Our Team:

Fall 2024 Important Dates

Below are important dates regarding Community Engaged Learning. If you have any specific questions or concerns, please reach out to our team!

***We as a team understand the uniqueness and extra demands that come with teaching our FYS course. As the semester progresses, if you think one (or all) of your students need extra time for one of these deadlines, please communicate with our team so we can make adjustments to accommodate you and your students, and to make sure you all receive the support you need.**

1.) Mid-semester Report - Our team will be sending out GivePulse updates to each faculty member showing which of their students have: completed hours, which students have signed up for a service opportunity, and which students have not started the process yet. We will be sending these updates out by the week of October 15th - roughly one week before midterm grades are due.

**As the semester progresses, if you want another class update, please reach out to our team and we'd be happy to provide it!

2.) Individual Student Service Opportunity (ISSO) - For any student interested in providing service for an opportunity that is NOT in our GivePulse database (but you as a faculty member approve it), the deadline to turn in the ISSO form is Tuesday, November 12th. The service can occur after the 11/12 deadline, the form just needs to be turned in and accepted by our team by the deadline.

3.) Virtual Service Opportunity: For any student interested in doing part of their service requirement through our virtual opportunities, the deadline to sign up for one of our options is Tuesday, November 12th. The service can occur after the 11/12 deadline, the student just needs to be signed up and confirmed for the opportunity by the deadline.

**All students participating in Virtual Service need to also check out our "Virtual Service Credit Component" module in order to fully complete their service. This information will also be on the GivePulse page for each virtual opportunity so your students are aware of this portion.

4.) Second GivePulse Report: Our team will be sending out another GivePulse report with the same type of information provided in October. These reports will be sent out the week of November 15th, roughly one month before final grades are due. This will give us all a month to help support the students that may be behind or struggling to complete their hours.

5.) Final Service Hours: Our deadline for all service hours completed for the semester is Thursday, December 12th (Study Day). As mentioned above, as the semester progresses if you think some of your students need more time, please communicate with our team and we'd be happy to make adjustments to accommodate them. Our goal is that between 12/12 and the end of finals week we can figure out if there are any concerns or issues; then if there are, we can work with your students to make any changes before final grades are submitted and before they leave for winter break.