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Building partnerships:. Students and community organizations. College students and community. high rates of volunteering nationally, 29% in Virginia strong culture of service at William and Mary local, hometown, domestic, international. how are students engaged?. short-term investment - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Building partnerships:Building partnerships:Students and community organizations

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College students and community

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how are students engaged?how are students engaged?

high rates of volunteering nationally, 29% in Virginia

strong culture of service at William and Mary

local, hometown, domestic, international

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challenges of working with challenges of working with student volunteersstudent volunteers

short-term investmentlearning to prioritizedeveloping skill settime to trainwanting to change the world, needing to

stuff the envelopestransportation access

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benefits of college student benefits of college student volunteersvolunteers

energy and enthusiasmunderstanding of social issues, connection

to academicsopenness to learningflexibilityactivismsharing awareness with others

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our approach

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meeting community needsmeeting community needs

all service needs to be directed by the community

service should be helpful to the community, not created to fulfill the student’s wish to serve

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measurable impactmeasurable impact

striving for projects that address needs successfully

developing ways to measure impact◦work plans and agreements

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training and guiding studentstraining and guiding students

community partners provide orientation and training to new students

guidance when things go astray or when they go well

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co-educators in an experiential co-educators in an experiential settingsetting

community partners sharing experience with the issue and the community

mentoringsharing resources and suggested readings

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OCE’s role: assistance in OCE’s role: assistance in placements, preparation and placements, preparation and advisingadvising

varied support, depending on kind of engagement

ways of support:◦listserv and other outreach◦work plans◦resources for issue-focused education◦communication about issues◦advising student leaders regularly

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Opportunities to work with students

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regular volunteeringregular volunteering

Williamsburg EngagementListserv posts

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episodic volunteeringepisodic volunteering

SHOW DayMake a Difference DaySpring Into Action

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internshipsinternships

Local internship program and other internships through the Career Center

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educationeducation

brown bagsspeak up videos

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How do we do this best?

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timelinestimelines

semestersfinals, papers

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communication & feedbackcommunication & feedback

setting expectations in writingasking for communication about any

changes in a specified amount of time ahead

following up when they don’t follow through

praising when things are going wellintroducing them to others who volunteer

with you (build up carpools)

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playing to strengthsplaying to strengths

what is your volunteer excited about? Best at?

what skills do they have that other volunteers don’t?

what resources do they have access to?break them into smaller groups when they

have large groups and tasks – make it a fun competition; play music

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persuasionpersuasion

Feed them! Even bad pizza is good pizza.Give away t-shirts – even XXL is funPut their picture in the paper

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Questions?