Students in Service Program

To all Kauai CC students enrolled at least half time in 2011 - 2012,

• Want to earn a scholarship voucher worth $1,175, $1,468, or $2,775 to help pay for your tuition or student loan? It is valid for 7 years. If you don't use it, you may award it to someone of your choice.
• Are you doing a practicum, internship, student teaching hours, clinical hours, service learning, or are you volunteering in a non-profit organization and not receiving any pay (unless you are a Federal Work Study student)?
• Are you enrolled at least 1/2 time?
• Are you willing to conduct 300 - 450 hours of volunteer service in 1 year? Or 900 hours over 2 years?
• Are you a US citizen, US national, or Legal permanent resident alien?If you answered "Yes" to these questions, you are eligible to enroll in the Students in Service Program!
• Just 21 states are eligible to enroll in the Students in Service Program.

How Does It Work?
You must do these:

• log onto: www.StudentsInService.org
• Go to INFO FOR: STUDENTS link, click on it and read the Pre-Service Overview;
• Complete the Reflection Questionnaire and bring it to the required Orientation;
• Download the Enrollment paperwork; fill it out after the OrientationYou must attend an Orientation session. Here are dates for Kauai CC. Choose one of the sessions below.

For these dates, rsvp to cammie@hawaii.edu:
Wednesday, October 5 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm, (OSC 105)
Wednesday, October 12 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm (OSC 105)

For these dates, rsvp to bpe@hawaii.edu:
Wednesday, October 19 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm (OSC 105)
Friday, October 21 at 10am - 11:30 am (OSC 105)

What Activities Qualify?

• Academic & co-curricular service-learning
• Non-paid, academic internships with a service focus
• Practicum hours such as nursing, counseling, firefighting, student teaching, and so forth
• Community service in education, public safety, environmental initiatives, community development, human services, social services, youth groups, government initiatives, and so on
• Most volunteer work, including tutoring, mentoring, stream and ocean restoration, volunteer recruitment

For more information, contact Enjolie Alexander at helphi@hawaii.edu; call 808-956-4641

At KCC, contact Bevin Parker-Evans at 245-0105 bpe@hawaii.edu, or
Cammie Matsumoto at 245-8280 cammie@hawaii.edu


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Posted by,
Cammie Matsumoto
Director of Community Relations & Special Projects