Pre-trip Spring ASB meetings

We want everyone to remember to come to the Spring ASB pre-trip meetings tomorrow at 4:30, Wednesday at 12:00, and Thursday at 5:00 in the Center. We will be covering the basic information of the trips like departure and arrival dates, cost, activities, locations, etc. We will have a short presentation along with time to field questions!

ASB applications

Reminder for any of our students or get Rec'd students we saw the Alternative Service Break applications for Spring Break are due on February 10th in Student Involvement. If you have any questions come to 222 Ne Union and ask the front desk!

Congratulations to Arthy Muthukumarappan who was drawn out for our free Spring ASB trip from Get Rec'd! We are anxiously awaiting her reply on which ASB trip she would like to attend!

Get interested in ASB trips!

The Spring Alternative Service Break trip applications are available in the office and must be turned in on February 10th to Student Involvement. If you aren't quite sure if you would want to go check out this video from the Winter ASB to get an idea of what it is like! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB88rrpA6oE

Alternative service spring break trips

Come to the pre-trip meetings next week Tues. 4:30, Wed. 12:00, Thurs. 5:00. There will be more information on where the trips are going, what will be done on the trips, and what the cost will be. All of the meetings will be in 222 Ne Union in the Center for Civic Engagement.

Civic Engagement

Have you ever heard the name of our office (Center for Civic Engagement) and just thought to yourself... I have no clue what that means? Well in an effort to educate you just a bit check out this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80D3wrdGKbE. It is about 90 seconds long and will help a person understand what civic engagement actually is. Our office focuses the majority of our efforts on the volunteering and leadership aspects of it. If you want to learn a little more check out our website http://engage.unl.edu/.

Get Rec'd

Come check out the Center at get Rec'd today and tomorrow from 11:00 to 4:00! We will be talking about service breaks and handing out cookies. We will be drawing a name for one free alternative service break to a lucky student!

Volunteer fair today!

Hey make sure to come to the volunteer fair today from 3:00 to 5:00 in the Centennial room of City Campus there are refreshments as well as organizations you can volunteer with!

Today in civic engagement

Check out UNL's recycling statistics after the Michigan State game. If we recycled what we could the earth would be a lot better off! http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/todayatunl/891/5365

Interested in learning Chinese to improve your civic engagement abilities? The UNL Confucius Institute will be starting classes on the 17th for $100-150. Check out the links for more info. http://www.unl.edu/ http://confuciusinstitute.unl.edu/activities.shtml
Reminder for everyone that the volunteer fair is tomorrow here in the City Union. It will be in the Centennial room from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. Come to find an organization to volunteer with!

Also, come check us out at Get Rec'd on Thursday or Friday. Doors open at 11:00 am each day. We will be giving out information about our Spring Alternative Service Breaks. There will be five different ones, each to a different city. Come check out Center for Civic Engagement at Get Red'd for more info!

Center update for today

Join the Center in tax season by becoming a greeter, interpreter, or childcare volunteer. It is a great chance to help the tax program without having to actually do taxes!

There is a tax training session tomorrow the 13th of January. It is for tax volunteers who may need some assistance in their tax training. It is in the Center (222 Ne Union) from 1:00 - 4:00 pm.

The Center will be at Get Rec'd on January 19-20 telling about our Spring Alternative Service Break Trips. Drop by to find out about them!

Check out these cool statistics on volunteering in Nebraska!
http://www.volunteeringinamerica.gov/NE

Tuscaloosa trip quick fact

The students who went to Tuscaloosa, Alabama completed 742 hours of service in just four days. For more information about the trip check out the Daily Nebraskan article at http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/students-assist-in-tuscaloosa-relief-efforts-1.2683966

Welcome back!

- The Center would like to welcome everyone back to school and hopes that the semester will go well. If you have not had a chance to come visit us yet this school year drop by 222 Nebraska Union to see the Center for Civic Engagement.
-If you want to get involved in volunteering this semester or need to fulfill a service requirement for a class come to the volunteer fair on January 19th in the Nebraska Union from 3:00 to 5:00 PM.
-The Center would like to send a shout out to the 29 students and staff that helped clean up tornado debris in Tuscaloosa, Alabama over break!