Patti Wilson, Senior InstructorOtterbein UniversityDepartment of Health and Sport Sciencespwilson@Otterbein.edu

Otterbein University

• Westerville, Ohio (suburb of Columbus, Oh)

• Founded 1847

• Student enrollment approximately 3000

• Majors 77 Minors 44 Graduate programs 8

Community Service at Otterbein

• 74 % of student body participate in community service

• more than 70,000 hours of service per year

• 90 service-learning courses that enroll approximately 2,500 students

• President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor -

5 Consecutive Years

Two programs One goal• Otterbein University First Year Experience

• FYE Goals and Outcomes Otterbein FYE

• First Year Seminar Courses Otterbein FYS

• INST, ePortfolio, 5 Cardinal Experiences

• Westerville City Schools Transition Program• 18-22 year olds, Socially graduated High school

• Individualized Education Plan (IEP), Cognitively Impaired

• Peer Inclusive Environment

• Job and Independent Living Skills

FYS course:“Discovering and Developing Your Strengths”

• Semester long course

• Focus on developing Top 5 Strengths Themes (Gallup StrengthsQuest) and Wellness Strengths

• Students are part of the Leadership LLC (two other FYS courses)

• Community Engagement project

Best of Both Worlds Program• Independent Living Skills

• Transportation Skills

• Emergency Preparedness

• Disability Knowledge

• Internet Safety

• Job Skills• Individualized non-paid work experiences

• Job Shadowing

Developing Friendships

FYS BoBW

StrengthsRecreationCommunity EngagementStress ReductionTime ManagementNetworkingResume WritingInterviewingCareer Searches

Shared Activities

• Gallup Strengths Survey• StrengthsQuest

• StrengthsExplorer

• Class Activities• Handwriting Activity

• Strengths Scavenger Hunt

• Career

Group Activity

• Look at the word on the back of my Business card

• Find your word on the StrengthsQuest/StrengthsExplorer handout

• Think about how you could use your Strength for a project like the coat closet

• Share with 2-3 people in the room

• Group Discussion

Community Engagement projects

• ShareBacAPac• Packing and Delivering Food to Westerville City Schools students for the

weekends

• Coat Closet• Collecting

• Cleaning

• Inventorying

• Delivering

• Social Media Development

Coat Donation area at local bank created by

BoBW and Otterbein FYE students

Learning Together

5 Cardinal Experiences

• All Otterbein University students are encouraged to complete at least 2 Cardinal Experiences

• The 5 CARDS• Internship and Professional Experiences

• Leadership and Citizenship

• Undergraduate Research

• Community Engagement

• Global and Intercultural Engagement

Outcomes of partnership

• Grants – State Farm Community Engagement ( 2 separate $1500.00 grants) Physical Activity equipment

• Mutual Publicity for both programs BoBW

What students have to say about the partnership

Questions??????