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The Academic side of Service
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By the Numbers
100
Corps Members in this program wear red shirts, have the potential to earn their federal work-study, are part-time AmeriCorps members, and serve pre-school children in low-income neighbors to ensure that every child enters school prepared to succeed.
What is JumpStart
100
This signature event welcomes new Colonials each September to GW, introducing them to the core value of service in the GW education, exposing them to their new home (the District of Columbia), and fostering a sense of community.
What is Freshman Day of Service & Convocation?
100
True or False: The Center hosts a seminar course each semester for interested faculty to learn more about service-learning pedagogy, course construction, and engage in conversations across disciplines to help build partnerships and collaborations.
What is True?
100
The Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service recently moved into this multi-office space joining 4 other student service offices.
What is Colonial Crossroads (5th floor of the Marvin Center)?
100
Every year the Public Service Grant Commission offers min-grants to support innovative student-led service initiatives. How much funding is available annually?
What is $20,000?
200
This program founded in October 2012 by a coalition of student organizations, faculty and staff will be adding a training component allowing members of the GW community to become CERT certified starting in the fall 2013.
What is GW Responds? (NOTE: CERT stands for Community Emergency Response Team)
200
This event during the holiday season brings joy and gifts to families in need. Last year, the GW community supported over 750 individuals.
What is Adopt-A-Family?
200
True or False: Service-learning is when a professor adds a volunteer service hour mandate to their class.
What is False?
200
In January 2013, the Center launched this new service hours tracking platform.
What is Noble Hour?
200
GW Alternative Breaks’ mission is to empower students, staff and faculty to understand their role in local and global communities through service-learning trips across many issue areas. How many international and domestic trips did Alternative Breaks support during the 2012-2013 academic year?
What is13? (5 Winter & 8 Spring)
300
This program fosters a collaborative and fun atmosphere of sustained community service within GW by connecting 200 incoming freshmen to service opportunities in the District during an immersive 2 ½ day experience.
What is Community Building Community (CBC)?
300
This week long event coordinated by a service-learning course typically includes a Poetry Slam, Food Drive, and a Hunger Banquet.
What is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week?
300
True or False: Service-learning can be integrated into courses in ANY of GW’s ten schools.
What is True?
300
In 2012 the Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service came under the umbrella of this branch at GW
What is OVPDI- Office of Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
300
How many academic service-learning courses are currently recognized at GW?
What is 45?
400
Almost 30% of third grade children do not pass standardized reading tests in DC. As adults, 36 % of DC residents function at the lowest level of literacy, functional illiteracy. This program is committed to meeting this challenge by providing quality tutoring for children in need.
What is DC Reads?
400
During this event held at the end of each semester, the Center brings together students, faculty, staff, and community partners to showcase and learn more about all of the service-learning efforts, projects, and research that have happen in that semester.
What is the Service-Learning Symposium?
400
Launched in 2010, these undergraduate and graduate students have a unique opportunity to learn about and support service-learning in higher education at GW, as well as the District of Columbia.
Who are the Service-Learning Scholars?
400
This GW twitter handle tweets information about Center programs, deadlines, GW and DC service events.
What is @GWService?
400
2013 marked an exciting year for our MLK Day of Service programming because of the inauguration activities and the anniversaries of both the Emancipation Proclamation (150th) and the March on Washington (50th). The Center for Civic Engagement & Public Service hosted two major service events in honor of the life and legacy of Dr. King. How many members of the GW community participated in MLK Day of Service events?
What is 1023?
500
About to celebrate its 20th anniversary in the fall, this on-going service program is getting re-imaged, retooled, and renamed. Tell us its current name and we will tell you it’s new one!
What is Neighbors Project?
500
At the end of each academic year, the Center hosts an event that recognizes students, faculty, staff, and community partners that went above and beyond in their dedication to civic engagement and our community. Commencement cords and the President’s Volunteer Service Award are typically presented at this event.
What is Celebration of Service?
500
This fellowship awards GW students with funds (up to $10,000) to bring creative concepts into practice that align with their respective academic goals. The award is a catalyst for new ideas and a way for students to turn their education into action. (Hint: It is named after the current University President)
What is the Steven and Diane Knapp Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Service-Learning?
500
Her career in academic service-learning and civic engagement began at the University of Pennsylvania and prior to joining GW as the executive director of the Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service she worked with Save the Children and directed Learn and Serve America at the Corporation for National and Community Service for nearly a decade.
Who is Amy Cohen?
500
During the 2012-13 academic year, the GW community completed how many hours of service?
What is 254,314 –(NOTE: Using the independent sector’s value of a volunteer hour in DC - $34.04/hr, this equates to an economic impact of $8,656,848.56)
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