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Category: ServiceBig Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region is an organization in which urban youth from the neighboring Albany area can participate in bi-weekly Saturday programs and activities, which help reinforce confidence, self-esteem, and brighter futures… Supporting Big Brothers Big Sisters is your way to take a leading role in transforming the lives of children. When you volunteer, donate and participate with Big Brothers Big Sisters in any way, you will change lives…Including your own. ...Category: ServiceCircle K
Welcome to the Circle K page! Under the NEWS tab you will find recent updates about upcoming events. Under the DOCUMENTS tab you will find any important form or paper that you may need for various events. Circle K is an international student led organization that is all about community service. Our 4 main service partners are Six Cents Initiative, STUFH (Students Team Up to Fight Hunger), Better World Books and March of Dimes. Kiwanis is our parent organization that funds us when necessary a...Category: ServiceDedicated Resources to Educate and Motivate Organization (D.R.E.A.M. Org.)
D.R.E.A.M Org. stands for Dedicating Resources to Educate and Motivate. We are a social change group dedicated to the motivation of local high-school students to realize their goals and aspirations and to achieve higher education. The goals of this organization are as follows: - Mentor High School students in the Albany area- Assist High School students with: - College selection and the application process- Scholarship applications- FAFSA applications- Building resumes- Job and interview etiquette-...Category: ServiceDon't Walk Alone
Don't Walk Alone Safety Escort Service is a volunteer safety escort service which operates Sunday - Thursday nights, 7-11pm, except during the summer and during University recesses. Escorts are based in the library lobby of the uptown campus. You can either meet the escorts at their station or call 442-5511 and two escorts, preferably a male and a female, will walk you wherever you need to go on the uptown campus. Don't Walk Alone Safety Escorts wear green arm bands and carry flashlights. Don't Wal...No Picture
Category: ServiceDriving Force, The
The purpose of The Driving Force is to provide Commuting and Non-Traditional Students (25 years old and up) with campus-related social opportunities; to advocate to meet their needs; to support and inform the administration regarding activities designed to serve this population, and to provide information and resources to create a successful and meaningful college experience.Category: ServiceFive Quad Volunteer Ambulance Service
Since its founding in 1973, Five Quad Volunteer Ambulance Service, Inc. has proudly been serving the University at Albany community, as well as the surrounding areas of Albany and Guilderland. Five Quad V.A.S. is a New York State certified ambulance agency that is run and operated by University at Albany students. Five Quad is successfully able to provide Basic Life Support 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the fall and spring semesters. Each semester, Five Quad has between 50-90 active members ...Category: ServiceFoundation for the International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) - UAlbany Chapter (FIMRC)
Imagine a world without sick children. Envision people from all walks of life uniting to accomplish a healthier global community. Realize the capacity for charity each individual holds. Believe in the concept the all children deserve health... One Vision, Many Paths, a Celebration of Humanity. We will strive to provide access to medical care for the millions of underpriveleged and medically underserved children around the world by fundraising, traveling to medically underserved areas around the wo...Category: ServiceGlamour Gals
GlamourGals aims to close the gap between two generations through building friendships with elderly women in nursing homes. We paint nails, offer facials and make-up applications.No Picture
Category: ServiceGraduate Student Organization (GSO)
"The Graduate Student Organization (GSO) is a student run group that creates programs designed to facilitate and enhance the academic and extracurricular experience of graduate students at the University at Albany, SUNY."No Picture
Category: ServiceJudicial Board (J-Board)
The UA Judicial Board is made up of your peers; fellow students who have been trained in the student conduct hearing process. Judicial Board recruitment happens every Spring semester and consists of an application and interview process with a training that follows in the Fall. Contact the Office of Conflict Resolution & Civic Responsibility at crcr@uamail.albany.edu for more information!Category: ServiceMiddle Earth Peer Assistance Program
The Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program is a peer education program at the University at Albany. Our services involve a Peer Assistance Hotline, and Outreach Program and a peer theatre program called the Middle Earth Players. These programs work to educate students about every aspect of campus life. No question is too big or too small! The Middle Earth Peer Assistance Program also sponsors several theme weeks throughout the year. These weeks include Alcohol Awareness Week, Sexuality Week and Eating an...Category: ServiceNew Young Collegians
The purpose of this group is going to be first and foremost for the education of the entire campus of Albany on current world and domestic issues, plaguing minorities and the majority of people. The group is also there to help its members refine skills needed to succeed into today’s rapidly changing world. We plan on identifying weaknesses and converting them into strengths, through time management training, public speaking, and interview skills. We believe that through this group you will attain ...Category: ServiceOxfam America @ UAlbany (Oxfam, UA)
We plan to follow the mission of Oxfam America: working to create long-lasting solutions to hunger, poverty, and social injustice.No Picture
Category: ServiceProject Inspire
Our goal is to sustain our campus and students by having alternative events through fund raising. All proceeds will be redirected and invested into the student population for equipment etc.No Picture
Category: ServiceProject SHAPE
Project SHAPE is a peer education program that focuses on sexuality and sexual health promotion. We have 40 members, both undergraduate and graduate students who go through an extensive training course on sexuality. Each year we offer approximately 125 programs and exhibits on sexual health in the residence halls, for student groups and as guest lectures in academic classes. In addition, we facilitate a number of awareness weeks such as our annual World AIDS Week in December, STI Awareness Week in April, N...Category: ServicePurple & Gold Ambassadors
Make Connections as a Purple & Gold Student Ambassador If you’re interested in networking with influential alumni and community members, consider joining the Purple & Gold Student Ambassadors. Student Ambassadors represent UAlbany as hosts at high-profile functions, including presidential, donor and alumni events. It’s a great opportunity to build professional contacts, sharpen your communication skills and generate pride in the University. To apply, students must be a sophomore or...Category: ServiceReclassifying All Children Equally (RACE)
R.A.C.E is an educational and social change organization at the University at Albany, established in November 2009. R.A.C.E. is focused on providing, tutoring, mentoring, and recreational services to disadvantaged, "at risk" youths in grades K-8 to motivate them to do better in both in and out the classrooms. Many of the youths we will be working with have been negatively stigmatized sometime throughout their lives and placed into antagonistic classification groups. As a result, many of them feel as tho...Category: ServiceService Is Key (S.I.K)
S.I.K is a recreational organization involved with various forms of educational outreach and community service. S.I.K encourages, leadership, dedication, and hands on experience, as well as heartfelt desire to give back to the community. Members of S.I.K are not limited to a specific type of community service. We believe that Service Is Key, henceforth we are open to all kinds of community service and volunteer work as well as peer education. S.I.K also offers the “Free Agent Policy” in the Com...Category: ServiceSisters with Pride
Sisters With Pride (S.W.P) is an organization that focuses on the development of the female youth. As members of S.W.P, we act as mentors and big sisters to our female adolescents.Category: ServiceStudent Association
The Student Association (SA) is the recognized undergraduate student government on campus. SA is funded by the student activity fee that students pay each semester. SA provides concerts, comedy shows, multicultural and LGBTCQ programming, recongizes more than 200 student groups, organizations and teams, runs Intramural Sports, Copies Plus, Student Legal Services, and Camp Dippikill. In addition, SA represents the interests of the student body to the faculty, adminsitration, and government. The Student Asso...Category: ServiceStudent Association Senate (SA Senate)
The Student Association Senate acts as the legislative branch of the Student Association, and is directly charged with several functions that are critical to the ongoing success of the Student Association. The Senate works in conjunction with the President's Office and the Board of Finance in order to allocate and budget the nearly $2 million in Student Activity Fee revenues to the wide range of student groups, services and programs that the Student Association provides each year. The Senate is further cha...No Picture
Category: ServiceStudents of Albany Against Cancer (SAAC)
SAAC is an organization based on community service and raising contributions to help support the American Cancer Society and the fight against cancer. We take part in several events throughout the fall and spring semesters, including the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk and Breast Cancer Awareness month, a Blood Drive, volunteering at Gilda's Club, and our biggest event the Relay For Life. Since the Relay For Life is our biggest event and our biggest achievement in the past, we start preparing f...Category: ServiceThird World Impact (TWI)
Third World Impact was founded by a diverse group of students in order to address the issues that contribute to the exodus of individuals with knowledge and technical skills by a phenomenon called the "brain drain". Our primary commitment is encouraging students to use the professional skills they will acquire during their academic career to pursue future professions in developing nations in order to help those less fortunate. We hope to develop our students into intelligent, well-rounded leaders that w...Category: ServiceUA Veterans
This is a Veterans Organization that is open to all who wish to join. Our main focus is to better the educational experiences of veterans on campus as well as maintain a current source of information on veterans resources and benefits, Also, we will take an active role in the community by doing volunteer work through the campus and other veterans organization through out New York State
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