Community Engagement Fair Sept. 4
The third annual Community Engagement Fair will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Great Hall of Harwood Union. Last year's event brought hundreds of students together with a wide variety of community organizations looking for volunteers.
Agencies interested in booking a space at this free event may call Deano Pape at (920) 748-8153.
OCE Announces Year 1 Results
The Office of Community Engagement provided more than 22,000 hours of student volunteer work to our community partners during the last academic year. The college also posted significant gains in the number of student volunteers and in the number of courses utilizing or developing academic community engagement components.
Shown below are the OCE's results for 2006-07 compared to the results of its parent organization, Ripon CAN, for the two years prior.
| |
2006-07 |
2005-06 |
2004-05 |
| Volunteers |
4,812 |
983 |
830 |
| Service Hours |
22,372 |
4,312 |
1,588 |
| ACE Courses |
48 |
20 |
14 |
| In-kind Donations |
$39,332 |
$16,621 |
$22,056 |
| Monetary Donations |
$129,272 |
$140,645 |
$116,217 |
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