Community Service Internship
Campus Ministry at Canisius College
Campus Ministry at Canisius College
Description of Position
Community Service Interns work as the student liaisons between a particular community partner agency in our Canisius for Buffalo Program and the Canisius College community. Through the Canisius for Buffalo program, a Community Service Intern assists members of the Canisius College community live up to the Jesuit philosophy of becoming “women and men with and for others.” Direct community service enhances and enriches the Canisius educational experience; it also helps students develop valuable relationship, career, leadership, and social skills. Current Community Service Internship placements are AIDS/HIV ministry, health care, housing/homelessness/food programs, refugees, mentoring, senior citizens, education and tutoring.
Applications for the 2010-2011 service internships will be available in February 2010.
Responsibilities
- Serve at a Community Service Intern doing direct service with one of our partner site doing direct service.
- Act as the student liaison between Canisius community doing community service and a specific Canisius for Buffalo community partner agency, serving as an advocate on campus for that partner’s needs and activities, and maintaining regular communication with that agency (Community partner sites).
- Recruit and orient students and assist them with discernment, placement, and transportation to the service site.
- Plan and facilitate reflection sessions with members of the college community that have served at the placement.
- Coordinate one-time events, as needed, for Canisius volunteers and agencies (i.e. holiday parties, social gatherings, “college for a day”, setting up activities for campus visits at athletic or cultural events. etc.).
- Participate in regular supervisory meetings with a campus minister, bi-weekly team meetings with other service interns, and a training session before the beginning of the academic year and “refresher” training before the spring semester.
- Act as a positive representative for all Campus Ministry activities.
- All students who will be sophomores, juniors, or seniors for 2010-2011 academic year are eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be in good academic standing and have a history of upholding Canisius community standards
- Commitment to serving those in need, especially the materially poor.
- Commitment to serve as a positive force for social change.
- Sensitivity to the themes of spirituality, service, and social justice within Catholic Social Teaching.
- Comfortable with leading students in reflection on their service experiences and helping students make connections between service experiences and social justice.
- Strong communication and community-building skills.
- Energy, creativity, ambition, and a sense of humor.
- Up to $900 per semester tuition waiver or stipend.
(the 2009-2010 schedule will be up soon!):
Visit: /camp_minist/interns.asp
If you have any questions, please contact Joe Van Volkenburg at 888.2875 or vanvolkj@canisius.edu.