Food Drive '07
The NDSU Volunteer Network coordinated a food drive from October 18th through November 1st. All of the donations were given to Great Plains Food Bank of Fargo, which provides for food shelters across the entire state of North Dakota. This year the goal was set at 350 items which was blown away with a total collection of 667 personal and food items weighing 497 pounds. Next year the staff of the Volunteer Network hope to collect 1000 personal and food items. This event was a great success due to the donations received from NDSU staff, faculty, and students! I huge thank you to everyone who donated!!!
The NDSU Service-Learning Program
...providing curricular and co-curricular service-learning opportunities for the NDSU community.
"The mission of the Volunteer Network is to instill an understanding and acceptance of Service-Learning by inspiring students, faculty, and staff to take an active role in our local and global community."
What is Volunteer Network?
The Volunteer Network is the Service-Learning program at North Dakota State University. Our staff match volunteers with service opportunities in the community, maintain relationships with community agencies, and offer campus-wide service and social activism projects.
The staff of the Volunteer Network are also able to assist faculty interested in providing a service-learning project in their courses. For more information about creating or strengthening a service-learning course, go to the "Info for Faculty" tab on the left.
Student Coordinators
Erin Benshoof, Justin Kutzer, Pramita Sen, Alex Veeder, Beth Hoselton and Alyssa Dehaan and Kit
Wong.
Email: NDSU.Volunteer.Network@ndsu.edu
Contact Us
Phone: 701.231.1055
Office: Student Activities Office, Room 120 in the Memorial Union
Snail Mail: PO Box 5476, NDSU, Fargo, ND 58105-5476
Supervisors
Angela Mathers
Graduate Assistant for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
Angela.M.Mathers@ndsu.edu
701.231.7350
Kara Gravley-Stack
Assistant Director for Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
Kara.Gravley-Stack@ndsu.edu
701.231.8566
Meet The Volunteer Network Student Coordinators
Pramita Sen
Position: Volunteer Network Student Coordinator
Year in School: Sophomore
Hometown: Calcutta/Kolkata, India
Favorite Food: East (Asian), Indian, and Italian
High School Activities: Indian classical dance, interschool athletics, debate and speech,
Publication Board Chair
Favorite Cartoon Character: Tom & Jerry
Favorite Kind of Music: East Indian
Hobbies: Chatting, making friends, driving, listening to music, and just being busy!
Why you like being a Volunteer Coordinator: Because I love the Memorial Union and Student
Activities Office! I believe it is an awesome way to provide service and help out!
Favorite Food: East (Asian), Indian, and Italian
High School Activities: Indian classical dance, inter-school athletics, debate and speech,
Publication Board Chair
Erin Benshoof
Position: Volunteer Network Student Coordinator, America Reads Coordinator
Year In School: Junior
Major: Nursing
Favorite Kind Of Food: Chicken Fried Rice and Sweet and Sour Chicken
High School Activities: Hockey, Track, Cross Country, 4-H, Horses, TATU, SADD
Hobbies: Working on the farm with my boyfriend, riding horses, spending time with my friends,
running.
Favorite Cartoon Character: Scooby Doo and Scrappy
Favorite Kind of Music: Country
Alyssa Dehaan
Position: Volunteer Network Student Coordinator
Year in School: Junior
Major: Accounting
Hometown: Burnsville, Minnesota
Favorite Kind Of Food: Pasta
High School Activities: Dance Team, Church groups, friends
Hobbies: Wellness Center, Reading, Friends
Favorite Cartoon Character: Popeye the Sailor Man
Favorite Kind Of Music: Alternative
Why you love the Volunteer Network: It’s a great opportunity to get more people involved
on campus and with service organizations at the same time.
Alex Veeder
Position: Volunteer Network Student Coordinator
Year In School: Freshman
Major: Public Relations/advertising
Favorite Kind Of Food: Pasta
Hometown: Watford City, ND
High School Activities: Basketball, volleyball, FFA, Student Counsel
Hobbies: Riding Horse, Reading
Favorite Cartoon Character: Donkey off Shrek
Favorite Kind of Music: Everything
Why you love working at the Volunteer Network: So I can become more involved in the community
and campus and so I can meet new people!
Kit Wong
Year in School: Sophomore
Major: Zoology/ Chemistry minor
Hometown: Dickenson, ND
Favorite Kind of Food: Indian Food
High School Activities: NHS, Student Counsel, FBLA, Medical Explorers, Math tutor
Why did you want to be a Volunteer Network Coordinator: To learn more about volunteering and to
get that feeling that I make the world a better place.
Hobbies: Cooking and Volleyball
Favorite Cartoon Character: Green Lantern
Favorite Kind of Music: Rock/ anything but country
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