DSE
Any student who volunteers, regardless of whether it is an ongoing occurrence or a one-time event, MUST fill out this every year for each program you participate in, even if you did it last year.
What is a Student Waiver and Release of Liability form?
This is the community engagement platform where students log impact hours, connect with community partners, join service clubs, and connect with volunteer opportunities
What is EngageDeis!
A program where children are matched with a Brandeis student who shares common activities and quality time together ranging from playing sports, doing homework, or attending special events at Brandeis.
What is Big Siblings?
This is a disability awareness group that works to build relationships and connections between the families of children with disabilities and Brandeis students.
What is SPECTRUM?
Required to be hosted by programs at least once each year, these are an opportunity for each program to work with their community to educate, advocate, and further the work on the larger systemic issue their program is designed to address. The guidelines entail including BOTH an educational component and action step. Programs should reevaluate these every year to ensure community needs and systemic changes are reflected, and should collaborate with other WG programs, clubs, and community orgs whenever possible.
What is Community Action Program (formerly Educational Outreach & Advocacy)?
This will provide volunteers with non-program specific information about risk management, volunteer expectations, waivers, Department of Student Engagement programs, as well as leadership opportunities. All Waltham Group volunteers must complete this once during their time volunteering at Brandeis.
What is the All Volunteer Training?
What does CTSA stand for and how many hours must you log to receive a Bronze, Silver, or Gold medal?
What is Commitment to Service Award
Bronze: 300 hours
Silver: 600 hours
Gold: 900 hours
These two programs provide after school programs for Waltham middle school students from both McDevitt and Kennedy Middle Schools.
What are LaCE and Afternoon Enrichment?
This program has had several successful collaborations with other student organizations to host creative programming for the kids, such as the Prosthesis Club, Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, BeWISE, and the Robotics club.
What is JBA?
This policy typically lasts for one month, and includes two check-in meetings with the Waltham Group President and/or House Rep, as well as weekly check-in emails that must be responded to with 48 hours.
What is the Probation Policy?
Currently as it is written, Coordinators will go on probation if:
-They miss two MNMs without making them up
-They do not have valid reasons for missing two MNMs (ex. forgot it)
-They do not make up Team Day
-They do not have a valid reason for missing Team Day (ex. woke up late)
This is a Leadership & Mentorship Program for BIPOC college and Waltham high school students. The program hopes to foster educational, leadership, mentorship, and professional development opportunities.
What is Roses in Concrete?
What is COMPACT's full name?
What is the Center for Community Partnerships and Civic Transformation
This program has hosted mini days of service at Drumlin Farms, and Stanley and Plympton elementary schools.
What is Community Connections?
This program volunteers on Fridays with the Community Day Center of Waltham.
What is Hunger and Homelessness?
Within 24 hours of an incident and/or emergency occurring (after first contacting the police, getting in touch with Sam, and following all appropriate protocols), Coordinators should always following up by submitting the following.
What is an incident report?
These are the four 2021-2022 CEAP Ambassadors.
Who are Destiny Kluck (Partnerships & Campus Outreach), Charlotte Li (Training & Volunteer Retention), Nadia Romanazzi (Assessment & Coalition Building), and Jolecia Saunderson (Advocacy & Civic Engagement)?
Open to students in any major, this program builds connections between the curriculum and co-curriculum, creates a cohort of undergraduates committed to community service and civic engagement, and enables them to benefit from community-connected teaching, learning, and research.
What is the Community Engaged Scholars Program
What does LEAP stand for?
Language Empowering Action Project
This program now consistently includes an entire reading and literacy section in their program specific volunteer trainings, as well as has a robust library that is organized by reading level for the kids they meet with.
What is Prospect Hill Kids' Club?
These are the four Waltham Group Houses
House 1: Health & Human Services
House 2: Mentoring & Tutoring
House 3: Housing, Environment & Advocacy
House 4: After School Programs
Name 5 of the 8 Department Of Student Engagement full-time staff members
Who is:
Matt Galewski
Teri Tozzi
Bridget Summit
Deepa Khatri
Sammy Ghansah
Leigh Hilderbrandt
Samantha de Melim
Taisha White
How much grant funding can a Rich/Collins Fellow apply for?
What is $4,000
This organization is the primary community partner for Brandeis Buddies.
What is Opportunities for Inclusion?
This program is the newest of the 20 Waltham Group Programs
What is Advocates for Community Transformation
These are the 9 Waltham Group E-Board positions (and their names).
What is:
Donna DeChambeau, President
Ashna Kelkar, Vice President
Olivia Combs, House 1 Representative
Najla Khan, House 2 Representative
Hanna Riseman, House 3 Representative
Emma Matthews, House 4 Representative
Zoe Lazar, Community & Social Justice Coordinator
Rachel Bindman, Community Building Coordinator
Irina Znamirowski, Volunteer Engagement Coordinator