Gannon University Office of Service-Learning

Enhanced COVID screen available today, August 27, 2020
MLK Center – 312 Chestnut Street
9:30 a.m. – noon and 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Results expected within 48 hours

Nasal swab and health education about the virus to get people connected with primary care physicians or other services for their long term health needs.

Goal: to provide access to an under-served population who don’t have primary care physicians and have increased exposure due to logistics in their home situations and their work situations in which they have to go out and work in service area and other high exposure workplaces.

Well-done GU students and Dr. Magno with the 15th GIS Community mapping exhibit. Data that is visually displayed is supporting community partners with decision-making and problem-solving.

Also may we give up the hoarding 🧻

ATTENTION GRADUATING SENIORS!

Lake Effect Leaders AmeriCorps VISTA Project is hiring more than 25 individuals to serve with the 2019-2020 cohort. Positions will begin July 22 for sites based in Crawford County and Erie County. Interested applicants can apply here.

AmeriCorps VISTA is a national service program that is committed to ending poverty in the U.S. Ever year, members make a year-long, full-time commitment to serve at a nonprofit organization, government entity, or school and work on projects related to areas of economic opportunity, workforce development, eviction prevention, homelessness, neighborhood revitalization, opioid prevention/recovery, food access and security, mentoring, and education. VISTA member benefits include: living allowance, health coverage, robust professional development, federal loan forbearance or deferment (with interest paid), and an education award that can used to pay back school loans or continuing education. For a full list of positions, click here.

For questions, please contact Gabrielle Bradshaw, project director, at [email protected].

Special thank you to everyone who attended our Community Engagement Celebration last week. We hope you all had a chance to connect to some of our fantastic community partners and faculty members. If you liked our hats from this event, we are selling them! All proceeds go to Erie-GAINS and the amazing efforts that come out of the project. Choose your derby hat just in time for the races this weekend!

With summer right around the corner, bicycle and road safety is incredibly important to brush up on. Thank you, Villa Maria School of Nursing students and professors for providing this information to our community!

Amazing work is being done by our Environmental Engineering students. Through a mini-grant by Gannon University Erie-GAINS, students have build a vertical aeroponics system and have been collecting data to see how we can grow fresh vegetables year-round locally!

Well done!

Take a look at what Gannon's Fraternity and Sorority members built for Omega Week! Two of the three Little Free Libraries are currently on display. This week, head over to the Waldron Campus Center at Gannon University and vote for your favorite Little Free Library with some spare change.

All proceeds from this year's Penny Wars competition will benefit Gannon University Erie-GAINS.

We are so excited about some new libraries to be installed in the community!

Happy Advising Day Eve!

If you are a graduating senior or you have a graduating senior advisee looking for a great way to serve the community, check out this amazing opportunity with AmeriCorps VISTA!

For more information, please contact Gannon University's current VISTA, Austin at [email protected].

We are so proud of alumna, Kim D. for her commitment to post-graduate service! Here's a bit of a look at her work with PULSE - Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience

Fellow Stories: Kim Demjanenko “Family dinners are my favorite part of the day! This is a time when we have a chance to unwind and discuss some moments from the week.” -Kim Demjanenko

PULSE - Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience will be having an open house soon! This is a fantastic opportunity to serve the community after graduation! Applications are open now and due March 3rd!

Serve with Us Since 1994, PULSE has invited over 250 young adults to partner with 125 Pittsburgh nonprofits, contributing some 400,000 of hours of service to the city and its residents.

ATTENTION SENIORS!!

AmeriCorps VISTA Lake Effect Leaders are hosting a dinner tomorrow night at the Knight Club. Come meet current VISTA members and check out amazing job opportunities for next summer!

Dinner and snacks will be provided.

Gannon University’s College of Engineering and Business is launching two new programs, cybersecurity and cyber engineering and creating an Institute for Health and Cyber Knowledge (I-HACK) in the 100,000-square-foot Knight Tower.

Learn more at http://www.gannon.edu/ihack.aspx.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITY:

DramaShop is looking for 3-4 volunteers for each performance night of The Laramie Project. Volunteers will be coordinating the Box Office and Concessions Booth.

DramaShop is located in the Renaissance building (corner of State Street and 10th Street on the second floor)

Please arrive at least one hour prior to the performance. All volunteers will need to stay through the production to help clean up afterwards. Volunteers will be given the opportunity to watch the show.

Dates for volunteers are:

Friday, October 5 (please arrive by 6:45p.m.)
Saturday, October 6 (please arrive by 6:45p.m.)

Thursday, October 11 (please arrive by 6:45p.m.)
Friday, October 12 (please arrive by 6:45p.m.)
Saturday, October 13 (please arrive by 6:45p.m.)

Friday, October 19 (please arrive by 6:45p.m.)
Saturday, October 20 (please arrive by 6:45p.m.)
Sunday, October 21 (please arrive by 12:45p.m.)

For more information, please visit Dramashop's page.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITY!

Students are needed to help with the Pumpkin Walk on Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6th from 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. both nights. Help is needed with set-up on Friday during the day and trail guides both days and evenings. Help is also needed on Sunday, October 7th in the morning to help with clean-up.

There will be food for volunteers.

For more information, please reach out to Rick Godzwa at [email protected] or Beth Gustafson at [email protected]

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY!

The Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice (JSARP) is planning a special issue for July 2019 that will feature articles on the theme of Civic and Political Engagement.

Please use the form below to submit an abstract for this special issue by October 24, 2018.

Abstracts should be limited to 500 words and describe the proposed article and which category of publication it best matches:

· Innovations in Research and Scholarship
· International Features
· Innovations in Practice
· Media Features and Reviews

In your abstract, please include the following information:

· Research purpose or question(s)
· Methodology (instrument, participants, variables, analytic techniques)
· Principle findings
· Significance to student affairs practice

Selected authors will be notified of their invitation to submit a full manuscript by December for consideration through the standard editorial board review process.

Topics for the special issue could include, but are not limited to:

· Civic literacy and development of knowledge, skills, and dispositions essential for democratic participation
· Demographic trends and challenges in civic participation and engagement
· Innovations in campus-community partnerships that support civic and political engagement
· Intersection of free expression, diversity, and inclusion
· Strategies to support individual and institutional political engagement
· Trends, responses, and support for student activism and civic action

http://apps.naspa.org/cfp/evt_frm_user.cfm?event_id=1005

Student Affairs Resources & Continued Education | NASPA NASPA has organizations that can tailor a NASPA experience to your location, professional level, and institution type. Click here to find a NASPA group near you.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:

Gannon students needed for one hour per week to assist the teacher in the classroom at SVMS for the semester.

Two students needed to commit to 1 day a week; therefore we are in need of 30 students. (2 students per day x 3 classes per day x 5 days a week)

Volunteers needed for Monday - Friday during these periods:

2nd period 9:25 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. for 7th grade

3rd period 10:40 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. for 8th grade

6th period 1:45 - 2:55 p.m. for 6th grade

Volunteers will work with teacher to help support students who are struggling in a subject area.

For more information or to sign up for this opportunity, click the link below.

Strong Vincent Middle School Tutoring and Mentoring Intervention | Get Connected Erie Two students needed to commit to 1 day a week; therefore we are in need of 30 students. (2 students per day x 3 classes per day x 5 days a week)

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY!

Students are needed to assist with The Feeding Minds and Families Program at Strong Vincent Middle School. Time commitment is 4:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. (Perfect for students who have class all day and need service hours!)

To sign up for this opportunity or get more information, follow the link below:

Feeding Minds and Families | Get Connected Erie The Feeding Minds and Families Program is Strong Vincent Middle School's newest after school STEM program for the entire family. Following an interactive STEM activity, families of student participants are invited to join their child for a family meal with the Feeding Minds and Families mentors and....

We are ready to welcome the Class of 2022!!!!!

We are so excited to have Austin with us this year! Welcome, Austin!!!

Introducing individual members of our 2018-2019 VISTA Cohort! We're so pleased to have Austin Grist, Gannon graduate, serving with the Lake Effect Leaders this year. Austin is serving as Gannon University's Liaison to NW PA Opioid Responder and will work towards coordinating university efforts in order to help understand and curb the escalation of life threatening drug abuse in Erie, PA. Thank you for your commitment to community empowerment, Austin! 💪🏽🅰️

We are getting closer to our Service-Learning Workshop on August 13th! If you haven't RSVP'ed yet, please do so by August 6th to [email protected].

Questions? Contact Kathleen Cahill at 814-871-7865.

New to Gannon University? Always heard about Service-Learning, but didn't know how to incorporate it into your course? Join us on Monday, August 13th from 11:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. for Service-Learning Best Practices, Assessment Tools and ways to connect with the Community.

To attend the workshop, please RSVP by August 6th.

Oh, did we also mention that there will be free lunch AND a Happy Hour afterwards for all attendees?

Hello All,

LETTUCE TURNIP the BEET!! We will be doing a planting party Monday next week, June 4th, at the Gannon Goodwill Garden. We would love for you to either come help w**d, plant or come and hangout!! We appreciate your support.

Keep Calm and Garden On!

So excited that our Puppetry class was able to make some kiddos happy with their handcrafted puppets! Thanks, Gannon University's Schuster Theatre and Jax Vadney!

We are always so excited to share the amazing work our students do for our community, but this time our community is giving back to our students!

Attention all students! Study Space at the First Presbyterian Church of The Covenant will be open this week to give you that quiet space you need to study for finals!

Study Space
April 26 - May 2 from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m.
Must show Gannon ID for entry. Free WiFi, coffee, snacks for those studying.

Any questions, contact Joseph Kumer 814.566.0287

Happy Studying!