Community Engagement Programming
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- Community Federal Work Study
- Volunteerism at Centenary
- Centenary Gives Back!
- The BIG Event
- Centenary College Student Service Awards
- Office of Community Awards and Recognition
Community Federal Work-Study Program
Centenary College places a number of Federal Work-Study students to work within Non-Profit Service agencies in our local community on an annual basis.
Each student is under contract with the College that determines the total numbers of hours that students can work during the year. Generally, students work eight to ten hours a week and their hourly wage is paid by the Federal Government and Centenary College.
An employee of the service agency must interview the student before accepting them for work-study and must supervise them while they serve at the agency. The Federal Government requires a signed contract between the agency and the College. Students are responsible for work-study time sheets that are to be completed and signed by both the student and the agency supervisor before it is turned in to the Director of Service-Learning.
For more information about this opportunity contact:
Mrs. Lynette Viskowzki
Director of Financial Aid
(318) 869-5137
email
You can also click HERE to visit the Office of Financial Aid website.
2009-2010 CFW-S Community Partners
Literacy Volunteers at Centenary College
Northwest Louisiana Food Bank
The Volunteers of America After School Program
Summer 2009 CFW-S Community Partners
Literacy Volunteers at Centenary College
The March of Dimes
The Robinson Film Center
The Volunteers Of American Summer Youth Program
Volunteerism at Centenary
The Office of Community actively works to promote volunteerism by connecting students to a host of ideas for service and opportunities to serve.
Northwest Louisiana Volunteer Center
The Northwest Louisiana Volunteer Center is a program of the United Way, and opened in April 2009 to foster the spirit of civic engagement in Northwest Louisiana by connecting and enabling agencies and volunteers.
The Volunteer Center puts volunteers in touch with agencies that need them the most. In order to provide the best experience for both agency and volunteer, volunteers' skills and preferences are matched against the many opportunities available to provide the "best volunteer match". The Volunteer Center also provides trainings and seminars to give volunteers the skills they need to be effective in their community.
Volunteer Center Links
Have an opportunity you want advertised? Download, complete, and fax this form to the Volunteer Center!
For a list of on-going volunteer opportunities, click here.
Centenary Gives Back!
Centenary Gives Back! is a webpage created and maintained by Centenary’s Office of Community and is dedicated to recognizing Centenary students, staff, faculty, and alumni who choose to give back to help serve their local communities through volunteer service.
You will find blurbs, stories, and pictures about members of the Centenary Community both near and far making a positive difference in the communities in which they live. Remember, volunteering isn’t always about building houses and picking up trash (although those are good things too), you can include any positive activity you do to improve the community from serving on a local community board, tutoring local children, or contributing your skills and talents to your local church or synagogue.
If you or anyone you know who is connected to the Centenary Community has volunteered from June 2009 until now we want to recognize their contribution(s). Please email your volunteer stories to email.
When submitting information please include the following:
- Who? - Names of the volunteer(s)
- What? - Event or group you volunteer with
- When? - Dates and Times you volunteer
- Where? - Location of where you volunteer
- Why? - Give us a quote about why you choose to volunteer.
- Pictures! - If you have pictures of your volunteer experiences please send those in as well.
Click here to go to the Centenary Gives Back! Webpage and see what your peers have done! Thanks and Happy Volunteering!
The BIG Event
The BIG Event is a student-led, large scale, day of service, which unites Centenary with its surrounding neighbors to build relationships, express gratitude, and enhance the community that has supported the college for over one-hundred years.
Our Purpose & Origin
At the BIG Event, students, faculty, staff, and alumni all come together to act as neighbors helping neighbors. Together, we work to beautify the surrounding neighborhoods of Centenary College, to show our gratitude for their support of our community, and to allow us to give back and connect with the Shreveport community. Volunteers have the opportunity to choose from various helpful activities, including exterior home improvement, basic landscaping, and inside services.
Click here to go to The BIG Event's web page!
Centenary College Student Service Awards
The Centenary College Student Service Award is presented annually in the spring of the academic year to a graduating senior who has made service to their community a priority during their time at Centenary. The Centenary College Rising Star Service Award is presented annually in the spring of the academic year to a freshman or sophomore student who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment serving our community in their first years at Centenary College.
These students have gone "above and beyond" not only in their Service-Learning participation, but in other areas by promoting civic stewardship and encouraging civic engagement and responsibility amongst the Centenary Community.
Nomination and deadline information is available each Spring via the announcements section of our Community Home Page. Please click the links below to download the Nomination Forms.
The 2012 Student Service Award Winner
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Eric Ball
List of Past Recipients
1998 - Tommy Eskew
1999 - Natalie Thompson
2000 - Karla Jackson
2001 - Nola Seiber
2002 - Jason Burnham
2003 - Katie Poole
2004 - Russell Young
2005 - Kelsey Johnson
2006 - Sarah Smith
2007 - Patricia Harris
2008 - Jennifer Bouso
2009 - Ally Gann
2010 - Jennifer Pate & Matthew Wallace
2011 - Costas Dafnis
2012 - Eric Ball
Awards & Recognition for The Office of Community
2011-2012
3rd Annual MLK Service Day
The 2011 MLK Day of Service honoring the legacy and philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. continued its success through both community participation and the addition of a third service site.
A brief numerical account of the days success includes:
- 255 Centenary students, faculty and staff, and members of the community came out to participate
- Beautification efforts were performed at all three service sites
- Centenary students interacted with local children in the community at Querbes Community Center.
- 213 Reading Tote Bags were personalized for the 1st and 2nd graders at both E.B.W. Stoner Hill and Creswell Elementary Schools.
- A mural was also painted in the E.B.W. Stoner Elementary Library.
Thank you to everyone who made the 2011 MLK Service Day a success and we look forward to greater outcomes next year. For more coverage on this year’s event click here.
2009-2010
2009 President's Community Service Honor Roll Recognition
The Corporation for National and Community Service recently honored Centenary College with a place on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities.
This is the fourth year in a row that Centenary has won the award. Overall, the Corporation honored six schools with Presidential Awards. In addition, 83 were named as Honor Roll With Distinction members and 546 schools as Honor Roll members, including Centenary College.
Click HERE to read about this outstanding accomplishment.
Centenary College and The Volunteer Center of NWLA Coordinate Highly Successful 2010 MLK Service Day
The 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service had a community wide impact that did not go unnoticed. Click here and here to view the Shreveport Times and KSLA coverage of the event!
Here is a numerical depiction of the day's success:
- 214 Centenary students, faculty and staff, and members of the community came out to serve with us - at 7 am on a holiday!
- Together we assembled and decorated 145 LEAP Test Preparation Kits for the 4th grade students are E. B. W. Stoner Hill and Creswell Elementary Schools.
- We also personalized and stuffed 110 Reading Tote Bags for the 1st graders at both schools.
- We cleaned from top to bottom over 40 classrooms at both schools.
- And on top of all of that, we still found time to rake leaves, plant flowers, AND paint a mural in the library at Stoner Hill... all in under 3 hours!
Thank you to everyone who made our 2010 MLK Service Day a HUGE success, and we look forward to serving with you next year!
2008-2009
2008 President's Community Service Honor Roll Recognition
The Corporation for National and Community Service recently honored Centenary College with a place on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities.
MLK Service Day 2009 was a NATIONAL success!
On January 24, 2009 a group of Centenary students, faculty, staff, and alumni came together to serve their local community in a unique and special way by participating in a school beautification project for the students of 2 local public schools to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Southwest Affiliate of the National Association of College and University Residence Halls and the National Association of College and University Residence Halls recognized this year's MLK Service Day as both the Regional Winner and National Winner of the Community Service Program Of The Month Award for the month of January 2009.
The event was nominated by Centenary student Aleks Kasztalsa and Centenary's chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary and competed against other nominations from other colleges and universities from across the nation.
Click HERE to read the complete award nomination and thank you Centenary Chapter of NRHH for you support!