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Building Successful College Student-Community Organization Partnerships

Learn how college students at William and Mary engage with local, hometown, domestic, and international communities through volunteering. Discover benefits, challenges, and strategies for impactful projects.

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Building Successful College Student-Community Organization Partnerships

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  1. Building partnerships: Students and community organizations

  2. College students and community

  3. high rates of volunteering nationally, 29% in Virginia • strong culture of service at William and Mary • local, hometown, domestic, international how are students engaged?

  4. short-term investment • learning to prioritize • developing skill set • time to train • wanting to change the world, needing to stuff the envelopes • transportation access challenges of working with student volunteers

  5. energy and enthusiasm • understanding of social issues, connection to academics • openness to learning • flexibility • activism • sharing awareness with others benefits of college student volunteers

  6. our approach

  7. all service needs to be directed by the community • service should be helpful to the community, not created to fulfill the student’s wish to serve meeting community needs

  8. striving for projects that address needs successfully • developing ways to measure impact • work plans and agreements measurable impact

  9. community partners provide orientation and training to new students • guidance when things go astray or when they go well training and guiding students

  10. community partners sharing experience with the issue and the community • mentoring • sharing resources and suggested readings co-educators in an experiential setting

  11. varied support, depending on kind of engagement • ways of support: • listserv and other outreach • work plans • resources for issue-focused education • communication about issues • advising student leaders regularly OCE’s role: assistance in placements, preparation and advising

  12. Opportunities to work with students

  13. Williamsburg Engagement • Listserv posts regular volunteering

  14. SHOW Day • Make a Difference Day • Spring Into Action episodic volunteering

  15. Local internship program and other internships through the Career Center internships

  16. brown bags • speak up videos education

  17. How do we do this best?

  18. semesters • finals, papers timelines

  19. setting expectations in writing • asking for communication about any changes in a specified amount of time ahead • following up when they don’t follow through • praising when things are going well • introducing them to others who volunteer with you (build up carpools) communication & feedback

  20. what is your volunteer excited about? Best at? • what skills do they have that other volunteers don’t? • what resources do they have access to? • break them into smaller groups when they have large groups and tasks – make it a fun competition; play music playing to strengths

  21. Feed them! Even bad pizza is good pizza. • Give away t-shirts – even XXL is fun • Put their picture in the paper persuasion

  22. Questions?

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