Welcome to the Community Service Office
Congratulations to our PA Scholars!
Congratulations to our 2011-2012 PA scholars for the hours of service they have completed! Christine Friis '12 has completed 450 hours of service and Alyssa Ramos-Reynoso '12 and Dao La '13 will be completing their 300 hours of service by the end of August. PA scholars for the 2012-2013 school year will be Caroline Dunn, Max Kulp, Chris Baines, Alex Mykijewycz, Stephanie Oddi, Mara Domider and Samantha Maguire.
A New Mural in Downtown Glenside!
Arcadia students Caroline Caldwell, Jamie Lee Dagan, Amanda Martinez, Amy Perdue, Kaytria Stauffer and Kat Wagner were honored for the completion of a mural to enhance a 1916 Beaux-Art style building that had fallen into decline after a fire. This project enhanced the relationship between Arcadia University and the Glenside community.
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Alternative Spring Break In Immokalee!
This year, Arcadia Community Service traveled to Immokalee, FL for ASB. Immokalee is a city in southern Florida. It is a town made up predominately of migrant workers, many of whom are living impoverished lives and are unable to afford homes, or upkeep for the homes they may have. In Immokalee, 32 Arcadia volunteers worked with agencies such as Habitat for Humanity, IHope, and the Guadalupe Center working on home construction for homes both new and old, as well as working with preK children.
Check Out Volunteer Opportunities on SweatMonkey
Sign up for your own student account at SweatMonkey, a new way to check out volunteer opportunities that are going on at Arcadia University. SweatMonkey is also used to track how many community service hours you've put in, all of the details and information you need and much more. More information and instructions.
Arcadia Community Service Receives Presidential Award!
The Corporation for National and Community Service has named Arcadia University to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. Selection to the honor roll is recognition from the highest levels of the federal government of Arcadia’s commitment to service and civic engagement on the campus and in the world.
“President Obama has pledged to make service a central cause of his administration and wishes to commemorate the significant role that higher institutions, their students, staff, and faculty play in helping to solve pressing social problems in the nation’s communities,” according to the Honor Roll website.
Each year, beginning with New Student Orientation, Arcadia students, faculty, staff and alumni perform thousands of hours of community service.
Annual projects include:
- America Reads Challenge
- Empty Bowl Benefit Dinner
- Alternative Winter Break Trips
- Alternative Spring Break Trips
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
- Dr. Seuss Day
- Operation Holiday
- Interfaith Hospitality Network
- Collections
Arcadia also was named to the 2008 and 2009 Honor Roll. The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, launched in 2006, annually recognizes institutions of higher education for their commitment to and achievement in community service. The President’s Honor Roll increases the public’s awareness of the contributions that colleges and their students make to local communities and the nation as a whole.
New Way to See Volunteer Opportunities:
Coming soon will be Community Services very own Virtual Volunteer Fair. There, potential volunteers will be able to see a virtual rendition of opportunities currently available. This is to help people better aware of the opportunities available more so than just a textual description.
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