Posted by Jessica on November 19, 2009 in Volunteering
Interested in being a Team Leader for Alternative Spring Break? APPLY NOW!
Give Where You Live: Show That You Care Alternative Spring Break provides students with an opportunity to help the Buffalo community over their spring break. This week long initiative gives students the opportunity to take part in a number of volunteer, social, and educational opportunities to help make the Buffalo community a safer and better place. This program requires an application and an interview with a CSLCE staff member. All students selected to participate will be provided on-campus housing. This program is a great way to give back to your local community, get to know other people, continue to grow as a leader and work as a team. The next Alternative Spring Break program will take place during the week of March 6-12, 2010. A blog was created during the 2009 Alternative Spring Break program. Feel free to read about the Alternative Spring Break experience from the students’ perspectives.
All applications must be turned in to Center for Student Leadership & Community Engagement. Interviews will be scheduled as applications are received. For more information, as well as the application please go to http://leadership.buffalo.edu . If there are any specific questions please email Brian Magee at lead.brianmag@vpsa.buffalo.edu
Posted by Jessica on November 19, 2009 in Volunteering
SATURDAY OF SERVICE: CLASSISM AND HIGHER ED
DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 @ 8:45 AM- 2:00 PM
LOCATION: STUDENT UNION LOBBY
SPONSORED BY: CENTER FOR STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Students will be working with Buffalo Prep and their students. Buffalo Prep has 2 purposes: (1) to help bright, economically disadvantaged minority students prepare for, obtain and excel in demanding college-preparatory high schools, and (2) to help our partner private, independent and exam-based public schools recruit, embrace and take advantage of a more diverse student body. UB Students will be working in small groups with Buffalo Prep Students to talk about the college experience. To find out more about Buffalo Prep and about “Classism and Access to Higher Education”, please come to the SITE Workshop on Tuesday, November 17th from 5:30-6:30pm in 240 Student Union.
For more information on this event, please visit: https://www.student-affairs.buffalo.edu/leadership/sos.php
The Student Association Environmental Department is looking for students of all years and majors to join our team and help make a difference in sustainability here at UB. We are currently recruiting for 9 positions where you will have the chance to work with students, SA staff and University Administrators to make real changes on the trip to Climate Neutrality.
Did you know that by 2030, UB has committed to have no net impact on the environment? Be a part of the team working to make this happen. Find out more and fill out an application at http://www.sa.buffalo.edu/environmental/.
Applications are due by noon on Friday, November 20th.
We look forward to receiving your application and working together to make a difference. Good luck, and hope to see you soon!
Christopher Llop
Posted by Elizabeth on November 16, 2009 in Volunteering
The Student Association Environmental Department
is looking for students of all grades and majors to join our team and help make a difference in sustainability here at UB. We are currently recruiting for 9 positions where you will have the chance to work with students, SA staff and University Administrators to make real changes on the trip to Climate Neutrality.
Did you know that by 2030, UB has committed to have no net impact on the environment? Be a part of the team working to make this happen. Find out more and fill out an application at http://www.sa.buffalo.edu/environmental/. Applications are due by noon on Friday, November 20th.
Posted by Jessica on October 19, 2009 in Volunteering
Paul Chetney, of the Museum of disABILITY History at People Inc., is looking for a volunteer student assistant. He is currently researching disability legislation passed for the handicapped from the time of President Franklin D. Rooselvelt. He would like a volunteer student assistant to help him with searching the internet and compiling information and research on lobbyists and grants on Person-Centered Planning. He needs a student with strong computer skills to assist him with this information gathering.
For more information on the museum, visit their website at www.museumofdisablity.org.
For more information on this volunteer position, please contact Paul Chetney at pcheteny@people-inc.org.
Posted by Jessica on April 22, 2009 in Volunteering
Paul Chetney, of the Museum of disABILITY History at People Inc., is looking for a volunteer student assistant. He is currently researching legislation passed for the handicapped from the time of President Franklin D. Rooselvelt. He would like a volunteer student assistant to help him with using the internet and compiling information and issues on the computer.
For more information on the museum, visit their website at www.museumofdisablity.org. For more information on this volunteer position, please contact Paul Chetney at pcheteny@people-inc.org.
The Office of Residence Life, in conjunction with the Honors College, is pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for participants in the Shared Interest Housing (SIH) Honors Corps in Governors Complex. This opportunity is open to students in good standing in both the Honors College and within Residence Life who are interested in playing an active role in the Honors community and in the Residence Life community. Participants are expected to be available to tutor peers for 2 to 4 hours per week as well as collaborate in the planning and implementation 6 educational and community service initiatives per semester. This opportunity is available to all majors.
Accepted participants for this voluntary leadership opportunity will be assigned to a desirable first-floor suite in the Governors Complex, without taking part in the housing lottery process.
Applications will be available January 23th at the Honors College office at 214 Talbert Hall and are due by February 10th to Nigel Marriner.
Posted by Jessica on December 15, 2008 in Volunteering
The Atlantic Whale Foundation is a British registered charity (Number 1076270), registered office: St Martins House, 59 St Martins Lane, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 4JS. It was founded to continue the work of Spanish environmental agency, Proyecto Ambiental Tenerife and works primarily towards helping to make Tenerife´s whale watching industry a global example of best practice. Activities revolve around education, conservation and research initiatives. The charity is volunteer led.
This year we are embarking on an extension of activities to harness the energies and abilities of our volunteer networks in helping to fund and run conservation projects around the world, be they supporting communities under threat, nature or the environment. The Global Volunteer & Projects database , WhaleFund and pages on Social Entrepreneurship are all expressions of these efforts. From our new base in Arona, recently renovated and refitted with the latest technology we are looking to ¨make a difference¨ on a global stage.
http://www.whalenation.org/index.asp
Posted by Jessica on December 15, 2008 in Volunteering
This summer: June 6 - August 1, 2009
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
****PRIORITY DEADLINE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS - FEBRUARY 5, 2009***
Students are encouraged to apply by the priority deadline of February 5, 2009 for this summer’s Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service. The institute is a dynamic summer program for undergraduate students interested in volunteerism and careers in the nonprofit sector. This fast-paced Institute offers a rigorous combination of professional experience, academic learning and service projects that will provide students with an unparalleled experience in the nation’s capital.
· Internships - Competitive placements with leading nonprofit organizations
· Classes - Up to 9 credit hours from Georgetown University
· Housing - Furnished on-campus apartments
· Service - Variety of hands-on community projects
· Guest Lectures - With Washington’s top nonprofit executives and scholars
· Leadership Development - Leadership, mentoring and career building activities
· Scholarships - Over half of all students receive full or partial funding
· Networking - With hundreds of other top student and nonprofit leaders from around the world
Applications will be reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis until the final deadline of March 5, 2009. For more information on this exciting opportunity or to start an online application, please visit the website at http://www.dcinternships.org/IPVS/about/index.asp
Questions about the program or the application process may be directed to Mary Connell, Manager of Recruitment and Admissions, by phone at1-800-741-6964 or via email at mconnell@tfas.org.
Posted by Jessica on November 24, 2008 in Volunteering
Schofield Residence is looking for a responsible student(s) to oversee a 1,000 + letter writing campaign to our state legislators re: cuts to Medicaid & other healthcare benefits. This would probably appeal to political science, communication or social work majors. We will provide the supplies and postage, educate the students on the issues at hand, and will provide draft letters for the student (s) to work with.
The student(s) would contact & guide those residents in our skilled nursing facility who are capable of writing letters. They would also contact and assist the family members of these residents to write letters. In addition, they would work on-site with the 200 participants in our Adult Day Health Care Program at our downtown Sheehan Health Network location. We would also have them work with our staff to reach the nearly 400 patients in our home health care services. We anticipate they would work one on one with the individuals in our programs to determine who their legislators are and to compose & mail these letters. They would also help us in tracking response to the letter writing campaign.
Right now the timing of the need is uncertain, however we anticipate the budget process will be on a fast track and we will need to begin work on this project in December and could be completed as early as the end of January. If this was the case and the student required more hours, we will have them assist with our community relations efforts in other areas.
Some could be done in person & some via telephone. The student(s) would certainly need an outgoing personality and the desire to help advocate on behalf of the frail elderly and disabled population served by our programs. He/she/they would work under the direction Laura Mondello, Director of Community Relations and Volunteer Services at ext. 316.
If interested in this opportunity, please contact:
Mary Lou Tarquini de la Plante
Asst. Director of CR&VS
Schofield Residence
3333 Elmwood Ave.
Kenmore, NY 14217
716-874-1566 ext. 324
mldelaplante@schofieldcare.org
