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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2007
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Service projects provide chance to volunteer
BY SASHA ROE sroe@kansan.com
Several local organizations hope KU students will be doing something more worthwhile than nursing a hangover on Saturday morning.
The Center for Community Outreach is holding a service project from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that will visit four volunteer sites where students can lend a hand.
The four projects on Saturday will include work at the Lawrence Humane Society, Lawrence Habitat for Humanity, Community Living Opportunities and a cleanup at Edgewood Park.
Dan Pierron, Olathe senior and co-director of Center for the Community Outreach, said the service project was a great way to preview a wide variety of ways to volunteer.
"There are several hundred students that do different projects out of the center each year," Pierron said.
At the Lawrence Humane Society students can help feed, clean and exercise animals. The Lawrence
"Sometimes KU can be detached from Lawrence; it's good for students to have a new perspective on the community."
There is something for everyone on Saturday, Pierron said.
DAN PIERRON
Olathe senior
Habitat for H u m a n i t y will work on a construction site. Students interested in nature can help with cleanup at Edgewood Park. The Community L i v i g Opportunities, an organization
that assists people with disabilities, will have a field day in Centennial
Park, Pierron said.
Jeremy Hahn, executive director of the Lawrence Habitat for Humanity, said volunteering by University students helps throughout the entire year.
"They're fantastic. We really enjoy their energy and help." Hahn said.
Midge Grinstead, director of the Lawrence Humane Society, said the work of University volunteers is critical to the humane society's operation. She said the time spent cleaning, socializing and exercising the animals is appreciated by already-overwhelmed employees.
"They are the backbone of the humane society," Grinstead said.
Agata Kaminska, Chicago senior and coordinator of Hawks for Health, said the project was aimed at letting University students know about the Center for Community Outreach and the valuable work they can do for the Lawrence community.
"It's so important for the University students to work with Lawrence, and be interested in what's happening," Kaminska said.
Pierron said the center helps foster a sense of community, and can be a rewarding experience both for Lawrence citizens and students.
"Sometimes KU can be detached from Lawrence; it is good for students to have a new perspective on the community," Pieron said. "It's a great feeling to be able to give back to that community."
Students interested in volunteering Saturday for the service project should meet before 10 a.m. on Saturday in the Kansas Union lobby. Transportation will be provided to the four sites, and lunch will be provided for all volunteers. For more information, students should contact Dan Pierron or Kelli Stout at the Center for Community Outreach in the Kansan Union at (785)864-4073.
Edited by Kyle Carter
CAMPUS
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Psychology professor Patricia Hawley accepts a check for $5000 from Mark Heider, president of Commerce Bank in Lawrence, as part of a Kemper award she received Thursday during a surprise visit to her afternoon class. Five other University of Kansas professors received Kemp Awards.
Officials surprise teachers with awards
ccondron@kansan.com
BY COURTNEY CONDRON
Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Provost Richard Lariviere surprised seven teachers during their classes Thursday, presenting each of the recipients of the W.T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence with a $5,000 check.
The "surprise patrol" will continue given awards today and next week, with 20 teachers and advisers amounting to $100,000 given out.
"It's a great way to start the semester," said Patricia Hawley, assistant psychology professor and one of Thursday's recipients of a Kemper Fellowship. "It's amazing to be among such great previous Kemper award winners."
Thursday's other honorees were David Bergeron, professor of English, Marsha Hawler, professor of history of art, Mark Mort, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, Lee Skinner, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese Bryan Young, associate professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering and Yan Bing Zhang, assistant professor of communication studies,
"I had about a two minute warning that this was going to happen," Young said when he received the award. "I was only going to be here for about five minutes, but then was told I better stick around."
"When the upper classmen see us walk in, they usually know what's going on, but most of the undergraduates don't know what's happening." Mark Heider, said President of Commerce Bank, the trustee of the Kemper Fund.
Heider reminded students in Young's class that students who had sat in their seats before are now the ones with jobs in big cities.
"This represents those that have gone before you, and he helped them have the best education they can receive," Heider said.
The award was first established with $500,000 from the William T. Kemper Foundation, which was created in 1989, and another $500,000 from KU Endowment.
Edited by Jeff Briscoe
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