During Winter Break, 25 Waynesburg University students will participate in service trips in various locations. Led by faculty and staff members, they will serve in Aransas Pass, Texas, the Bahamas and Bonaire.
Hurricane Harvey Relief - Aransas Pass, Texas
Kristen Stone, network analyst for Information Technology Services, and Carin Camp, campus security office, are leading seven students to Aransas Pass, Texas, from Saturday, Dec. 16, to Friday, Dec. 22. The students will partner with the organization “All Hands Volunteers,” to assist in continuing relief efforts after Hurricane Harvey.
Stone helped organize the trip after seeing devastating news footage earlier this year. Students will clear trees, remove debris and help clean and repair damaged property.
E.P. Roberts Primary School – Nassau, Bahamas
10 students, led by Kylee Sargent, help desk coordinator, and Kerry Purnell, assistant registrar, will serve at the E.P. Roberts Primary School in Nassau, Bahamas. The trip will take place from Saturday, Jan. 6, through Saturday, Jan. 13.
Students will assist in teaching a variety of grade levels at a primary school in Nassau, Bahamas, and will also be visiting a local orphanage to work with children. Sargent said she hopes the students benefit from working with kids in an environment very different from the ones they are used to in the United States.
Trans World Radio – Bonaire
Dr. Chad Sherman, assistant professor of communication, and Melinda Roeder-Skrbin, instructor of communication, will lead eight students to serve at Trans World Radio in Bonaire from Saturday, Jan. 6, to Saturday, Jan. 13.
While in Bonaire, students will assist TWR in recording radio liners, designing graphics and producing public relations and marketing materials. Most notably, students will help promote the launch of TWR’s brand new transmitter in late January.
For more information about the 2017-2018 winter service trips, contact Kelley Hardie at 724-852-3461.
Founded in 1849 by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Waynesburg University is located on a traditional campus in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania, with three additional sites located in the Pittsburgh region. The University is one of only 22 Bonner Scholar schools in the country, offering local, regional and international opportunities to touch the lives of others through service.
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