Volume XWII, Issue 10
Educating Women To Excel
November 10, 2004
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First Year Experience incorporates service learning
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TIFFANY STOKES
Staff Writer
First Year Experi
ence (FYE), a one-credit
course offered to freshmen,
is a class designed to help
traditional students ease into
their first year of college.
This year, with the help of
Chrissie Bumgardner, FYE
started to incorporate a ser
vice learning project into the
requirements, allowing stu
dents to get adjusted to their
community by giving back
to it. On Monday, November
8, students that participated
in the class presented their
different service projects and
discussed how they selected
the place to go, the process
they went through, and the
results. Many attended this
event, including the faculty
speaker, Sam Carothers.
Students participated
in many events around the
community, ranging from
making cards for hospital
ized children or arranging
donated clothing at a local
church. Participating orga
nizations were the Salvation
Army, Operation Christmas
Child, Helping Hands, Help
ing Hearts, Latta House, the
Clothing Ministry at First
Baptist Church of Raleigh,
and Interact. Another group
also opted to have a bake
sale to raise money for the
Hurricane Relief Fund for
the citizens of Florida. In
his speech, Carothers ex
plained the important of
service learning and being
engaged in the community.
He stated, “[This is] an in
credible gift to the commu
nity and to the world beyond
us. Citizenship and ser
vice is what this is about.”
Students also agree
with Carothers’s stance on
being a service to the com
munity. Heather Ricks, a
student assistant to a FYE
professor, commented,
“[This is] a good experience
to meet other freshmen and
get out into the community.”
She also went on to explain
the importance of service
learning for fi'eshmen, and
how it was a fulfilling ex
perience for all of them.
Although a lot of the
projects focused on the com
munity as a whole, some
projects primarily helped
children. Amber Bertrand
explained her group’s proj
ect, “We made cards for kids
at Wake Med for Halloween;
they were get well cards, and
we also gave them giffe.”
The gifts included bubbles,
a pinwheel, and a kalei
doscope, and the students
made over 60 cards. Anoth
er child-focused project was
with the Salvation Army.
One group took two trips to
tutor, paint pumpkins, play
games, and hang out with the
children so that their parents
Photos courtesy of Chisty Kimbal
FYE poster presenations in the rotund of the Science and Math
Building. The posters will be on display for several days.
could receive job training.
“I gained two things from
this experience: appreciation
for what I have and admira
tion for these kids - they are
very happy, resilient kids,”
commented Jessica Link.
Otherprojects includ
ed trips to the Latta House’s
Pumpkin Fest for Children,
in order to raise awareness
about this historic site in the
community. Heather Allen
exclaimed, “It was great fun!
And the house is really old.”
Another student, Kylene
Sisk, also shared in Allen’s
excitement over the projects,
“I think it’s beneficial -1 en
joyed it myself and it helps
the community.” Her group’s
project included sorting out
clothing that was donated
to a local church, in order
for people to come pick out
necessary clothing for work
or the changing weather.
Carothers ended his
speech by offering words of
wisdom and encouragement.
He said, “[These students
were] doing something to
say ‘I can make this a bet
ter place’. We didn’t see the
world move, but we made
the world move a little bit.”
All students are encouraged
to go to the Science and
Math building’s Atrium to
view the different projects
the students participated in.
The posters and displays will
be available until Thursday.