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Pamela Heintz Leaves a Lasting Legacy at the University’s Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service
Pamela Kirwin Heintz ’91, G’08 came to Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity to finish the bachelor’s degree she began decades earlier at Smith College. Little did she know the journey she was about to undertake would foster her engagement with thousands of undergraduate…
Celebrating 30 Years of the Shaw Center as a Hub for Academic Community Engagement (Podcast)
Community engagement. Reciprocal learning. Service to others through volunteering. Those were the principles behind the creation of the Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service in 1994 under the direction of then-Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Chancellor Kenneth Shaw and his…
University Community, Sleep in Heavenly Peace Build 88 Beds for Local Children
Last year, the Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Volunteer Organization (SUVO) took on its first bed build event on campus. The organization teamed up with the local chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) to build 44 beds for children in the community….
’Cuse Collections and Sheraton Hotel Donations Help Support Local Community
The Office of Sustainability Management hosted ’Cuse Collections during the last week of the Spring 2024 semester to provide a convenient location for students to donate unwanted and gently used items before leaving for the summer. The office partnered with…
Student, University Volunteers Build 44 Beds for Community Children in Need
The number 44 holds a special significance on the Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity campus, and in true University fashion, 44 children in the City of Â鶹ƵµÀwill soon receive new beds and bedding—some for the first time—through a project that has touched…
Students Invited to Help Build Beds for Children in Need
The Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Volunteer Organization (SUVO) will host an on-campus bed building event in collaboration with the nonprofit organization Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP). The event will take place on Friday, Feb. 23, from 1 to 4 p.m at SkyBarn…
New Grant Allows Shaw Center’s Literacy Corps to Hire More Undergraduate Tutors
Up to 100 new community engagement service positions tutoring children and teens in Â鶹ƵµÀCity School District and other area schools have been made possible by a new grant to the Shaw Center Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Literacy Corps program. The grant…
Miranda Traudt G’11 Named Assistant Provost for Arts, Community Programming
The Office of Strategic Initiatives in the Office of Academic Affairs has announced the appointment of Miranda Traudt G’11 as the assistant provost for arts and community programming. Traudt will report to Marcelle Haddix, associate provost for strategic initiatives, and…
‘Building Trust’: Zoe Rennock ’24 Partners With Bioengineering as an Inclusive Education Consultant
Group projects are critical to the applied learning that takes places across the University campus, and not least to the Bioengineering Capstone Design course led by Pun To (Douglas) Yung, associate teaching professor in the College of Engineering and Computer…
Applications Now Available for Robert B. Menschel Public Service Award
The Mary Ann Shaw Center for Public and Community Service (Shaw Center) is currently seeking applications for the Robert B. Menschel Public Service Award. The award was established to honor Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity trustee and alumnus Robert Menschel ’51, H’91 and…