Center for Student Organizations and Leadership Development (CSOLD), and Volunteer Connection
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Atwood Center/308-3004
Web site: www.stcloudstate.edu/csold
Web site: www.stcloudstate.edu/volunteer
The Center for Student Organizations and Leadership Development provides leadership training and support to recognized student organizations and clubs. The office also coordinates the student organization recognition process and maintains current listings of contacts and advisers for recognized clubs and organizations. CSOLD advises and works closely with the Recognition Committee, Student Book Exchange, and the Greek governing and programming boards.
Special programs administered by CSOLD include Fall and Spring Husky Kick-Off Weeks, the Excellence in Leadership Award Recognition Program, the Husky Leadership Series, Student Scholarships, and Mainstreet/Sidestreet.
The Co-Curricular Transcript, a web based self-reporting record of student's involvement in co-curricular activities is maintained by this office. Students can record their involvement in student organizations; community service or service-learning; on-campus volunteering; sports, fitness and recreation; honors; leadership training; or any additional activities they have been involved in while attending SCSU.
Volunteer Connection is St. Cloud State University's community service center. The office helps organize volunteer opportunities for the SCSU community, serves as a clearinghouse of information about local nonprofits, promotes academic service-learning, and strives to build strong relations between SCSU and the larger St. Cloud community.
Special events sponsored by Volunteer Connection include the Fall and Spring Volunteer Fairs, Homecoming and Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanups, Alternative Spring Break Service Trips, and the $500 Rich Murray Volunteer Service Scholarship. For more information, call 308-5693 or email volunteer@stcloudstate.edu.
AmeriCorps is a national service program that provides trained, dedicated individuals to help community groups meet pressing local needs. The program based at St. Cloud State University, known as the St. Cloud Corps, places AmeriCorps Members at non-profit and governmental agencies in the St. Cloud area. Members engage in service in three focus areas: mentoring at-risk youth, increasing volunteerism/service-learning, and disaster preparedness. For more information, call 308-3050 or email americorps@stcloudstate.edu.
