Student Life

Local Opportunities

National Opportunities

• AFS [www.afs.org/usa]
• American Friends Service Committee [www.afsc.org]
• AmeriCorps [www.americorps.org]
• Amigos [www.amigoslink.org]
• Council Exchanges [www.councilexchanges.org]
• Cross-Cultural Solutions [www.crossculturalsolutions.org]
• Earthwatch Institute [www.earthwatch.org]
• Global Children's Organization [www.globalchild.org]
• Global Exchange [www.globalexchange.org]
• Global Service Corps [www.globalservicecorps.org]
• Global Volunteers [www.globalvolunteers.org]
• The International Partnership for Service-Learning [www.ipsl.org]
• International Volunteer Programs Association [www.volunteerinternational.org]
• Lisle Inc. (formerly Lisle Fellowship): [www.lisle.utoledo.edu]
• Mobility International USA (MIUSA) [www.miusa.org]
• Operation Crossroads Africa [www.igc.org/oca]
• National Student Campaign Against Hunger & Homelessness [www.nscahh.org]
• Partnership for Public Service [www.ourpublicservice.org]
• Peace Corps [www.peacecorps.gov]
• Transitions Abroad [www.transitionsabroad.com]
• University of Minnesota (MSID) [www.umabroad.umn.edu]
• VolunteerAbroad.com
• Volunteers for Peace International Opportunities [www.vfp.org]
• Volunteer Placements & Internships [www.volunteertravel.com]
• WorldTeach [www.worldteach.org]

Campus Service Groups

Contact Beth Anne Roy by e-mail at broy2@washcoll.edu or phone extension 7277 with any questions about the following organizations.

Service Council Members

The Service Council is an all-inclusive body that works to bring campus-wide service programming to the student body of Washington College while promoting and strengthening student involvement in service and leadership.

Co Chairs: Astra Haldeman and Laura Nace
Service House Manager: Allison Jones
SGA Service Chair: Cynthia Sebian-Lander
Campus Recycling Coordinator: Samantha Bulkilvish
Service Happens Editor: Keri Kiewra
Secretary: Katie Woolf

Best Buddies

Best Buddies provide friendship and socialization opportunities for mentally disabled adults. College students are paired as "buddies" with local youth and adults. It is an affiliate of the international Best Buddies organization.

Organizer: Sarah Brown

Cleopatra's Daughters

Cleopatra's Daughters is a support group for women, focusing on issues facing minority women in particular. It is directed towards, but not limited to minority women in the Washington College community. To the sisters of Cleopatra's Daughters, this distinctive organization has represented the survival and unity of women of color on the Washington College campus. Originally founded by ten women in 1992, we now have over forty members, whose ethnicity represents the entire globe. We have members from the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Oceania.

President: Maryanne Shoge

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Coalition for Peace and Social Justice

The WC Coalition for Peace and Social Justice is a group interested in a serious study of the struggle for peace and social justice at the personal, local, national, and international level. From peace vigils to raising awareness of racial problems, from attendance at a national conference on the Middle East to the current Campus Living Wage Campaign, the group has been active in encouraging non-violent social change. Not affiliated with any national group, PSJ has worked with other campus groups as well as with the community to promote ideas of justice and equality.

President: Andrew Mehdizadeh

Education Club

Education Club Description: The Education Club is composed mostly of Education students although not limited to them. Throughout the year we do many different activities including Kid's Nights, an event we organize allowing the community to drop off their children with us for three hours for games, crafts, snacks, and usually a movie. Other activities include conferences, beach weekends, and the Chestertown parade.

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President: Vanessa Nutt

Empty Bowls

The Empty Bowls project was started at Washington College by a group of students who wanted to help Kent County's hunger problems. Each Spring students at the college and high school make bowls to sell, and all of the profits go to the Kent County Food Pantry.

Organizer: Allison Jones

Habitat For Humanity

Washington College's Habitat for Humanity sends a group of students to different locations to help build a house during Spring Break. Students have an opportunity to help people around the country by working with the international organization. Habitat was started at Washington College in 1999.

Organizer: Laura Nace

Hands Out

Hands Out is a service organization that seeks to help the less fortunate people of Kent County through activities such as food drives, clothing drives, and special holiday projects. The primary goal is to foster relationships between the students of Washington College and the Kent County community through service and learning.

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President: Allison Jones

Student Athlete Mentors

Student Athlete Mentors is a group composed of student volunteers who donate their time to tutor other students and help them with their work. This includes the Character Counts program at Garnett Elementary School.

President: Kelsey Pont

Student Environmental Alliance

Student Environmental Alliance (SEA) serves as the central hub of environmental activity on campus. Members promote the green campus initiative, engage in environmental service projects and outdoor activities such as hiking and mountain climbing.

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Organizer: Emily Richardson

Tanzania Outreach

Tanzania Outreach was formed in 2005 after a group of students visited Tanzania on a school trip. While there they meet a group of women who made jewelry to support their village, and the group of students wanted to help out. They bought necklaces, earrings, and bracelets to sell in Chestertown and at the college. All of the profits are sent directly to the women.

President: Penny Mause