Getting involved in the community now is becoming easier for students at 含羞草社区. Missouri Western鈥檚 Center for Service is working on bolstering student volunteerism by offering free elective credits for community service.
According to Gary Clapp, Director of the Center for Service at Missouri Western, students can take a class, called University 201, where they can get involved with or create their own community-service projects to earn one elective credit for every 40 hours of volunteer work. 鈥淵ou have to take elective credits anyway,鈥� Clapp said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a great opportunity for people to reduce some of the cost associated with higher education.鈥�
The Center for Service currently has nine students going through the online orientation for University 201. While some student organizations already are required to do some volunteer work, Clapp said University 201 will attract more students to volunteer in the community.
鈥淲hat we find is that once people start doing some good work in the community, they don鈥檛 want to quit,鈥� Clapp said. 鈥淥nce they鈥檝e got their hours in for what their needs are, maybe some of them quit but some of them say, 鈥楬ey, that makes me feel good!鈥欌��
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