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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- The
Center for Social
Responsibility and Community of the SUNY College at Oneonta will present
its ninth annual Volunteerism and Social Responsibility conference from 10
a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 7, in the Morris Conference Center
on campus. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m., and participants in the
conference will receive a complimentary lunch and a t-shirt. Admission to
the conference is complimentary, and members of the community are invited to
participate.
Designed to inspire participants to make a difference in their
communities, the conference will open with a keynote address featuring Roger
Sullivan, Associate Vice President for Student Development at SUNY Oneonta,
who will present "The Decision." A recipient of the SUNY Chancellor's Award
for Excellence in Professional Service, Mr. Sullivan will address the
decision of how to balance our own needs while serving others, particularly
in times of social and economic uncertainty.
Following the keynote address, participants will choose from a number of
workshops:
- "The Power of Presence," presented by Dale Capristo of SUNY Oneonta
- "Ice Breakers and Team Builders" by Glenda Bolton of SUNY Delhi
- "Psychological Warfare of Success" by Andrew Giordonello of Oneonta
Job Corps Academy
- "Broadening Your Pitifully Narrow Horizon" by Christian Vesterfelt
of SUNY Delhi
- "‘Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You’: Old Ideas-New
Applications" by Bruce Helstrom of Oneonta Job Corps Academy
- "Get on the Bus" by Dr. Karl Seeley of Hartwick College
- "Building Character Brick by Brick" by Dr. Ashok Malhotra of SUNY
Oneonta
- "St. Judes" by SUNY Oneonta and Hartwick College students.
The conference on Volunteerism and Social Responsibility is co-sponsored
by the SUNY Oneonta Center for Social Responsibility and Community, the SUNY
Delhi O’Connor Center for Community Service, Hartwick College’s Office for
Community Involvement and Volunteerism, and the Oneonta Job Corps Academy.
More information is available from Linda Drake, Director of the Center for
Social Responsibility and Community, at (607) 436-2098 or by e-mail to
csrc@oneonta.edu.
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