WVU faculty, staff and students continued to make our communities stronger throughout the pandemic by completing more than 14,000 in-person and virtual hours of community engagement experiences last semester.
Some of the projects met critical needs, such as blood drives, feeding programs and snow removal for elders.
Community partners from more than 30 organizations were matched with faculty and students from service-learning courses during the Fall semester to include the following:
Students from capstone course Leadership in Action researched grants and created a social media plan for Court Appointed Special Advocates for Kids.
Public Health capstone students worked with Mountain People’s Co-op to visually map the sources of food sold and promote SNAP Stretch benefits.
Seventeen community partners created virtual service opportunities for honor students enrolled in Intro to Business. One of many notable projects was a series of cooking videos created in residence hall rooms by students featuring foods provided by the Pantry Plus More.
“Serving during a pandemic prompted us to look for areas of need in our community that are often uncommon during a regular semester and we were able to help students learn about the reach of their impact even virtually,” said Kristi Wood-Turner, director of the WVU Center for Service and Learning. “WVU and our partners found innovative ways to communicate, collaborate and serve.”
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