2008 Woodie Awards
Micah Program broadens scope of service
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Mallory Schwarz
Issue date: 9/7/07 Section: News
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"It's really based on each individual student, which helps them excel," said Skupien who will volunteer there for two-and-a-half hours weekly.
This year the Micah program will not only continue its commitment to service in the Shaw neighborhood but will also expand to perform community service in the growing Latino community around Cherokee Street in the Near South Side.
Acción Social Comunitaria is a "Hispanic Community Support Center that offers educational and social services" and is an additional work site in the program's new track. Students can get involved with tutoring and mentoring or work as translators.
Other organizations on Micah's new Hispanic track include the International Institute and La Clínica. La Clínica is a health care clinic for low-income Hispanics where students will get to use their Spanish skills to help do interviews with patients and translate for physicians, among other routine volunteer tasks. "Some Spanish is required to work on the second track, and some of the newer sites are only open to upperclassmen, though we're hoping eventually to get younger students with the necessary skills involved," said Stump.
Another addition to the Micah Family is a semester abroad in El Salvador at the University of Central America (UCA). To allow students to see the conditions leading to mass immigration to the United States, Micah students will study at Casa de la Solidaridad, an academic initiative between SCU, UCA and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Their mission is to promote justice and solidarity through the integration of academic study with direct immersion with the poor of El Salvador. This program will be offered to sophomores and above starting in the spring of 2009.
The Micah program also offers a certificate in urban social analysis that is open to any SLUU student, not only those doing service with Micah. For more information, check Micah's website, micah.slu.edu, or email micah@slu.edu.
Stump encourages interested students to get involved: "Students are welcome at any time to apply."
This year the Micah program will not only continue its commitment to service in the Shaw neighborhood but will also expand to perform community service in the growing Latino community around Cherokee Street in the Near South Side.
Acción Social Comunitaria is a "Hispanic Community Support Center that offers educational and social services" and is an additional work site in the program's new track. Students can get involved with tutoring and mentoring or work as translators.
Other organizations on Micah's new Hispanic track include the International Institute and La Clínica. La Clínica is a health care clinic for low-income Hispanics where students will get to use their Spanish skills to help do interviews with patients and translate for physicians, among other routine volunteer tasks. "Some Spanish is required to work on the second track, and some of the newer sites are only open to upperclassmen, though we're hoping eventually to get younger students with the necessary skills involved," said Stump.
Another addition to the Micah Family is a semester abroad in El Salvador at the University of Central America (UCA). To allow students to see the conditions leading to mass immigration to the United States, Micah students will study at Casa de la Solidaridad, an academic initiative between SCU, UCA and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Their mission is to promote justice and solidarity through the integration of academic study with direct immersion with the poor of El Salvador. This program will be offered to sophomores and above starting in the spring of 2009.
The Micah program also offers a certificate in urban social analysis that is open to any SLUU student, not only those doing service with Micah. For more information, check Micah's website, micah.slu.edu, or email micah@slu.edu.
Stump encourages interested students to get involved: "Students are welcome at any time to apply."
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