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Title: Double Bull


1
Double Bulls-Eye Serving Students and
Communities
  • Lisa Weiss
  • The Ohio State University

2
Introductions
  • Name
  • Your university
  • Role on campus
  • Reason you came to this session

3
What You Can Expect
  • Goals
  • Needs of todays students
  • Who are our neighbors?
  • Effective community partnerships
  • How to create meaningful experiences
  • Making it happen
  • Questions and answers

4
Goals of Session
  • To engage participants in a discussion about how
    student affairs professionals can meet the needs
    of both todays students and the community
    partners near their campuses
  • To provide techniques for creating appropriate
    and meaningful volunteer experiences for our
    students
  • To allow participants to work together to design
    volunteer experiences and to write job
    descriptions for these experiences that will work
    on their campuses

5
Discussion Who are todays students?
  • Who are the students with whom we are working
    today? Where are they from? What are some of
    their past volunteer experiences?
  • What are some of the challenges of having
    students volunteer in our communities? What are
    some of your techniques for overcoming those
    challenges?

6
Who Are Todays Students Some Facts About
Millennial Students
  • Group oriented
  • Not used to doing much work, high grades come
    easily but pressured to do well
  • Overly involved with very involved parents
  • Kids who grew up playing multiple sports and
    playing 2 instruments with helicopter parents
  • Political views are more conservative and more
    liberal
  • More likely to want to do service and to have had
    past service experiences

7
Campus Neighbors Whats Happening in Ohio
  • School district's budget woes may dictate shorter
    day
  • Columbus Dispatch, Thurs. 1/26/06
  • Funding, staffing woes predicted
  • Columbus Dispatch, Sun. 1/29/06
  • Norwood's fight for survival
  • Cincinnati Enquirer, Sun. 1/29/06
  • Neglect persists for North Toledoans
  • Toledo Blade, Sun. 1/29/06
  • Mastering the juggling act Working mothers
    develop strategies for balance in their lives
  • Cincinnati Enquirer, Sun. 1/29/06
  • Clevelanders express discontent, worry about
    neighborhoods
  • Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sun. 1/29/06

8
Characteristics of Successful Campus/Community
Partnerships
  • Founded on a shared vision and clearly
    articulated values
  • Beneficial to partnering institutions
  • Composed of interpersonal relationships based on
    trust and mutual respect
  • Multidimensional they involve the participation
    of multiple sectors that act in service of a
    complex problem

9
Successful Partnerships (continued)
  • Clearly organized and led with dynamism
  • Integrated into the mission and support systems
    of the partnering institutions
  • Sustained by a partnering process for
    communication, decision making, and the
    initiation of change
  • Evaluated regularly with a focus on both methods
    and outcomes

10
Creating a Meaningful Experience
  • Be cognizant of student schedules how much is
    too much?
  • Is transportation an issue?
  • Where are students developmentally?
  • What kind of support can you or your colleagues
    provide?
  • Which campus partners work best with students?

11
Job Descriptions
  • Make them fun!
  • List special qualifications
  • Include time commitment required
  • Give motivating reasons to volunteer
  • Offer to hold information sessions
  • Do not forget contact info

12
Key Words in Creating Volunteer Job Descriptions
  • Achieve
  • Elevate
  • Believe
  • Inspire
  • Become
  • Creativity
  • Illuminate
  • Reveal
  • Teach
  • Provide
  • Ideas
  • Lead
  • Choose
  • Challenge
  • Excel
  • Energy
  • Grow
  • Justice

13
Make It Happen!
  • Think of a community organization or local school
    and write a job description that would work for
    your students. Think about developmental issues,
    time commitments, transportation and why students
    would want to volunteer at this site.

14
Meet Them Where They Are
  • Email
  • Word of mouth
  • Hang flyers in places where students wait in line
  • Contact different types of student organizations

15
Conclusion
  • Questions and Answers?
  • Thank you!

16
References
  • DeBard, R. (2004). Millennials coming to college.
    New Directions for Student Services, Number 106,
    Summer 2004.
  • Jacoby, B. et al. (2003). Building partnerships
    for service-learning. San Francisco Jossey-Bass.
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