Those Who Have a Heart for Service
Sarah Spaulding
Issue date: 11/23/09 Section: News
If students have a knack for enriching the lives of others through community service, SNC highly encourages them to embrace the resources that are available on campus.
The Center for Community and Learning Service (CCLS) offers resources, ideas and opportunities for students seeking to promote the common good. Under the direction of Dan Robinson, the CCLS informs students of post-graduate volunteer services.
The CCLS hosted a post-graduate voluntary service panel and luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Students interested in pursuing volunteer work after graduation were warmly invited to the luncheon. There they heard SNC faculty and staff discuss their experiences of post-graduate volunteering.
The various stories told were highly affective and addressed key fundamentals of what volunteering is all about.
Dr. Tynisha Meidl, assistant professor of teacher education, talked about her experience as a summer intern for Teach for America, a non-profit organization that strives to eliminate educational inequality. Meidl shared her story of Jose, a student she taught in the classroom who had discipline problems outside of class. He was a fourth grader reading at a kindergarten level and also struggled with math.
Meidl reflected: "I know he had more potential and I had to be more intentional."
Meidl worked with Jose, who was placed in a special education program and became unhappy about that. Later, Meidl realized all he had to do was be read to. From then on, Meidl read math problems to Jose. That is how he passed and improved his math skills.
"I will never forget reading a math problem to Jose, and him saying 'let me read the next one to you,"' said Meidl.
Mr. Jeremy Doughty, study abroad advisor and an alum of SNC, spent 27 months in Kiev, Ukraine working for the Peace Corp. in 2005. He recommends applying right away if interested in joining the Peace Corp. because the application takes between nine months to a year to fill out.
The Center for Community and Learning Service (CCLS) offers resources, ideas and opportunities for students seeking to promote the common good. Under the direction of Dan Robinson, the CCLS informs students of post-graduate volunteer services.
The CCLS hosted a post-graduate voluntary service panel and luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 18. Students interested in pursuing volunteer work after graduation were warmly invited to the luncheon. There they heard SNC faculty and staff discuss their experiences of post-graduate volunteering.
The various stories told were highly affective and addressed key fundamentals of what volunteering is all about.
Dr. Tynisha Meidl, assistant professor of teacher education, talked about her experience as a summer intern for Teach for America, a non-profit organization that strives to eliminate educational inequality. Meidl shared her story of Jose, a student she taught in the classroom who had discipline problems outside of class. He was a fourth grader reading at a kindergarten level and also struggled with math.
Meidl reflected: "I know he had more potential and I had to be more intentional."
Meidl worked with Jose, who was placed in a special education program and became unhappy about that. Later, Meidl realized all he had to do was be read to. From then on, Meidl read math problems to Jose. That is how he passed and improved his math skills.
"I will never forget reading a math problem to Jose, and him saying 'let me read the next one to you,"' said Meidl.
Mr. Jeremy Doughty, study abroad advisor and an alum of SNC, spent 27 months in Kiev, Ukraine working for the Peace Corp. in 2005. He recommends applying right away if interested in joining the Peace Corp. because the application takes between nine months to a year to fill out.
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