Penn State students from all majors have a new way to volunteer, thanks to a partnership developed between the Human Development and Family Studies Undergraduate Student Organization (HDFS USO) and the Centre County Youth Service Bureau (YSB). The partnership will provide volunteer opportunities that can positively impact the lives of children from Centre County. (more)
The 2009 Fresh START Day of Service for first-year, change-of-campus and transfer students at Penn State's University Park campus is an opportunity for students to build new and lasting friendships, get involved at Penn State and in the surrounding communities and learn a few things through service. The event is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 29 in Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center. (more)
A group of students from seven Penn State colleges are spending part of the summer in Nyeri, Kenya to work on three humanitarian engineering and social entrepreneurship projects, Mashavu, WishVast and Eco-Village. These projects seek to bring technology to people in this region and demonstrate how it can affect their lives in positive ways. In this excerpt, recent College of IST graduates Anthony Zmoda (Mashavu team) and Steve Garguilo (WishVast team), discuss the students' arrival in Kenya. (more)
The State College Area Food Bank received a donation of more than $3,500, thanks to an innovative "Iron Chef" fundraising event hosted on Saturday, March 28, by the Nutrition Graduate Student Association (NGSA). For photos, visit http://live.psu.edu/stilllife/2017 online. (more)
For many undergraduate students in the College of Health and Human Development, spring break is not just a respite from classes and studying; it's a time to make a difference. Students spent their weeklong break volunteering in parts of the world that need assistance the most -- from New Orleans to Honduras, South Africa and Haiti. (more)
New students, same pods. New approach, same mission. Students, faculty members and staff from Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, will spend the week in Gulfport, Miss., as the college's alternative spring break (ASB) program once again leads the multi-campus initiative to help residents clean up and rebuild after Hurricane Katrina and the other natural disasters that have affected the area. Penn State Behrend's ASB 2009 is scheduled for March 8-13. "During ASB 2009, Penn State students from across the Commonwealth will have the opportunity to work with each other side by side for one common goal -- to selflessly help those in need," said Cynara Stubbs, who is coordinator of the Center for Service at Penn State Behrend and responsible for organizing this annual multi-campus alternative spring break trip. (more)
For most college students, spring break means time away from classes, sunning on the beach, or just relaxing at home with friends and family. Not so for 11 Penn State Harrisburg undergraduate students who are giving up that restful week in March to aid Mississippi residents continuing to suffer from the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. (more)
In recognition and celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and the National Day of Service Project, 10 Penn State Greater Allegheny students joined other Penn State students from around southwestern Pennsylvania to participate in group service projects. (more)
The ninth National Outreach Scholarship Conference will be held Oct. 7-9 at Penn State's University Park campus. The conference serves as a forum to advance outreach scholarship and strengthen cooperation between the university and the public, as well as a way to provide an opportunity for critical reflection on the public mission and work of an academic institution. (more)
It doesn't take long to make a bed, and the more volunteers spreading sheets and fluffing pillows for the 2,500-plus Special Olympians and coaches due on the Penn State Campus for the annual Summer Games, the faster the work can be finished. Jeff Smith, executive director of finance, facilities, and information systems for Penn State Outreach and one of the volunteer coordinators for the Summer Games, said that preparation for the four-day event begins days before the athletes arrive with lining up volunteers for dozens of pre-game activities. (more)
