Highlighting an exceptional volunteer effort by one of Tech’s own.
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Service Council Revived This year, Emma Bones, a fourth-year environmental engineering major and dedicated campus volunteer, decided to resurrect a dormant organization that once served Tech’s campus. The Community Service Council, active from 2007-09, relaunched with a greater focus on serving the entire Tech community. The group aims to help student service organizations operate better and to make service opportunities easier to access. The council developed an online calendar that aggregates volunteer opportunities from various organizations, and is developing a database to enable users to search for service opportunities based on interest or group. The Council builds on a strong legacy of service at
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Tech, which was named to the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. “We did outreach to organizations that we’ll support to see what their challenges or barriers to service are right now, and how we can help,” said Bones, chair of the council. “We also want to integrate m o r e w i t h f a c u l t y, s t a f f a n d t h e administration. “There’s been a big push on service learning and it’s something students really want.”
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