THE CENTER FOR
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND SERVICE-LEARNING
Who We Are
Katie Flowers: Director
Jeremy Wattles: Assistant Director
Shayne Feinberg, Program Coordinator
203 Trinity Hall x3825
E-mail serve@hws.edu
Where We Are
The Center is located on the
second floor of Trinity Hall.
MISSION STATEMENT:
We stand for learning
through service that
produces students who
are civically engaged and
graduates who the have
skills to be active global
citizens
VISION STATEMENT:
A sustained, engaged
relationship with the
community that
promotes positive
community change
and enhanced student
learning
COMPASS
Engaged
Citizenship
Civic
Leadership
Civic Engagement
Community Service
WHAT DOES CITIZENSHIP MEAN TO YOU?
Example: Service and Sustainability
you’re riding in a bus toward your service site in Canandaigua or Seneca Falls
and you see this:
your FY students ask you – what IS that? What do you say?
CITIZENSHIP
1. Personally Responsible Citizen
Regularly recycles on their own
2. Participatory Citizen
• Helps organize a recycling drive
3. Justice Oriented Citizen
• Explores why our culture has so much waste and acts
to solve root causes
•Geneva 2020 is an important effort to
advance the Geneva schools and build a
stronger community.
•By harnessing the resources of the entire
Geneva community – non-profit
organizations, businesses and individuals –
we can provide assistance in three key areas
identified by the Geneva City School District
as being critical to the future of Geneva’s
children
-graduation rate
-career/college readiness
-literacy
PREORIENTATION SERVICE
CCESL offers preorientation community service adventure trips,
where students have the opportunity to make friends and give back, for
example, we’ve helped build 4 houses with Habitat for Humanity since
2009. For more information, check out
http://www.hws.edu/studentlife/orientation/poap_trip.aspx
First Year Orientation Service
Projects
During Orientation,
First Year students
work on different
community service
projects together to
help the community
and build lasting
friendships at the same
time.
ANNUAL DAYS OF SERVICE:
Students, faculty, staff and community
members come together to perform acts
of service in and around the Geneva
community during these annual service
events.
HWS VOTES:
1. Voter Registration
2. Voter Education
3. Election Day
HWS Votes recruits volunteers
from a number of different
clubs and organizations on
campus:
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College Democrats
College Republicans
Campus Greens
Progressive Student Union
Women's Collective
William Smith Congress
Hobart Student Gov’t
HOLIDAY GIFT PROJECT
CCESL project where
gifts/money are
collected and used to
purchase holiday gifts
for needy families
THREE BLOOD DRIVES EACH YEAR:
Donate blood or
help organize the
blood drive!
COMMUNITY BARN SALE
Every spring after students move out, unwanted items are
collected and sold at a huge “yard sale.” All proceeds go to
Geneva 2020.
Funds raised as of 2015…$56,000
COMMUNITY LUNCH PROGRAM:
THURSDAYS IN OCTOBER AND FEBRUARY
Students, faculty and staff work together to prepare
and serve a hot meal for underprivileged people in the
community for 8 Thursdays during the school year.
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
The HWS chapter works with local organizations to aid in
the construction of safe housing for area residents. Email
habitat@hws.edu for more information!
ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK
Alternative spring break in March - students work on a project held
off-campus. Over the past few years, HWS students have gone to
Virginia, North Carolina, Nicaragua, Jamaica, Tennessee,
Pennsylvania, The Bronx, New Jersey and the Gulf Coast.
GENEVA HEROES
Geneva Heroes is a program
organized by HWS students
which teaches leadership and
teambuilding skills
to Geneva middle school
students while working on
service projects.
AMERICA READS!
A federal work study program which places
HWS tutors in six area schools. Tutors spend
one-on-one time with an elementary aged
student to help improve upon his/her reading
and writing skills and abilities.
AMERICA COUNTS
A federal work-study
program which
places HWS tutors at
the Geneva Middle
School. Tutors spend
one-on-one time
with a junior high
student to help
improve upon
his/her math skills.
GENEVA BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
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volunteers can contribute their time to working with our youth
Two locations
- Geneva Community Center (middle and high school aged students)
- Goodman Street club (elementary aged students)’
- Opportunities are available in the areas of
- recreation and sports,
- arts and crafts,
- drama, dance, music,
- leadership development,
- fundraising, special events,
- chaperoning, computer literacy training, clerical support and more!
GENEVA 2020 HOUSE
593 SOUTH MAIN STREET
The Geneva 2020 house seeks students committed to service,
educational equity, and youth empowerment.
House residents will complete a 30 hour per semester service
requirement, the majority of which will come from direct
engagement with Geneva’s children and public school
system.
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS
Helps local youth ages 6-16
meet their potential by
matching HWS students in
one-on-one mentoring
relationships
SERVICE-LEARNING @ HWS Colleges
Annually over 350 students enroll in close to 20 classes
Student Reported Benefits
1.
Develop real world
experience & skills
2. Critical thinking skills
3. Communication
4. Teamwork
5. Civic responsibility
6. Problem solving
7. Public speaking
8. Computer skills
9. Research skills
10. Analytical skills
10 Top Skills Employers
Want
1.
Written & Verbal
Communication skills
2. Interpersonal Skills
3. Motivation/Initiative
4. Strong work ethic
5. Teamwork skills
6. Analytical skills
7. Flexibility/Adaptability
8. Computer skills
9. Leadership skills
10. Organizational Skills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBLIuDTvrxs
COMMUNITY BASED RESEARCH
Students have the opportunity to collaborate with
community partners and faculty advisors on research
projects which have real community impact.
Service doesn’t end when classes do!
Summer of service Internship program – began in 2011 and has
engaged 23 student interns for 10 weeks in service to and with
local community partners…
The All-America City Award recognizes ten
communities annually for outstanding civic impact
and action planning.
Winning applicants demonstrate innovation,
inclusiveness, civic engagement, and cross sector
collaboration by describing successful efforts to
address pressing local challenges
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A LIFETIME OF ENGAGED CITIZENSHIP