Kari Hendrickson ’18 was kind enough to share a guest post about her recent service trip to New Orleans. Kari is a mathematics ASPIRE major (she will earn both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in five years) from Saugerties, N.Y. In her own words: “Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve”, said by Martin Luther King Jr. is a quote I…
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Students spend spring break dedicated to service learning
Spring break is often thought of as a time to vacation and relax. For those students who believe in the importance of volunteer service, spring break is a time to give back. Each year, the Saint Rose Community Service Office offers Alternative Spring Breaks, service learning trips across the country. This year, 33 students traveled to three locations: San Francisco,…
Did You Know? – Grad Edition: The Community Service Office
Office: The College of Saint Rose Community Service Where: 950 Madison Avenue How: Stop in the office, call the Director of Community Service, Ken Scott at:(518) 458-5359, or email: communityservice@strose.edu Why: There are many reasons to get involved with service opportunities in the community. But did you know that The College of Saint Rose offers a place, right here on…
A nail gun, a shovel, and memories made: New Orleans 2014
The following is a guest post from two students that traveled to New Orleans on their 2014 alternative spring break. Drew Mancini ’16, communication sciences and disorders (CSD) major, writes in regular font. Meghan Mallon ’17, music education major, is in italics. A total of 13 students participated in the NOLA trip and they volunteered with lowernine.org rebuilding the community of…
The Office of Community Service: 100 Knights of Service
The Office of Community Serve hosted the 100 Knights of Service last month which hosted a variety of service opportunities while promoting our community service club, “Knights of Service”. Our goal was to have 100 St. Rose students volunteer during the first month of school. Last week volunteers went down to the First Lutheran Church to help serve a community ziti…