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    Zack Zaban is the Campus Outreach Intern at the Morgridge Center for Public Service. He sees the increasing popularity of volunteerism as the direct result of the Obama administration's emphasis on service. "I think there definitely is a general trend toward increaing an impact on how student volunwe connect and service and helping the teers," he says.

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    Zack Zaban is the Campus Outreach Intern at the Morgridge Center for Public Service. He sees the increasing popularity of volunteerism as the direct result of the Obama administration's emphasis on service. "I think there definitely is a general trend toward increaing an impact on how student volunwe connect and service and helping the teers," he says.

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    Zack Zaban is the Campus Outreach Intern at the Morgridge Center for Public Service. He sees the increasing popularity of volunteerism as the direct result of the Obama administration's emphasis on service. "I think there definitely is a general trend toward increaing an impact on how student volunwe connect and service and helping the teers," he says.

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    UW JOURNAL OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

    ISSUE 1 | APRIL 2009

    VOLUNTEERISM ON CAMPUS: ONE STUDENT’S OPTIMISTIC PERSPECTIVE


    S
    By Alyssa Vande Leest Apparently, many involved in promot-
    Photos by Jeff Miller ome call it unconstitutional. Others
    ing volunteerism and service learning
    on the UW campus agree. Zaban says
    have gone as far as to call it slavery. But changes are being made across campus
    University of Wisconsin-Madison sopho- to ensure that volunteer services become
    more Zack Zaban isn’t so critical. To him, more accessible to students as demand
    the only thing to call President Obama’s increases. For example, the Morgridge
    plan to require 100 hours of community Center joined with the School of Human
    service from college students is “really Ecology this March, changing its affili-
    cool.” ation from academic affairs to student
    services. Zaban says the merger will
    Zaban’s optimism is founded on experi- allow the Morgridge Center to become
    ence. As the Campus Outreach Intern at more involved in service learning.
    the Morgridge Center for Public Service,
    the nucleus of student volunteering on We’ll actually be integrated into the UW
    the UW campus, Zaban spends consider- system,” Zaban
    able of time says. “I think that
    working both “I think there definitely is a will definitely have
    for and with general trend toward increaing an impact on how
    student volun- we connect and
    teers. service and helping the
    outreach to with
    comunity out.” students.”
    Zaban feels that
    the students
    - Zack Zaban This change could
    be the begin-
    he works with ning of many that
    have become more enthusiastic about the university would need to make to
    volunteerism in the last year. accommodate the surge in demand for
    resources that would likely occur if
    “I think there definitely is a general trend Obama’s plan for required community
    toward increasing service
    A UW student volunteers at an after school program service in college was put into action.
    and helping the commu- Zaban acknowledges that supporting this
    nity out,” Zaban says. level of student engagement would not
    IN THIS ISSUE be an easy task.
    Trends in Civic Engagement 2 Zaban doesn’t believe it’s a coincidence
    that this trend became evident around “If Obama’s plan goes through, something
    the same time that Barack Obama began that might be a little bit of a struggle is
    to talk about the necessity of giving operationally putting it into place,” Zaban
    Morgridge Center SoHE Merger 2 back to our country through community says. He adds that communication would
    service. He sees the increasing popular- need to be improved and materials
    ity of volunteerism as the direct result would need to be updated, but thinks the
    of the Obama administration’s emphasis end result would be worth the work.
    Obama announces American on service, and says he expects volunteer
    Opportunity Tax Credit 3 rates to continue to rise throughout the

    “Once the system is put into place and
    President’s time in office. they work out the kinks it has the poten-
    tial to be something great,” Zaban says.
    “I definitely think that the drive toward
    Volunteer Opportunities:
    Where to look
    4 volunteering and helping out in the com-
    munity is going to increase and it’ll
    be sustained in the next year, two years
    Conference on Civic Engagement 4 three years,” Zaban says. WISCONSIN CENTER
    for civic engagement

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