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Fresno
State University's Community Service Again
Tops Million Hours in 2010-11
Posted on August 18, 2011 |
For the second
straight year, the community benefitted from more than 1
million hours of service volunteered by California State
University, Fresno, students, faculty, staff and
administrators.
During the 2010-11
academic year, ended June 30, the Fresno State community
provided 1,053,481 hours of service.
Fresno State
volunteers were involved in everything from removing
debris from the San Joaquin River and helping feed the
hungry to serving at senior facilities, tutoring
school-age children, serving on nonprofit boards and
helping revitalize inner-city neighborhoods in Fresno.
Nearly 14,000
students, about 65% of the total study body,
participated in some form of service organized by a
university program or group, said Chris Fiorentino,
director of the Jan and Bud Richter Center for Community
Engagement and Service-Learning at Fresno State.
The volunteer service alone has an
estimated economic impact on the community of nearly
$24.7 million. When combined with the financial support
students gained by their involvement in these programs,
such as service-related scholarships, the total economic
impact of the university’s community service-learning
efforts is estimated at over $26 million
for 2010-11 academic year.
To calculate the value of service
time, the university the Independent Sector’s standard
http://independentsector.org/volunteer_time
by the number of hours provided
from Fresno State.
The Richter Center is at
the core of community service efforts at Fresno State,
matching volunteers with community needs, working with
the campus’ service-learning programs and providing a
place where the entire campus community can find
information about ways to serve.
The university has
incorporated service-learning into academic programs
across numerous disciplines. Fresno State Students have
an opportunity to earn credit while enhancing their
knowledge of subject matter, developing their sense of
community involvement and learning more about community
challenges.
Among the goals of this
initiative are to foster in students habits of community
service that will continue after they leave campus and
to give some students the foundation necessary for
future careers in service.
Fiorentino expressed “a
very sincere ‘thank you’ to each member of the Fresno
State family for your vital role in fostering a culture
of service.”
“The
impressive number of hours served, and the ability to
positively impact thousands of lives through this
service, would not be possible without you,” he added.
(Source: Fresno State University)
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