Media, Self and Society Service Day
Leveling the Playing Field
Meeting time and location: 8:15 a.m., 1111 Cambridge Community Center
Leveling the Playing Field gives underprivileged children the opportunity to enjoy the pleasures of athletic involvement. Studies show that students who participate in athletics have higher grade point averages, attendance rates, standardized test scores, educational aspirations and healthier habits.
Life Sciences Service Day
William Schmidt Outdoor Education Center
Meeting time and location: 7:45 a.m., east side of Centreville Hall
(Breakfast & lunch pick up at 7 a.m. with PMs)
Justice and Legal Thought Service Day
Solutions in Hometown Connections
Meeting time and location: 11 a.m., 1100 Cambridge Community Center
JLT will be partnering with Solutions in Hometown Connections to serve refugee families in the DC–Maryland–Virginia region, at three local sites. Solutions in Hometown Connections (SHC) provides mentoring and community programs to refugee and immigrant families. We work with them throughout the year, welcoming our new neighbors to the community.
International Studies Service Day
Global Public Health Service Day
Second Chance
Meeting time and location: 8:30 a.m., front steps of School of Public Health (stairs closest to the CCC)
Environment, Technology and Economy Service Day
Terp Farm
Meeting time and location: 8.00 a.m., Chestertown Hall lawn
Business, Society and Entrepreneurship Service Day
Fort Dupont Park
Meeting time and location: 8:00 a.m., 1205 Cambridge Community Center
Arts Service Day
Joe's Movement Emporium
Meeting time and location: 8:15 a.m., in front of Bel Air Hall
Scholar Kofie Yeboah Wins Mobbie Award for College Sports Blog
His freshman year, Kofie Yeboah was tired of writing about college sports. He and his friends sought an outlet to write about sports without being boxed into a specific category. Their idea evolved into the award-winning blog The Left Bench. Two years later, the blog has a staff of 30, more than 1,500 followers on Twitter and earned a Mobbie Award for Best College Sports Blog in 2014. “The Mobbie Award was a huge confidence booster and the realization that we truly didn't know what we were capable of,” Yeboah said. “Before that, we didn't know how big and popular this thing could get so it was awesome to win that award.”
College Park Scholars Updates Organizational Mark
As a follow-up to its 25th anniversary year, College Park Scholars has updated its organizational mark. The updated design ties together the sun symbol, a clipart sun swirl that has informally represented the organization throughout its quarter-century history, with a design that was used in celebration of its 25th anniversary year during 2019–2020. The result is a modern “sunburst” that signifies: