Monday, June 30, 2014

Alexandra Kytan: JSU Office of Student Life Week 3

Activities
·         Sexual Misconduct/Title IX Meeting
·         Helped with community service/service learning logging hours
·         Contacted agencies that have a community service/service learning partnership with JSU

Reflection

I was very excited to be helping out with JSU’s Center for Community Service & Engaged Learning. Community service is a very important aspect of my life. I think giving back to the community can have a very beneficial outcome and is important for our youth to understand. JSU does a fantastic job with making sure their students experience what it is like to help others. In order to graduate from JSU a student must complete 120 hours of community service unless they are a transfer, then it is 60 hours. That is an amazing amount of time these students have to spend over their two-to-four years in school. When I was researching other institutions, not very many had a requirement of community service hours and if they did it was around ten hours. JSU exceeds that drastically. I appreciate their effort to holistically grow each student!

While working with the sexual misconduct policy this past meeting was very exciting. Great minds were working together and much was accomplished. It was amazing to see student affairs professional’s gets so excited about something most might see as tedious. Their passion for the students and their safety was evident. I hope to have the same kind of passion regardless of the task when I am working professionally. Additionally, the ability for them to analyze other institutions practices to expand their knowledge and create a plan specifically for JSU was great!


This is my last week here at JSU and my goal is to continue like I have the past three weeks and dive into any obstacle given and find a way to make it happen!

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