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THE BENEFITS OF SERVICES
Volunteering is a great way to relate your academic pursuits to real life. Take what you learn in the classroom and apply it in the real world. Don't know what you want to be when you grow up? Volunteering is a great way to get a sense of your career options, get experience, and gain insight into your career goals. Whether you volunteer for fun or for experience, you'll acquire valuable skills and knowledge, and volunteering looks great on your resume!
Students who volunteer become more civically minded and socially responsible. THey are better able to recognize matters of public concern and take action to address these issues. Likewise, volunteering allows you to network with local agency representatives; you will acquire professional references as well as greatly increase your chance of a job offer.
To learn more about the value of volunteering, visit Service Learning Central.
Students In Service Educational Award Do you want to earn money for school? Do you, or would you, like to participate in volunteer service? The Students in Service Education Award is a great way to get money for college while serving your community. The Office of Service Learing & Career Development in partnership with the Student Health and Counseling Center is offereing scholarships to dedicated students interested in volunteer work and community engagement.
Program Pupose The purpose of the Students in Service program is to meet critical community needs by engaging higher education students in service, and fostering within them an ethic of civic responsibility. Through the program, students are introduced to local, regional, and national service-learning opportunities, resulting in a regional network of student leaders committed to serving and strenghening their local communities. Students serve in partnership with schools and community-based organizations in the areas of education, human needs/services, public safety and homeland security, and environmental initiatives. With rising tuition costs, and competing interests, Students in Service strives to make service a viable opportunity for students.
Terms of Service and Education Awards To this end, Students in Service offers students the opportunity to choose one of three terms of services (essentially, the number of hours s/he agrees to complete). Upon successful completion of a term of service, students are eligible for an Education Award (scholarship), which can be applied towards outstanding student loans or the cost or attendance at a college or university.
The Education Award amount varies, depending on the term of service:
Students in Service can support a variety of engagement efforts, including:
Students in Service History Students in Service, an AmeriCorps program of Washionton Campus Compact (WACC), began in 1997 as the HELP (Higher Education Learning Parnters) program with funding from the Corporation for the National & Community Service (CNCS). With goals to foster civic engagement among higher education students, promote the national service movement, and encourage positive relationshps between campuses and communities, the program initially targeted students on Member campuses in Washington. It later expanded to include Campus Compact students in California, Hawai'i, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and Oregon. To date, thousands of students have served their communities in the Western region.
To learn more about the Students in Service Education Awards visit: http://www.studentsinservice.org/ or contact he Office of Service Learning & Career Development at slcd@wou.edu or call 8-8432.
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