “Our after-school program is for children ages 5 to12. The program runs Monday through Friday…
Read MoreIvan Dives In
Ivan Bakin, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Honors Program, volunteered at the Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery located in Elbridge, NY. Only twenty minutes off campus, the Hatchery has been operating since 1938 when it was created by the joint efforts of Onondaga County and the U.S.…
Read MoreTutoring Program at Nottingham High School Looking for Volunteers
The English tutoring program at Nottingham High School seeks to improve social literacy by providing academic tutoring and mentorship to “English as a Second Language” students. Tutors will help Nottingham High School students from all over the world, and with a variety of backgrounds. Honors Alumnus, John Cardone ’11, started the program in Fall 2010. …
Read MoreHonors Student at the Great NYS Fair!
Ashley Burke volunteered at the New York State fair, working with area 4 H members. 4-H represents a partnership between the Cornell University Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Human Ecology and county Cornell Cooperative Extension Associations. 4-H helps youth ages 5-19 to develop and apply useful knowledge and skills, as well as positive attitudes…
Read MoreHonors Students Receive as They Give
Like thousands of others during the holiday season, Honors student Brian Cheung helped out at The Samaritan Center, serving dinner to the needy. He said that the experience reminded him of the importance of charities in the community. He commented that, “It was nice to see exactly how many people rely on the Samaritan Center as…
Read MoreCivic Engagement in Italy!
Alison Joy worked in a grape vineyard on the coast of Liguria, Italy which was devestated by flooding last October. Here’s how she describes her experience: Saturday morning, we woke at 6:30; got ready; quickly dined on yogurt, cereal, pastries and hot coffee; and then took the train to Vernazza to meet Michele and Brittany.…
Read MorePlease take part in this genocide awareness campaign
I’ve blogged about this before, and now the folks at Community Folk Arts Center are coming right up the hill to us to encourage participation. PLEASE take some time out to take part. Get a picture of yourself making or holding the bone you make and submit it with your online civic engagement hours form…
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