The following invitation to host University of Nebraska Serviceship Students is being distributed broadly across Nebraska. I request your assistance in finding community hosts (see details below and in the link to the application). Also, I think we can help these students by working with our community partners to develop a useful and fulfilling Serviceship experience. Please go to the link below for more details on the Serviceship arrangement.
We have opened our student application portal and have over 40 students interested in this experience.
Also, you are invited to remove this italicized language and forward this message to community leaders in your areas.
Questions or comments?
Thanks for your help on this important project.
Chuck
Greetings,
The University of Nebraska is committed to being a long-term partner with local communities and people impacted by recent flooding. One effort is to provide University of Nebraska students an opportunity to engage with you and participate in useful efforts to help your community move forward.
We invite you to apply to host one or more Flood Recovery Serviceship students in your community. Wages and travel costs are covered by these students. We recognize that housing options may be limited. We are asking students if they can work from home. If you know of a housing solution for our community-based Serviceship students, we would appreciate that information.
We are open to a variety of serviceship projects. Examples include:
Helping recover a community center, local park or other public space.
Assistance in creating a county fair that celebrates your community, your flood response team, and volunteers.
Providing a literacy program or maker space experience for children of flood victims.
Working with a volunteer management agency (United Way or others) to help train and manage volunteers.
Helping community leaders revision the future.
Engage seniors who have been affected by the flood.
And, many more...
Your local Extension professionals are available to work with you on these Serviceship projects. To find your Extension office, please go to:
https://epd.unl.edu/
If you are interested, please go to the following link to complete an application.
https://go.unl.edu/serve-host
If you have questions or would just like to chat about this, please feel free to contact me.
Thanks so much. We appreciate your consideration for hosting our Serviceship students.
Chuck Hibberd, hibberd@unl.edu or 402-472-2966