Recognizing Opportunity and Leveraging Higher Education as a Source of Volunteers
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Recognizing Opportunity and
Leveraging Higher Education
as a Source of Volunteers
Megan Frewaldt Alyssa Willet
Assistant Director of Student Life Assistant Director
for Community Engagement Volunteer Resource Center
University of Colorado Denver University of Colorado Boulder
Introductions • Who We Are • Who’s In the Room? (Turn to a partner) – Name you like to be called – What you’re paid to do – What you love to do – Have you worked with college students before? • Activity - Assumptions
Learning Outcomes
1. Understand how volunteer centers work on college
campuses and who to contact when you're looking to
recruit college students as volunteers.
2. Understand the difference between volunteer and internship
requirements on college campuses and different pathways
to engage college students in service.
3. Understand some of the different cognitive and,
developmental tasks, as well as generational characteristics
college students experience and how to best support their
unique needs in your organization.
4. Brainstorm ways you can engage college students in your
own organization.
Understanding College/University
Volunteer Centers
• Volunteer vs. Service Learning vs.
Internship
• Naming conventions
• Goals: Connect students to the
community or engage them in service-
learning and community based research.
Quick Facts About Our Campuses CU Denver CU Boulder Population: 14,770, Population: 30,789, (10,493 undergraduate) (25,484 undergraduate) Students of Color: 43% Students of Color: 20.1% 52% female, 48% male 44% female, 56% male Tuition: Tuition: Resident - $8,696, Resident - $26,085 Non-Resident - $24,392 Non-Resident - $49,119
Center Language CU Denver CU Boulder • Community • Volunteer Resource Engagement in Center Student Life Office • Boulder Municipal • Community Court/ Mandated Engagement in Service individual departments/schools
CU Denver Program Overview
Our mission is to develop CU Denver students into advocates of sustainable change
through service and collaboration with communities to address social, cultural, and
environmental injustices.
• Lynx Alternative Breaks
• Lynx to College Now!
• Lynx Day of Service
• Lynx to the Community
• Make a Difference Day
• Social Impact Fairs
• Stop & Serve
• Service Learning
CU Boulder Program Overview
• Volunteer Fairs – 2 per year
• Monthly volunteer days (usually on Saturday)
• Alternative Breaks
• Boulder Municipal Court student volunteers
• Fall Welcome/ Move In Volunteers
• Staff Service Days
• Our philosophies
• (CU PIIE, CU ENGAGE, Public Achievement,
INVST, Residential Living Service Programs)
Campus Challenges to Engaging
Students in Service
CU Denver CU Boulder
• Transportation • Time and lengthy
training commitments.
• First generation
students: outside • Opportunities only
responsibilities during 8-5am, M-F.
• Financial barriers • Transportation
• Emphasis on medical • Uncertainty of own
field, but limited interests.
experiences
What Is Student Development? • How students learn, grow, change • Created by environmental influences, like volunteer, service engagement or civic engagement. • Theory helps us describe, explain, predict and guide students.
What’s Important to Know About
the College Student Volunteer?
Arthur Chickering’s Theory of Identity Development (Psychosocial)
1. Developing Competence
2. Managing Emotions
3. Moving Through Autonomy Toward Interdependence
4. Developing Mature Interpersonal Relationships
5. Establishing Identity
6. Developing Purpose
7. Developing IntegrityWhat is Gen Z?
• Born 1996 – Present
• More than a ¼ of the U.S. population is now Gen Z.
• Gen Z are developing in an environment marked by chaos, uncertainty and
volatility. They have great coping skills, determination and resourcefulness.
(Think Hunger Games and Divergent.)
• Seeing the effects of too much exposure on their millennial siblings and
parents, they value privacy. One-quarter of 13-17 year olds left Facebook this
year. They opt for platforms like Snapchat, Secret or Whisper .
• Gen Z students know how to self-educate and research. As they enter the
workforce, what they know will matter less than what they can find out.
• They process faster, but their attention spans are shorter.
• They are part of the most diverse generation in history
• They intend to change the world:
– 50% American teens volunteered last year*
– 76% 16-19 year-olds who are somewhat or very concerned about human
impact on the planet
– Social entrepreneurship is one of their most popular career choicesConnecting with Gen Z 1. Treat them as adults, they have broad life experiences. 2. Respect their need for safety and privacy. 3. Collaborate and teach them to collaborate. 4. Include a social cause they can fight for. 5. Communicate frequently with images or emojis. 6. Tell your story across multiple screens. 7. Depict their diversity (ethnicity, gender/sexuality). 8. Come from a global viewpoint. 9. Tap into their entrepreneurial spirit. 10. Feed them https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2016/01/27/millennial-fatigue-gen-and-observations-from-generational- reseacher/YgoNhWp9BOq7xtiXqf5xhL/story.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/20/fashion/move-over-millennials-here-comes-generation- z.html?_r=0
College Student Service Potential
CU Denver CU Boulder
• Co-Curricular Last year…
– Local: 4,000 hours • 6,304 students and staff
– National & Int’l: 5,900 served
hours
• 21,117 total hours
• CU in the Community
• Academic-Based This is just through our center, not
– School of Education through other programs on
– School of Pubic Affairs campus!
– College of Liberal Arts &
Sciences
– College of Arts & Media
– College of Architecture &
PlanningStudent Stories Nadeen Ibrahim Ellen
Meeting Student Needs
Patience*Not all organizations can meet these
criteria, but if you have the opportunity to integrate
into your volunteer program, you might consider it.
• Flexibility in schedule
• On-site training and orientation
• Setting clear expectationsIt’s Your Turn! • Do you currently track CU students or engage them in a specific way? What’s worked well for you in working with college students? What’s been difficult? • What role could the university play in preparing volunteers to work with your organization? • What roles do you have for college student volunteers in your own organization?
Contact Information
Megan Frewaldt Alyssa Willet
Assistant Director of Student Life for Assistant Director
Community Engagement Volunteer Resource Center
CU Denver CU Boulder
megan.frewaldt@ucdenver.edu alyssa.willet@colorado.edu
ucdenver.edu/volunteer colorado.edu/volunteer
Tivoli Suite 127 UMC 458
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