Citizenship Edge

Students will become engaged, involved citizens.  They will:

• Develop an empathy and concern for others
• Gain practical experience in community settings
• Increase their awareness of community challenges, opportunities, and processes

To satisfactorily achieve the outcome, students will complete:

• 100 hours that may include a combination of service learning, community service, and civic engagement.  A minimum of 10 hours must be civic engagement activities, and students will need to participate in 3 separate volunteer activities.
• Log your hours on the Superior Edge logging system
• Write a reflection paper and complete a short survey

Examples of what would count towards completion of the Citizenship Edge:

• service learning:  course-related experiences
• community service:  volunteer opportunities
• civic engagement:  attending political, governmental, ASNMU, non-profit, or board (i.e., NMU Board of Trustees, etc.) meetings; attending public hearings; or working on political campaign or project 

Possible Citizenship Edge Activities:

• Personal volunteer projects such as Adopt-A-Family, Adopt-A-Highway, Big Brothers Big Sisters, blood drives, food pantries, Habitat for Humanity, hospice, Humane Society, Make A Difference Day, Red Cross, Relay for Life, Special Olympics, telethons, U.P. 200, or being a mentor
• Hold a position in a student organization to promote volunteer work (i.e., volunteer coordinator for residence hall)
• Volunteer work coordinated by the NMU Volunteer Center
• Organize volunteer programs/opportunities
• Work in an academic service learning course
• Travel abroad to do volunteer work