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Civic Engagement provides assistance to students, student organizations, faculty and staff concerning volunteer and community service opportunities. Community service offers students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience while preparing for their professional futures. Civic Engagement connects the Georgia State University community with the greater Atlanta community by creating partnerships which foster service-learning opportunities and revitalize the community. Individuals who become engaged with Civic Engagement strengthen their career readiness and capacity to help solve the problems faced by society while learning the importance of being an active, engaged citizen.
Through OrgSync, Civic Engagement is able to provide service opportunities for individuals and groups based on personal interest while allowing participants to log and track volunteer hours. Students and student organizations that engage in service projects and log their hours in OrgSync are able to create a permanent record of their service hours and as well as qualify for local and national recognition.
Panther Breakaway, one of Civic Engagement’s signature programs, offers students the opportunity to spend their academic breaks in service to others. In the past, students have worked in various locations around the southeast and internationally, including Washington D.C., Florida, Tennessee, Louisiana and Costa Rica. Students are educated on a specific social issue prior to the trip and then immersed in the community where they complete service projects related to that specific issue. Previous trips have addressed social issues such as literacy, poverty, hunger, homelessness and environmental awareness.
For more information, visit Civic Engagement: service.gsu.edu.
Atlanta Campus: Student Center East, Suite 304 or call 404-413-1550 or visit the Civic Engagement website service.gsu.edu.
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