SCC Community Engagement Services
Service-Learning
Our activities in the first 6 months
Both our Retention Project Coordinator and our VISTA/Service-Learning Coordinator have been busy with their own individual projects as well as assisting each other with sustainable programs in addition to developing new projects for the future. Meeting weekly, our Retention Project Coordinator and VISTA check in to discuss professional and personal growth regarding their programs and how those programs can grow with the changing faces at Spokane Community College as well as the community.
MLK Day of Service, February 18,, 2012
February of 2012, both organized and participated in a sustainable day of service for MLK Day, by preparing and hosting a food and non-food drive for the Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery. They collected nearly $400 in bags of diapers, baby formula, baby food, as well as food for the families that are served by the VBCN.
IGNITE! Inspiring Girls Now In Technological Evolution, March 8, 2012
March of 2012, another sustainable event IGNITE (Inspiring Girls Now In Technological Evolution) returned to Spokane Community College. We touched 170 high school girls from 10 diverse high schools in the Spokane area by bringing awareness to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematic) careers. Our break-out workshop sessions included Aerospace, Forensics, and Inventions in Engineering. This event targeted high school girls who have a higher chance of dropping out of high school or becoming a statistic in other societal issues such as teenage pregnancy. The high school girls signed a “Pledge to Commit” board, where they promise to finish high school, discover their strengths, and find a career where they can take care of themselves.
Fair @ the LAIR, April 11, 2012
Deana Sleep, Vet Corps and Kelly Jo Kegerreis, AmeriCorps*VISTA organized the sustainable annual Fair @ the LAIR at Spokane Community College. Twenty-three tables of resources for veterans from the VA (Veterans Administration), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (State Representative), Vets Center, the Army One Stop, and more. In the breeze-way, twenty-two, non-profit organizations representing Spokane were from Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, Spokane Mental Health, SpokAnimal, the North East Youth Center, and more. All in all, 250 people visited the vendors and their tables.
Service-Learning College Day for Logan Elementary
May 30th, a new implemented event effectively named Service-Learning College Day, Spokane Community College hosted two 6th grade classes from Logan Elementary in 6 engaging in college classroom activities. Forty-eight 6th graders participated in age-appropriate hands-on activities of “Building Bridges” for Diversity, “Historical Anthology” for History, “What is Family” for Marriage and Family, “Geology and how it Rocks” for Science, “Engines and how they run” for Automotive, and “Microbiology” for Science. Four out of two of these classes were in actual college classrooms on campus of SCC, therefore 6th grade students were experiencing a day in the life of a college student by walking to buildings near and far. SCC’s mascot, Skitch made an appearance in the morning to greet the students, lunch was eaten in the Sasquatch conference room and at the end of the day all students received a Certificate of Completion for attending Service-Learning College Day.
Here are some comments from 6th graders attending today’s event and their responses when asked if they would do it again:
“I would do this again because I want to learn more things.”
“Yes. Because I didn’t get judged when I made a mistake or for what I liked.”
“It made me realize that I had a better future if I knew I had more knowledge.”
Staff at Student Success & Career Services Department
Mission Statement: To promote collaborate partnerships that support innovative educational opportunities for a diverse workforce which increase local and regional competitiveness.
Hours: M-F, 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Lair, Building 6
Email: kellyjo.kegerreis@scc.spokane.edu
Website: http://www.scc.spokane.edu/?sscs
Location: 1810 North Greene Street, Spokane, WA
Phone: 509-533-7249
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Student-Success-Career-Services/151282891583311