Gannon University Office of Service-Learning

Enhanced COVID screen available today, August 27, 2020
MLK Center – 312 Chestnut Street
9:30 a.m. – noon and 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Results expected within 48 hours

Nasal swab and health education about the virus to get people connected with primary care physicians or other services for their long term health needs.

Goal: to provide access to an under-served population who don’t have primary care physicians and have increased exposure due to logistics in their home situations and their work situations in which they have to go out and work in service area and other high exposure workplaces.

Well-done GU students and Dr. Magno with the 15th GIS Community mapping exhibit. Data that is visually displayed is supporting community partners with decision-making and problem-solving.

Also may we give up the hoarding 🧻

ATTENTION GRADUATING SENIORS!

Lake Effect Leaders AmeriCorps VISTA Project is hiring more than 25 individuals to serve with the 2019-2020 cohort. Positions will begin July 22 for sites based in Crawford County and Erie County. Interested applicants can apply here.

AmeriCorps VISTA is a national service program that is committed to ending poverty in the U.S. Ever year, members make a year-long, full-time commitment to serve at a nonprofit organization, government entity, or school and work on projects related to areas of economic opportunity, workforce development, eviction prevention, homelessness, neighborhood revitalization, opioid prevention/recovery, food access and security, mentoring, and education. VISTA member benefits include: living allowance, health coverage, robust professional development, federal loan forbearance or deferment (with interest paid), and an education award that can used to pay back school loans or continuing education. For a full list of positions, click here.

For questions, please contact Gabrielle Bradshaw, project director, at [email protected].

Special thank you to everyone who attended our Community Engagement Celebration last week. We hope you all had a chance to connect to some of our fantastic community partners and faculty members. If you liked our hats from this event, we are selling them! All proceeds go to Erie-GAINS and the amazing efforts that come out of the project. Choose your derby hat just in time for the races this weekend!

With summer right around the corner, bicycle and road safety is incredibly important to brush up on. Thank you, Villa Maria School of Nursing students and professors for providing this information to our community!

Amazing work is being done by our Environmental Engineering students. Through a mini-grant by Gannon University Erie-GAINS, students have build a vertical aeroponics system and have been collecting data to see how we can grow fresh vegetables year-round locally!

Well done!

Take a look at what Gannon's Fraternity and Sorority members built for Omega Week! Two of the three Little Free Libraries are currently on display. This week, head over to the Waldron Campus Center at Gannon University and vote for your favorite Little Free Library with some spare change.

All proceeds from this year's Penny Wars competition will benefit Gannon University Erie-GAINS.

We are so excited about some new libraries to be installed in the community!

Happy Advising Day Eve!

If you are a graduating senior or you have a graduating senior advisee looking for a great way to serve the community, check out this amazing opportunity with AmeriCorps VISTA!

For more information, please contact Gannon University's current VISTA, Austin at [email protected].

We are so proud of alumna, Kim D. for her commitment to post-graduate service! Here's a bit of a look at her work with PULSE - Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience

Fellow Stories: Kim Demjanenko “Family dinners are my favorite part of the day! This is a time when we have a chance to unwind and discuss some moments from the week.” -Kim Demjanenko

PULSE - Pittsburgh Urban Leadership Service Experience will be having an open house soon! This is a fantastic opportunity to serve the community after graduation! Applications are open now and due March 3rd!

Serve with Us Since 1994, PULSE has invited over 250 young adults to partner with 125 Pittsburgh nonprofits, contributing some 400,000 of hours of service to the city and its residents.