Twelve incoming Elon freshmen are getting ahead of the pack by spending a week on campus this summer, participating in a variety of service activities. Details...
Members of the class of 2007 are spending a week working on a Habitat for Humanity home and participating in a variety of other civic activities as part of Pre-SERVE, an event hosted by the Kernodle Center for Service Learning and Elon Volunteers!
The students were selected through an application process. They live in campus housing from Sunday-Thursday nights and get a firsthand look at the opportunities they will have to serve the local community during their years at Elon. The 12 incoming freshmen work with two upperclassmen student coordinators, Annie Langdon and Scott Christenbury, and faculty advisor Michael Fels, assistant professor of art. This year, the group is working on two Habitat homes off Brooklyn Drive in Glen Raven, N.C.
The Pre-SERVE group also visited the residents of Blakey Hall, a local retirement community, on Monday night for conversation. The students also visited Maynard House, the home of Elon president Leo M. Lambert. The group will also visit the Boys’ and Girls’ Club of Alamance County. Throughout the week, the student coordinators will lead the group in a nightly reflection on the day’s events.
Pre-SERVE is one of the many events sponsored by the Kernodle Center and Elon Volunteers. Elon students completed more than 70,000 service hours during the 2002-03 academic year.