The AmeriCorps*VISTA will focus on three main goals during the term of service: 1: To strengthen organizational and/or human capacity on low-income communities by engaging campus volunteers. 2: To assist low-income communities and organizations striving to address the causes and impacts of poverty through the acquisition and management of funding resources and creating methods to improve community service quality by campus volunteers at community organizations. 3: To strengthen connections between low-income communities and existing organizations and agencies by working to deepen campus-community partnerships with a special focus on partnerships that focus on the economic, health and education, or revitalization of communities. Specific to West Virginia University, the VISTA will provide capacity building efforts to the Center for Civic Engagement, through engaging local community partners, creating and developing service and service learning opportunities for students, initiating special events that allow students to give back to the community, and sustaining VISTA-developed efforts for the future.
Member Duties: The WVU Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) commits to the connection of campus and community through meaningful service and academic study. To achieve this, the CCE: Develops service learning courses with faculty and community partners, Encourages and supports service opportunities in the community, Consults with units and departments on implementing discipline-based civic engagement curricula, Assesses civic engagement activities across campus, and Plans ongoing engagement and service activities at local, national, and global levels. To help build these efforts, the VISTA will Engage local community partners, create and develop service and service learning opportunities for students, initiate special engagement events that allow students to give back to the community, and sustain VISTA-developed efforts for the future.
Program Benefits:
Childcare assistance if eligible, Choice of Education Award or End of Service Stipend, Health Coverage, Living Allowance, Relocation Allowance, Training
Terms:
Prohibits paid work outside of the sponsoring agency at any time
Service Areas:
Community and Economic Development, Community Outreach, Education
Skills:
Communications, Community Organization, Computers/Technology, Education, Fund raising/Grant Writing, Public Speaking, Recruitment, General Skills
For more information and to apply, visit https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?fromSearch=true&id=43231
