One-day events can be an effective method for introducing service to students. Minimum time commitment and maximum choice of site appeals to the fledgling service participant, while reflection and community building activities help them feel a part of a group. Each semester, students, faculty, and staff at Clarion University can take part in the school s urban plunge. Participants congregate in the morning for breakfast and ice-breaker activities. They proceed to spend the day at one of several local sites in the city of Clarion painting, cleaning, or working with youth. When they return in the afternoon, they reflect on the day s activities and head home with a souvenir t-shirt in hand.
From Service Matters 1998: Engaging Higher Education In the Renewal of America s Communities and American Democracy
Contact: Diana Lynn Anderson-Brush, Director of the Community Service Learning Center, at (814) 393-1865 Fax: (814) 393-2707
E-Mail: anderson {at} clarion(.)edu
