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Otterbein's VISTA is funded through a partnership with the Ohio Campus Compact AmeriCorps VISTA program created in 1998. It assists their member colleges and universities as we enhance and expand civic engagement opportunities for students and faculty.
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For more information about this program and application procedures, please visit the OCC site.
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- Develop comprehensive training sessions for the CardinalCorps on topics and methods specific to service sites, including tutoring and mentoring strategies, diversity training, social-justice issues, and professional development.
- Edit the Cardinal Corps “How to Run a Successful Program” manual and “Reflection Journal.”
- Develop recruitment materials, visual aids, and other tools focusing on weekly service programs and one-time events to be used at Community Service Extravaganzas and classroom presentations.
- Edit the CardinalCorps News, a bi-weekly newsletter for CardinalCorps participants.
Attend all CardinalCorps meetings to promote training activities, provide support for students, and organize future events. - Coordinate the monthly CardinalCorps Lunch & Learn discussion group.
- Help plan and participate in all on-going events sponsored by the Center for Community Engagement (e.g., Orientation, New Student Plunge, Community Service Extravaganzas,, Spring Plunge, Scholastic Book Fair, and the Spring Plunge).
- Serve on the Center for Community Engagement assessment committee.
- Develop, administer, and compile evaluations.
- Compile quarterly service-learning statistics.
- Serve on various student affairs committees as interested.