On Sunday, October 27th, UMW COAR invited families from the community on campus for crafts, games, trick-or-treating, and fun! Families brought their kids to the Great Hall, where 105 student volunteers guided them in making Halloween crafts, face-painting, and fun games. Families munched on snacks and listened to Halloween music as they awaited their opportunity to go trick-or-treating on campus. Student tour-guides led kids from dorm to dorm where they accumulated their much-awaited-for stash of candy. 185 families attended the event with a total of 387 kids! The Center logged 249 volunteer hours at this event! … [Read more...]
2013 Leadership Colloquium
October 29, 2013 by
On Saturday October 19th, sixty students attended the annual Leadership Colloquium at the University of Mary Washington’s Stafford Campus. Students chose three sessions to attend on various aspects of leadership. Students were able to hone their leadership skills in sessions led by a twelve different leaders from the community. Sessions included: Cultural Competency, Ethics and Leadership, Win an Argument Without Losing a Friend, Effective Communications, Group Dynamics, Difficult Conversations, Technology and Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Fairy Godmother Project, Advanced Practitioner Leadership, and many more. Students were awed by the keynote speaker, as well as the opportunity to discuss key leadership topics with the presenters over lunch. … [Read more...]
Into the Streets
October 29, 2013 by
On Saturday October 5th, 135 students went into the community to make a difference. Students signed up for one of six service activities: building picnic tables with Habitat for Humanity, painting rain barrels with Friends of the Rappahannock, putting together meals for Stop Hunger Now, making paracord bracelets, cleaning up the community cemetery, or making meals at the Micah Respite House. Volunteers built 6 picnic tables, 20 rain barrels, packed 10,000 meals, made 52 paracord bracelets, made one cemetery beautiful, and made one hot meal for residents at the respite house. The center logged a total of over 300 hours with an economic impact of $8,000! … [Read more...]