Welcome Back!

Welcome back, everyone! What a summer it's been! There's been lots of construction here on campus (with the total renovation of Stearns Student Center... we're crossing our fingers for an October grand opening!), and plenty of exciting developments here at the Center for Service Learning!

We're glad to welcome back our graduate assistant and America Reads/Mentoring Programs Coordinator, Courtney! We are still looking for Reading Partners... stop by today and pick up an application. We're seeking both work-study students and volunteers for the the America Reads Program.

It's shaping up to be another great year of the Bonner Leader Program here at JSC, too! We are currently accepting applications for new Bonner Leaders (from JSC students in the class of 2011 and 2012), and they're due back to us on September 15th, 2008. We're glad to be welcoming our new Bonner Coordinator, Jesse Osmun. (Click the link to give him, and the rest of our staff, a shout!) Jesse will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day Bonner Program operations, from placement of students at organizations to running trainings. Welcome Jesse!


We've been gearing up for another great year of Break Away! This summer, I visited the organization we'll be headed to in January 2009 as our international Break Away site. Our student co-chairs, Kyla and Jenni, have been hard at work lining up sites for our trips within the USA, site leader training, and fundraising events. We have a great group of site leaders ready to head up all our adventures. Applications are available today--so stop by and pick one up! We also hope to have them available online shortly. (Check back here for a link).

We also have a number of great local one-time service projects and events coming up--check out the events here on the blog for more information! We hope to see you all very soon, and hope you'll get involved this year!