Summer Semester 2012 positions will open for ALL programs on Friday, April 27, 2012.
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Michigan State University is Nominee for the first Michigan Campus Compact Engaged Campus of the Year Award!
On Wednesday, April 18, MSU will be among nine colleges and universities in the state recognized as finalist nominees for the first Michigan Campus Compact (MCC) Engaged Campus of the year award, http://www.micampuscompact.org/. The winner of the award will be announced at the Michigan Non-Profit Association 2012 Giving and Volunteering Celebration at the State Capitol, 11:00AM-1:00PM; (Celebration: 11:00-12:00. Lunch: 12:00-1:00).
The MCC Engaged Campus of the Year Award recognizes the best efforts and accomplishments in meeting national Campus Compact’s Indicators of Engagement. Campus Compact’s Indicators of Engagement were created to help campuses achieve broader institutionalization of civic and community engagement and to identify, document and disseminate best practices of civic engagement that demonstrate successful strategies. Indicators measure, document and recognize community and civic engagement in the areas of Institutional Culture, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty Roles and Rewards, Mechanisms and Resources, and Community-Campus Exchange, http://www.compact.org/indicators-of-engagement-project-categories-page/?zoom_highlight=indicators. MSU is honored to have been nominated for this important award!
Please see the video clip above for more details. — Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend the 2012 Giving and Volunteering Celebration. Please e-mail servlrn@msu.edu, if you plan attend. Please include your full name, your role with the university, and contact information. Please also note if you be attending from 11:00-1:00 for the Celebration and lunch, or for the Celebration only from 11:00-12:00. RSVP’s are needed by 12:00PM on Wed., April 11.– You are asked to please wear your Spartan green to the event!
Congratulations to Julia Ruggirello! Julia is the winner of a $1,000 Scholarship through the MSU Big Ten Network LiveBIG! Julia will receive her LiveBIG scholarship at the MSU Football Spring Game (formerly Green and White game) on April 28th!
- Julia Ruggirello – C.A.R.E. (Community Action and Response Experience) WINNER
Congratulations to the runners up:
- Hannah Berning – Chum Therapeutic Riding
- Kaitlyn Hlywa – MSU Tower Guard
- Sarah Valente – Mt. Hope United Methodist Church
- Stephen Vorenberg – Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Visit the BTN LiveBIG site, http://www.btnlivebig.com/ to read descriptions of their service contributions.
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) (For more information on what VITA does visit their website)
MSU Student Recognized for Investment in the Community
Anna Orsini, a senior in the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, was recently named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact. Orsini is one of 135 students from 30 states who was recognized for her investment in finding solutions for challenges facing communities throughout the country. Read more…
MSU Students to Receive Michigan Campus Compact Award for Community Service Read more…
MSU Curricular Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Awards
The MSU Curricular Service-Learning and Civic Engagement Awards have been bestowed on 24 recipients in 14 of the university’s 17 degree-granting colleges at a ceremony on Friday, November 5, 2010 at the University Club in East Lansing.
The annual award recognizes innovative and/or sustained effort in the area of academic, curricular or co-curricular service-learning/civic engagement that is specifically linked with the mission and efforts of the college. Read more…
A special Thank You to the MSU Federal Credit Union for their generous financial support for transportation of service-learning students!
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MSU Receives 2008 Presidential Award for Community Service
Thank you for your on-going partnership with and support of MSU Service-Learning and the America Reads/ America Counts tutoring initiatives! The CSLCE is pleased to share that our joint efforts have led to MSU receiving the Presidential Award for Community Service – the highest award a college/university can receive from the federal government for service!
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The MSU Center for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement (CSLCE) has a long and dedicated history of linking students and faculty to community. The CSLCE assists students, faculty/staff, and community partners at every step of the way to create and manage service and engagement opportunities by:
- Linking students with appropriate service opportunities and providing orientation sessions regarding program expectations, logistics, safety, and other pertinent information
- Assisting faculty in integrating service-learning, community and civic engagement into courses
- Working with community partners to establish and enhance requested service opportunities
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