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Crafting a Guide for Student Volunteerism and the One-Stop Service at Stellenbosch University

Crafting a Guide for Student Volunteerism and the One-Stop Service at Stellenbosch University. Mike Leslie 11 March 2011 With acknowledgements to Mouton et al, SURVEY OF THE OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCES OF STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AT THE MAIN CAMPUS IN STELLENBOSCH, 2010 .

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Crafting a Guide for Student Volunteerism and the One-Stop Service at Stellenbosch University

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  1. Crafting a Guide for Student Volunteerism and the One-Stop Service at Stellenbosch University Mike Leslie 11 March 2011 With acknowledgements to Mouton et al, SURVEY OF THE OUT-OF-CLASS EXPERIENCES OF STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AT THE MAIN CAMPUS IN STELLENBOSCH, 2010

  2. Stellenbosch University context • The creation of the One-Stop Service • What the One-Stop Service does • Developing a booklet responsive to the needs of students • First and Second Editions • What lies ahead... Overview

  3. Students who participate in voluntary work/community service @ SU (N=1308)

  4. Where and how do students volunteer at @ SU?

  5. Organisation/structure through which voluntary work or community service is performed (N=434)

  6. Frequency of voluntary work (N=425)

  7. RAG sought to make more visible its annual contribution through a new initiative to demonstrate to students, the main fundraisers, the direct application of generated funds for social development; • A recent audit of Stellenbosch University asked the institution to develop “principles, processes, and monitoring mechanisms to assess the quality of current and new community interaction initiatives” (CHE, 2007: 34); • Efforts to develop MGD as an NPO had professionalized the organization, but made it increasingly less reliant on student volunteers for its programmes; and • A proliferation of short-term student projects generally lacking in coordination and capacity resulted in concerted efforts from student leadership to identify and create new campus-wide opportunities. One-Stop Service origins

  8. “This new initiative could play an important role to promote outstanding community interaction on campus by supporting individual students or groups who wanted to participate in community projects. It could help facilitate growth opportunities for students, increase the capacity of service providers by facilitating partnerships with student groups and increase the well-being of our communities by facilitating sustainable community-driven initiatives” (Burger, 2007) One-Stop Service takes shape

  9. Matie Community Service programmes

  10. One-Stop Service Advisory Board

  11. Financial contribution towards MGD • 60% - One Stop Service • Funds student driven projects Maties RAG

  12. Sharing of knowledge, experience and resources • Co-ordination between student community projects • Access information regarding all student involvement in community • Provide training and guidance for volunteers • Enhance the professionalism of community projects ‘ together we grow’ What does the One-Stop Servicedo?

  13. Following trainings and meetings, students wanted more information on HOW to do things. • Structures, processes, and rules began to take shape and required transparency. • In the project proposal process we saw students still lacking an understanding of the WHY. • Experience and feedback necessitated further clarification*. Where did the need arise?

  14. How has the booklet taken shape?

  15. Context and structural understanding • Programme goals, activities, and theory of change • A step by step explanation of the project proposal process and templates • Rights, risks, and responsibilities • Administrative information Crafting a booklet responsive to student needs

  16. Pilot of community interaction short course (April-August 2011) • Opportunity to incorporate partner organisation feedback • Second phase of community interaction short course with project proposal process integrated (September-March 2011) • Review and revision for 2012 For the future...

  17. Mike Leslie Coordinator: International Student Life & Integration Postgraduate & International Office (PGIO) Stellenbosch University Ph: +27 21 808 9021 C: +27 76 912 4767 mikeleslie@sun.ac.za Contact details:

  18. THANKS!

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