CNU's Center for Service Learning & Social Entrepreneurship
Announces 2009 Day of Service
News Release - June 15, 2009
Media Contacts:
Lori Jacobs,
Director of Public Relations
lori.jacobs@cnu.edu
(757) 594-8428
(NEWPORT NEWS, VA) - CNU's Center for Service Learning & Social Entrepreneurship will hold its 2nd annual Day of Service on Thursday, August 20, 2009.
This year's volunteer initiative will focus on establishing long term, service-based partnerships between the university and the community. Partnering with the Southeast Community Weed & Seed Project, 350 CNU freshman leadership students and dozens of faculty and staff will spend the day cleaning, painting, weeding and planting alongside neighborhood residents on service projects that benefit the entire community; working with children at Peninsula community centers and assisting with health care assessments.
"The Day of Service is a first important step in what we hope will be a lasting and significant relationship with the Southeast community of Newport News," noted Dr. Roberta Rosenberg, Director of the Center for Service Learning & Social Entrepreneurship and Professor of English at CNU.
The initiative was conceived by university president Paul Trible to highlight the importance of stewardship and community outreach. Designed to unite campus and citizens in collaborative projects for the mutual benefit of the broader community, the initiative identifies defined needs while helping students apply academic knowledge and skills to contemporary social issues.
For more information or to be included in the community projects in the Southeast community, contact Brad Brewer, Assistant Director of the Center for Service Learning & Social Entrepreneurship at (757) 594-7233 or via e-mail at brad.brewer@cnu.edu.
A four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia, Christopher Newport University enrolls 5,000 students in rigorous academic programs through the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, and the College of Social Sciences including the Luter School of Business. CNU offers great teaching and small classes as well as an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. For more information about CNU and its programs,
please visit www.cnu.edu.