May 2013
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The Power of Preschool
Contributed by. Zohra Chahal, Service‐Learning student in Child Intervention and Treatment
As a Behavioral Neuroscience (BNS) major, I would never have imagined that a key turning point in my academic career would have come during the second semester of my senior year in a Human Services course.
When I registered for Child Intervention and Treatment this past semester, I was simply using it as a...
Jumpstart - The Ripple Effect
My heart was racing. I was so nervous. Questions like “will they like me,” “can I do the job right,” and “what if I mess up,” flashed through my head. I had worked with children many times before, but this was different. This was Jumpstart. If I slipped up or fell short, there would be no one but myself to correct my mistake. If I could not succeed in my task, if the mistake could not be...
April 2013
3 posts
Husky Volunteer Team - Summer 1
Applications for HVT Summer 1 semester are now open! HVT is a great way to meet other Huskies, serve the community, and get to know Boston better. Check out our website for more info and to download the application! All members of the Northeastern community are welcome to join! Registrations must be returned to 172 Curry Student Center or emailed to communityservice@neu.edu by Wednesday, May...
Providing STEM Education for Girls - MPF
This month’s blog post is brought to you by Genea Foster, Mass Promise Fellow at the Northeastern Marine Science Center. Enjoy!
The one thing everyone at MPF knows about me is absolute love for all things science and the environment. Science isn’t the hottest topic amongst young girls, so I really take pride in running one of the few STEM programs at Girls Inc. of Lynn, with Beach Sister being...
Service and Reflection - CEP
Eliana Field is a 5th year Physical Therapy major who serves as a CEP Peer Mentor Co-Coordinator. Below is Eliana’s story of her development as a community volunteer in NU’s Cvic Engagement Program
As I reflect on the differences between my freshmen self, intimidated by the notion of completing 100 hours of service, and my current self, with over 700 hours of community service behind...
March 2013
3 posts
HVT - Elementary Service
Mahawa Sam is a Team Leader for this semester’s Husky Volunteer Team program.
I am a returning member to Husky Volunteer Team this semester for my third time participating in the program. I had a strong feeling that I would return to John F. Kennedy Elementary School for my placement site. Of the few different places I volunteered at with HVT, this school was my favorite. I’m so glad I...
Making a Difference at LIFT– Boston
Contributed by Marisa Kallenberger, Human Services Professions service-learning student. Marisa plans to graduate in 2017 and is currently undeclared major, leaning toward doing a Business major with minor in Human Services.
I am partnered up with LIFT-Boston, an organization attempting to end poverty by building one-on-one connections to stabilize economic and emotional well-being. I made my...
ASB - Grand Canyon Trust
Xavier Jean, a 3rd-year Biology major, participated in our Grand Canyon Trust Alternative Spring Break trip as a Team Leader! Read on to learn about his experiences working with ten other NU students on the Navajo Reservation and exploring the Grand Canyon!
During Spring Break, Marissa Jackson and I led an Alternative Spring Break trip to work for the Grand Canyon Trust. This trip was one of the...
February 2013
4 posts
Spring Break in the Everglades!
Lindsay Weigel is a 3rd-year Health Science major preparing for her third Alternative Spring Break trip!
On March 2nd, I will be embarking on my third Alternative Spring Break journey (second as a team leader), and I couldn’t be more excited. ASB is an opportunity to explore a new part of the world, to put positive energy towards service work that will directly benefit society, and to...
1st-Year CEP Experience: Poetry Coach!
The Civic Engagement Program (CEP) redefines scholarship by requiring students with full scholarships to Northeastern to volunteer in their communities 100 hours per academic year for each year they attend Northeastern. Heesu Kim is a first year CEP National Merit Scholar.
This year, as a first-year CEP student, I’m partnered with America SCORES Boston. As the flagship program of America SCORES...
Learning to Persevere - Jumpstart NU
Sonu Gandhi wrote this post about her experience as a Jumpstart Corps member!
When I first entered the classroom, I saw all the kids eagerly eating snacks. A few of the kids decided to introduce themselves to me. Instantly, I knew I wanted one of them as my partner child. When my leader said I have Antwon as my partner child, I had no idea who this child was. I asked the teacher who then pointed...
Mass. Promise Fellows - Community Impact!
This week’s blog post is brought you by Yves Singletary, one of our MPF 2nd Year Senior Fellows, serving at Start Strong through the Boston Health Commission. Enjoy!
~Sahar
Unhealthy relationship or Healthy Relationship? That is the question! Might seem like a simple answer, but being able to decipher the characteristics of an unhealthy relationship isn’t as simple as it might seem. Luckily...
January 2013
3 posts
Husky Volunteer Team 2013!
Julia Bielecki is a Civil Engineering major who volunteered with HVT last spring at he Blue Hill Boys and Girls Club. Below is her account of her experiences with HVT, and why she’s returned to HVT for a second semester of community service!
“By my third year at Northeastern, and I had already experienced many great clubs and activities. I had spent time learning about Italian...
From Service-Learning to Co-op!
The Service-Learning Program sat down with former Advanced Spanish 2 service-learning student Tara Opalinski to ask her about her decision to pursue a co-op with her former service-learning community partner.
What about your S-L experience with ¿Oíste? prompted you to pursue a co-op with them?
“As a Spanish minor at Northeastern, it was incredibly helpful that I was able to facilitate my Spanish...
MA Promise Fellowship and Girls Inc.!
The Massachusetts Promise Fellowship would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and a great start to 2013! Here at MPF we believe that all young people in the Commonwealth have a right to the resources they need to be successful in life, including a caring adult, a safe place, a healthy start, an effective education, and an opportunity to serve. In order to really highlight this work, we’ve...
December 2012
2 posts
Northeastern Service-Learning: "Adapting on the...
Submitted by Laura Tashjian, Fall 2012 Service‐Learning student from Psychosocial Aspects of Healthcare Seminar
“Ethan is an energetic and extremely friendly sixteen year old who has truly enjoyed and has successfully conquered a variety of sports such as swimming, kayaking, sailing, skiing, horseback riding, and most recently ice skating. Ethan’s ear-to-ear smile is proof that living with...
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Jumpstart Northeastern: "It was that day that the...
Jumpstart is an organization that is “working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed”. There is an enormous gap between so much so that a child from an underprivileged background starts school with about a 5,000 word repertoire and a child of a more affluent background starts school with about a 20,000 word repertoire. Already, these children have the odds stacked...
November 2012
2 posts
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Educate, Engage, Empower: My Work with Generation...
By Elise LeCrone
The Civic Engagement Program (CEP) redefines scholarship by requiring students with full scholarships to Northeastern to volunteer in their communities 100 hours per academic year for each year they attend Northeastern. Elise is a 2nd year National Merit CEP Scholar.
Last year, as a first-year Civic Engagement Program (CEP) student, I partnered with an organization called...
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Husky Volunteer Team Fall 2012: "An Experience...
I joined Husky Volunteer Team this past fall semester, and it’s an experience that I’ll never forget! I have always done volunteer work for my sorority, but I was looking for another way to get involved when my roommate told me about this program called Husky Volunteer Team. It runs for a full semester and you volunteer at the same organization once a week for a couple of hours. I thought I would...
October 2012
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One Thing Is For Sure: Alternative Spring Break...
“As an international student, I always understood the importance of service for those less fortunate in other countries. Growing up in Bolivia, I observed first hand students from the US volunteering in orphanages and health care centers in an effort to impact a person’s life. From that moment on, I always knew that if I were to be given the opportunity, I would like to make a similar...
September 2012
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Inside Jokes, Sore Muscles, and Country Accents:...
Bridge Builders, Guatemala 2011
“My name is Nico James and I am a middler at Northeastern University studying Environmental Science. I first became interested in Alternative Spring Break during my first year hearing my friends talk about the amazing time they had building houses for Habitat for Humanity while on ASB. I was attracted to the idea of spending my free time...
August 2012
3 posts
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Seeing Their Faces Light Up When I Entered the...
“My name is Stephanie Silveira and I am a Fifth year Psychology Major. I have participated in the Husky Volunteer Team several times during my experience at Northeastern. I recently volunteered at the John F Kennedy Elementary School in Jamaica Plain and also volunteered there Summer I 2011. This experience at JFK was particularly enriching due to many factors. Firstly, the staff at JFK...
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It's Fun: Alternative Spring Break 2011-2012
”Here is the reason why I love the Alternative Spring Break program. It’s fun.
Josh and his ASB Team working in New Orleans in 2011
Flat out, the two weeks that I’ve spent on Alternative Spring Breaks have been two of the best weeks that I’ve had throughout my college career.
Josh planking at the Grand Canyon in 2012
Before I explain why, let me...
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Unbelievably Fun: nuSERVES 2011-2012
“In August of last year, all of my friends from home were packing up and shipping off to schools all over the country, and I knew I was the only one stuck home until September. I was losing my mind; I had been ready for weeks and had absolutely nothing to do. I was dreading the day that my friends left me. One afternoon, after I had gone through almost all of the movies on On Demand, I...
July 2012
4 posts
HVT Summer I: "The Best Thing I Did For Those 7...
”I decided to give my time and effort to something else besides my coursework for one short summer semester and it was the best thing I did for those seven weeks. It was volunteering on Tuesdays at JFK Elementary School and Yawkey Boys & Girls Club. I’ve always enjoyed being around kids, so I knew I wanted to do something that involves working with them. The Boys & Girls Club...
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It Only Takes One Meaningful Service Experience:...
“Over the course of my college career, I have developed a deep passion and enjoyment in community service and volunteerism, particularly related to issues of education and youth development. My interest in service was initially sparked my freshman year, when I signed up to be an AmeriCorps member with Jumpstart, a national organization that partners with colleges across the country to bring...
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Even If We Can't See It: nuServes 2010-2012
“Hey Northeastern! My name is Jon Geenty and I am a student from Middlefield, CT. I love participating in the nuSERVES program because it has allowed me to meet new and amazing people each year while giving back to the community.
Jon and teammates cleaning low-income housing in Roxbury (2010)
As a freshman, the program really helped me to find my bearings in the city, make a solid group of...
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Change Is Possible For Anyone: nuSERVES 2011
Kim and her nuSERVES team in 2011
“Before I delved in to my first semester at Northeastern, I did an amazing, enriching program at Northeastern called nuSERVES. It essentially was a community service week-long program that focused on educating first-year students about homelessness and hunger but also exposed new students to the beautiful city of Boston.
When I first got...
June 2012
5 posts
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Two Years Deep and Still Going Strong: nuSERVES...
“During Freshman orientation, twenty something incoming freshmen and I crowded into a Curry Student Center classroom while a slide show of smiling volunteers played before us. With each click of the slides,one of the students leading the Community Service exposé would begin rambling passionately about their experiences. I thought that they must really need volunteers…Why else would...
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Some of the Coolest People at Northeastern:...
Everglades National Park, 2010
“Being involved in the Center of Community Service has to be my favorite thing about Northeastern. I absolutely love all of the programs and service days that are run. My favorite program is definitely Alternative Spring Break.
Bridge Builder, Guatemala, 2011
Last year being a part of the...
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Five Years of ASB: Alternative Spring Break...
“When I started as a freshman at Northeastern in 2007, I knew I was looking for a way to get involved that allowed me to meet amazing people, have fun, and make a difference. When a friend told me about Alternative Spring Break, I immediately applied, but I had no idea how much of an impact it would make on my five years at Northeastern, and the rest of my life. As a freshman, I went on an...
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Potential that is Bursting at the Seams:...
Outreach360, Dominican Republic 2012
“As soon as my favorite American Eagle sandals stepped foot on the soil of the Salomon Jorge community center and were already caked with dirt, I realized I had to fold Boston away neatly in my suitcase and prepare for real work. While at first, the idea of not having immediate internet access or even an outlet to charge one’s phone...
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Going A Step Further: Alternative Spring Break...
“I was lucky enough to participate in three ASB Trips: Cumberland Trail Conference (2009), Tandana (2010), and Daisy’s Children (2012). During my first two trips, I completed valuable service, learned about different cultures, and created new friendships with my teammates.
Cumberland Trail Conference, Tennessee (2009)
Tandana, Ecuador (2010)
Because I had such great...
May 2012
4 posts
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Mountaintop Appalachia: Alternative Spring Break...
“Since my first year at Northeastern, I wanted to be involved in community service. When I heard about Alternative Spring Break through an intro to college class, I immediately applied to volunteer. I fell in love with the program and the next year applied to be a team leader. Working as a team leader, I have made new friends who find volunteering as important as I do and who are engaged in...
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With Open Arms: Alternative Spring Break 2012
“For Spring Break this past year, I helped lead a team of Northeastern undergrads to Costa Rica! Our trip was focused on learning about fair trade coffee farming, and we were fortunately able to go in the fields and help pick coffee ourselves! Our trip incorporated learning about fair trade coffee farming and service to make our experience extra special and extremely educational! We...
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Peaceable Kingdom Retreat for Children is a...
“As a third year student, I wanted to get more involved with the Center and had always heard amazing things about the ASB program. I applied to be a Team Leader for a trip going down to a small town in Texas, and was thrilled to be given the opportunity to co-lead the trip. I have always loved working with children and was told that Peaceable Kingdom Retreat for Children is a magical...
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Being at Northeastern Meant Getting Involved
“To me, being at Northeastern meant getting involved. As an incoming freshman, I branched out and did almost every community service event I could. I started with one-day events, like volunteering at walks around Boston and at the NU Service Day. Nevertheless, I still wanted to get more involved. I wanted to do something more worthwhile and something I could look back on and know I made a...
April 2012
3 posts
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Student of the Month: The Husky Volunteer Team...
“Last fall, I enrolled at Northeastern University and I was eager to serve in the community. However, being from Seattle, I had no idea where to start. Back at home, I worked after school with my local elementary school and knew I loved helping children to learn. However, I had no idea how to get involved in this new city. Luckily, I heard about the Husky Volunteer Team organized by the...
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A Sense of Childhood Bliss: The Husky Volunteer...
“Every Friday afternoon for ten weeks during the 2012 spring semester a group of seven other Northeastern students and I met at Ruggles Station, hopped on the 44 Bus, and headed to spend three hours volunteering at the Yawkey Boys and Girls Club in Roxbury. During our time volunteering, we spent the hours coloring, shooting hoops, playing games of foosball, and chatting...
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Thinking Beyond the Borders of Our Campus: MLK Day...
“As a Resident Assistant for the Honors Living Learning Community, I found myself seeking programming opportunities this spring that exemplified the value of service that I hoped to instill in my residents. That said, I instantly found a great match for this goal with the Martin Luther King (MLK) Day of Service that the Center for Community Service sponsored this spring. During this day of...
