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新澳彩开奖结果 dedicates Max Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education

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COVE dedication

Jonah Shacknai 鈥78 (right) talks with Charlotte Arbogast 鈥16, team leader for North Broad Street Tutoring 鈥 a group that tutors in grades 1 and 2 at a low-income school in Oneida. (Photo by Alice Virden-Speer)

There鈥檚 a new sign on the door at 新澳彩开奖结果鈥檚 Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE).

On March 22, campus community members gathered to reassert the center鈥檚 mission as it became the , named in memory of Max Shacknai, son of Jonah Shacknai 鈥78.

For all of the words of thanks and commendation spoken during the dedication, the Max Shacknai COVE has a 鈥渟how me, don鈥檛 tell me鈥 legacy that was reaffirmed by Jonah Shacknai himself. Speaking to students, faculty, and staff, he reminded them that, 鈥渁s we look around our world 鈥 as we look around our community 鈥 no matter what our luck, we have the opportunity to take stock, realize that we have great fortune, and with that great fortune, great responsibility.鈥

鈥01 and , former dean of the college, started the COVE in 2001. Since then, it has become a thriving operation that provides 30,000 hours of community service work every year.

Six staffers support more than 800 students who participate in sustained volunteerism. Six COVE alternative break trips give more than 60 students the chance to volunteer around the globe. Every year, 40 first-year students arrive on campus for service work before move-in day 鈥 thanks to the COVE, their 新澳彩开奖结果 careers begin by helping others in need.

The COVE partners with the chaplains office to encourage interfaith service and offers grant-writing sessions for campus community members. It also coordinates a longstanding seminar program that brings area high school students to campus to engage with undergraduates and faculty through specially designed courses.

Alongside these traditional activities, the COVE recently launched a new social innovation initiative in cooperation with the and the Robert A. Fox 鈥59 Leadership Institute. The goal is to harness the entrepreneurial spirit on campus and provide students with the tools they need to bring social impact into the for-profit sector after graduation.

鈥淎s we come together today, there never has been a more important time for the work of this program,鈥 said Suzy Nelson, dean of the college. 鈥淭here has never been a more important time for 新澳彩开奖结果 to recommit to its core value of service to others.鈥

新澳彩开奖结果鈥檚 commitment has been made possible through annual gifts and a new endowment established by Shacknai. 鈥淛onah鈥檚 support allows us to re-envision the next phase in the life of the Max Shacknai COVE,鈥 said center director Krista Saleet. 鈥淚t allows us to prepare the next set of community leaders to make a real impact.鈥

Because of Shacknai鈥檚 gifts, made during , the COVE is an established landmark on 新澳彩开奖结果鈥檚 pedagogical landscape. 鈥淧articipation in the greater community is part and parcel of a liberal arts education that we hope and expect that our students will receive,鈥 said President Jeffrey Herbst. 鈥淭his education will prepare students to understand how a community evolves and prospers.鈥

Many students see the COVE as something more. It is a place where altruism is placed under the microscope of a liberal arts education. 鈥淚n recognizing the moral obligation and acting upon it,鈥 said Kristi Carey 鈥15, 鈥渨e show that it鈥檚 not about a goodness of heart, but rather a public responsibility.鈥