Sophomore/Senior Opportunities

 

Leadership Day Opportunities for Sophomores and Seniors

 

 

Every sophomore and senior is required to participate in at least one of the following Leadership Day activities.

All sophomores and seniors must sign up for an activity by 3 October 2012.

LEADERSHIP DAY 2012 SIGNUPS ARE CLOSED.

 

 

Direct Service Opportunities

Therapeutic Horseback Farm (Blissful Dreams)

The goal of this project is to provide a service opportunity for cadets in which they will perform tasks for the maintenance of a therapeutic horseback farm which serves children with disabilities. In providing this valuable service, the cadets will learn about the opportunities this organization provides to an underserved population in and around the Charleston area.

Time: 0900-1300

Slots available: FULL

Eligibility: Open to all sophomores and seniors

Uniform: PT

Location: 935 Blissful Lane; Huger, SC 29450

Transportation: POV

Populations served: Individuals with disabilities

POC: Dr. Dena Garner; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This activity is approved for LDRS211 service credit.

 

Krause Center Service Teams

Students will get the opportunity to serve an agency in need in the Charleston area, such as Habitat for Humanity, The Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Cannon St YMCA, Salvation Army, and the Charleston Animal Society. Completing this full day of service will successfully complete all LDRS211 service requirements.

Time: 0800-1600

Slots available: 250

Eligibility: Open to anyone

Uniform: ACUs/BDUs

Location: Cadets will meet in Buyer Auditorium in Mark Clark Hall at 0800 for a kick off session, and will then disperse to their service site.

Transportation: POV and Citadel vehicles

POC: Seth Madison; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This activity is approved for LDRS211 service credit.

FIRST Lego League Service Project

Sophomore Electrical Engineering students will assemble complex game pieces to be used in the regional FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Lego League competition that is sponsored by the Charleston Engineers Joint Council. Assembly will take place on the third floor of Grimsley Hall under IEEE student chapter leadership.

Time: 0900-1400

Slots available: 12

Eligibility: Open to Electrical and Computer Engineering sophomores. Priority will be given to IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) student chapter members.

Uniform: Duty

Location: Grimsley Hall- Third floor

Transportation: N/A

Populations served: regional middle school students

POC: Ron Hayne; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This activity is approved for LDRS211 service credit.

SHARE Project Leader

In its second year, the SHARE (School Heroism Activity for Remembrance and Engagement) Project will send 60-70 teams of freshman students, led by trained upperclassmen, into 10-15 innovation zone schools in Charleston County. Each team will include two upperclassmen leaders. Cadets will speak with students, many of which are at Title I schools, about heroism and service to others.

More information on the SHARE Project can be found here.

Cadet Leaders will be responsible for assembling and training teams on Leadership Day, and making sure that their team meets their objectives.

Leaders must complete SHARE training prior to Leadership Day. This training will take place on 9 October in Mark Clark Hall.

Those wanting to complete all LDRS211 service requirements must also sign up and attend Darkness to Light training on October 24. Sign up for Darkness to Light training on the above form.

Time:0800-1400

Slots available: 210

Eligibility: Open to all sophomores and seniors

Uniform: Duty

Location:Charleston County Schools

Transportation: N/A

Populations served: Students of the Charleston County School Distric, many of which are Title I schools

POC: Dr. Fernald; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This activity is approved for LDRS211 service credit.

 

SHARE On Campus Staging Support

Faculty and staff members who sign up for this option will be given maps of the SHARE bus routes, and will help the cadet leaders communicate locations to the Freshman.

Time: 0800-0930

Slots available: 15

Eligibility: Open to all faculty and staff

Location: On Campus

POC: Dr. Fernald; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

SHARE Card Distribution Team

Cadets will gather SHARE cards and team surveys as the SHARE cadet teams report back to campus. They will then distribute the cards to local agencies (Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, police stations, etc).

Time: 1300-1700

Slots available: 15

Eligibility: Open to all sophomores and seniors

Location: On campus and at various card delivery sites

Transportation: POV

POC: Dr. Conway Saylor; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This activity is approved for LDRS211 service credit.

Tricounty Family Ministries

Cadets will be helping with the distribution of groceries to families in the morning and will then help serve lunch to families. Cadets will also help with outdoor work like cleaning the grounds and painting outdoor furniture.

Time: 0900-1300

Slots available: 30

Eligibility: Open to Lutheran Campus Ministry students and a few non LCM students

Uniform: ACUs

Transportation: Provided by St. Barnabas Lutheran Church

Populations served: Families in need in Charleston County

POC: Rev Thulie Bereshford; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This activity is approved for LDRS211 service credit.

Engineering Outreach to Middle School Students- Electrical Engineering

A group of 100 middle school students will visit The Citadel to learn about engineering and participate in leading hands-on demonstrations to teach the middle school students about electrical engineering concepts from cadets in the Electrical engineering program.

Time: 0800-1600

Slots available: 12

Eligibility: ECE students

Uniform: Duty

Location: Grimsley 322

Transportation: N/A

Populations served: Middle school students

POC: Mark McKinney; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This activity is approved for LDRS211 service credit.

 

Engineering Outreach to Middle School Students- Civil Engineering

Middle school students will visit The Citadel School of Engineering to learn about civil and electrical engineering and to participate in laboratory demonstrations to teach middle school students about fundamental concepts of civil engineering from Civil Engineering cadets.

Time: 0800-1600

Slots available: 10

Eligibility: Civil Engineering Freshmen in Sierra Company

Uniform: Duty

Location: LeTellier 204/205

Transportation: On campus

Populations served: Middle school students

POC: William Davis; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This activity is approved for LDRS211 service credit.

 

Hands-on Science Activities with Elementary School Students

Cadets will lead a hands-on science activity for fourth and fifth grade students from a Richland County school. In conjunction with a chemistry department faculty member, cadets will develop a hands-on activity to lead prior to Leadership Day. Roughly 100 elementary school students will come to The Citadel on October 24.

Time: 0900-1530

Eligibility: Open to Chemistry majors, and any student who has taken or is enrolled in Organic Chemistry

Transportation: On campus

Populations served: Elementary school students

POC: Lisa Zuraw; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This activity is approved for LDRS211 service credit.

 

 

Trainings and Workshops

New Volunteer Orientation and Disaster Services Overview Class with the American Red Cross

The Red Cross is always in need of disaster trained volunteers to help them help the community in the event of a large scale disaster. As more than 90 percent of their total work force is composed of volunteers, we rely on altruistic people to carry out their humanitarian work. The first step to volunteering with the American Red Cross is to attend the New Volunteer Orientation and Disaster Services Overview class where students will learn exactly how they can assist individuals affected by disasters. Red Cross training is the same throughout the United States. This class will allow you to volunteer for the Red Cross anywhere in the United States. These classes will also enable students to take additional classes depending on his or her area of interest.

Time: 0900-1300

Slots available: 200

Eligibility: Open to anyone interested in serving the American Red Cross during a disaster

Uniform: Duty

Location: Buyer Auditorium

Transportation: N/A

Populations served: Individuals affected by disaster

POC: Sam Farmer; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

American Red Cross Shelter Operations Certification Class

In the event of a large scale disaster, the local Red Cross may need to open 62 shelters. These shelters will be full of people from our community who are in need of a safe place to stay and food to eat. This course is designed to give students an overview of the American Red Cross policies and procedures for setting up, running and closing a shelter during a disaster. Having enough shelter volunteers is one of the greatest needs of the local Red Cross.

Time: 1330-1630

Slots available: 200

Eligibility: Open to those who have completed The American Red Cross New Volunteer Orientation Class at 0900 in Buyer Auditorium.

Uniform: Duty

Location: On campus location TBA

Transportation: N/A

Populations served: Individuals affected by disaster

POC: Sam Farmer; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Darkness to Light Training Session I & II

This workshop style training provides students and faculty/staff with information on recognizing and preventing child sexual abuse. This workshop is great for individuals who are in contact with children. Open to both students and Citadel faculty/staff. For more information about Darkness to Light, go to www.d2l.org.

Cadets who wish to receive full LDRS211 service learning requirements by serving as a leader for the SHARE project must also sign up and complete Darkness to Light Training II.

Time: Darkness to Light Training I: 0930-1230; Training II: 1300- 1700

Slots available: 90 per session

Eligibility: Open to sophomores and senior cadets, Citadel faculty and staff, and undergraduate day students.

Uniform: Duty

Location: On Campus locations TBA

Transportation: N/A

Populations served: Children

POC: Sam Farmer; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Non-Partisan Poll Manager for Charleston County Board of Elections

Students will attend a four hour training to learn how to be a non-partisan poll manager for the Charleston County Board of Elections. Those who complete the training are eligible to be poll managers for the November 6 presidential election. Individuals will receive $120 pay from the Charleston County Board of Elections for completing both training and working on Election Day.

Time: 1000-1400

Slots available: 60

Eligibility: Open to all undergraduate and graduate students

Uniform: Duty

Location: Training is in Byrd Hall, room 108. November 6 polling locations TBD.

Transportation: N/A for training. POV/carpool on Election Day

Populations served: Charleston County’s 230,000 registered voters

POC: Brian Norris; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Alternative Spring Break Planning Workshop

Students will be trained in Alternative Spring Break (ASB) leadership, will research and plan for the 2013 ASB trips, and will map out a month-by-month plan for the 2012-2013 ASB trip preparation assisted by staff from the SC Campus Compact and Breakaway website.

Time: 1700-2000

Slots available: 20

Eligibility: Open to all sophomores and Seniors interested in ASB

Uniform: Duty

Location: Bond 251

Transportation: On Campus

POC: James (Russ) Isham; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Documenting

Documenting Leadership Day Activities

Students will be in charge of documenting Leadership Day activities through pictures, video, and written word. By the end of the day, students will produce a slide show, video, or article for The Citadel's website.

Time: 0800-1300

Slots available: 7

Eligibility: Open to PAO officers, photography interns, and students in the Humanities department

Uniform: Seasonal Leave

Location: Will meet at the External Affairs office before being deployed throughout the Charleston area

Transportation: POV

POC: Gervais Hagerty; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Leadership Day Site Photographers

Students will be assigned to cover one or more Leadership Day activities and photograph the activity and its participants in a documentary style for use in various media. This is only open to students who are enrolled in or have completed FNAR250.

Time: Dependant on site assignment

Slots available: 20

Eligibility: Open to students who are enrolled in or have completed FNAR250 Photography

Location: Various LD sites

Transportation: POV

POC: Tiffany Silverman; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Fundraiser

Lowcountry Shrimp Boil Fundraiser

Students will host a Lowcountry shrimp boil take-out style. All profit from ticket sales will go to WoundedNature, Org. Students will catch the shrimp in advance; they will coordinate ticket sales in advance; they will purchase all supplies, set up, cook, serve the food, and clean up.

Time: Shifts from 0800-2100

Slots available: 30

Eligibility: Open to members of the Pre-Health Society or BioCid Club

Uniform: ACUs

Location: On Campus location TBA

Transportation: N/A

Populations served: WoundedNature.org is a non-profit charity serving to clean up the environment by employing veterans reentering the civilian workforce.

POC: Kathy Zanin; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

 

Senior Leadership Integration Seminar (SLIS)

 

Seniors also have the option of electing to complete their Senior Leadership Integration Seminar (SLIS) on Leadership Day. The Senior Leadership Integration Seminar is a full-day professional development seminar during which cadets reflect upon the value of their moral character and the leadership lessons learned at The Citadel.  Further, cadets engage with facilitators and career professionals to discuss how they will apply their learning toward being effective principled leaders as they transition to the next phase of their lives.  Finally, cadets consider their duty as Citadel representatives to leave positive legacies wherever they serve in the future.  Written reflections produced during the seminar and a personal vision statement are collected and held for distribution to each cadet at a future date after graduation.  Completion of the Senior Leadership Integration Seminar is a graduation requirement, however it does not need to be fulfilled on Leadership Day.

The seminar is to be held on dates as determined by the academic department coordinating the event and by the availability of private organizations to host seminar groups, individual student sign-ups for specific seminar offerings, or make up dates that are selected by the Krause Center for cadets who fail to sign up for other seminar offerings.

 

Seminars to be held on Leadership Day 24 October are as follows:

SEMINAR AREA	LOCATION	# of CADET SLOTS	DESCRIPTION / REMARKS
Business Seminar 1	SC Ports Authority	20	All career professionals involved in the seminar are serving professionals employed by the SC Ports Authority. Includes facility tour & lunch on site.
Business Seminar 2	Club Level, Johnson Hagood Stadium	40	Career professionals from the Charleston Area serving in various positions in the business community. Includes lunch on site.
Business Seminar 3	Rick Hendrick's Automotive Group, Savannah Highway	20	Career professionals from the Charleston Area serving in various positions in the automotive business community. Includes lunch on site.
Civil Engineering, Seminar 1	SCE&G /SCANA Aviation Avenue	20	All career professionals involved in the seminar are serving professionals employed by SCE&G. Limited to CE majors. Includes facility tour and lunch on site.
Civil Engineering, Seminar 2	Lindbergh & Associates, Ashley Phosphate Rd	20	Limited to CE majors. Includes facility tour and lunch on site.
Electrical Engineering	Life Cycle Engineering North Charleston	20	Limited to EE majors only. Includes facility tour and lunch on site.
Education	Holliday Alumni Center		Limited to Education majors. All career professionals involved in the seminar are serving professionals employed by Dorchester 2 Schools. Includes lunch on site.
General Seminar 1	Holliday Alumni Center	25	Open to seniors who have not yet determined what profession they wish to pursue after graduation. Professional participants include Google. Includes lunch on site.
Health, Exercise, & Sports Science	Joe Reilly Park	20	Priority to Health and Sports Science majors. Seminar hosted by Mike Veeck with Charleston based professionals. Includes lunch on site.
Law Seminar 1	Altman Center	25	Open to seniors desiring to practice law as a profession. Participants will include local Charleston area attorneys in public and private practice. Includes lunch on site.
Law Enforcement & Homeland Security	Holliday Alumni Center	60	Open to seniors interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement or homeland security. Participating career professionals include City of Charleston Police, Charleston County Sherriff, FBI, Homeland Security and others to be announced.
Military, USAF	Charleston Club, Charleston AFB	16	Limited to USAF contract seniors. Includes facilities tour and lunch on site. Participating professionals from Charleston AFB.
Military, US NAVY / USMC	Marriott Hotel , Lockwood Drive	78	Limited to USN / USMC contract seniors and others approved by the Department of Naval Science. Includes lunch on site.
Science and Technology	General Dynamics, Land Systems-Force Protection	25	Open to seniors interested in pursuing a career in Science and Technology in the defense sector. Priority to seniors majoring in science, math, computer science, and engineering. All career professionals participating in the seminar are from General Dynamics-Land Systems. Includes plant tour and lunch on site. Participants must be US citizens and have picture proof of identity (driver’s license) and social security card or passport.
Public Service	Holliday Alumni Center	20	Open to seniors interested in pursing a career in public service.

 

 Seminars scheduled for Election Day, 6 November:

SEMINAR AREA	LOCATION	# of CADET SLOTS	DESCRIPTION / REMARKS
Business Seminar 4/ Law Seminar 2	The INTERTECH Group	25	Open to seniors interested in pursuing a career in corporate law or business. Priority to Business majors and seniors who will be attending law school. All career professionals participating in the seminar are from The INTERTECH Group. Includes facilities tour and lunch on site. Lunchtime speaker Ms. Anita Zucker.
Business & Technology Seminar 5	SAIC	25	Open to seniors interested in pursuing a career in defense industry. All career professionals participating in the seminar are from SCIC. Includes plant tour and lunch on site.
Science & Technology & Business	Boeing , North Charleston Plant	25	Open to seniors interested in pursuing a career in Science and Technology in the aerospace industry. Priority to seniors majoring in science, math, computer science, and engineering. All career professionals participating in the seminar are from Boeing. Includes plant tour and lunch on site.
Science & Technology	SPAWAR	25	Open to seniors interested in pursuing a career in Science and Technology in the defense sector. Priority to seniors majoring in science, math, computer science, and engineering. All career professionals participating in the seminar are from SPAWAR. Includes facility tour and lunch on site. Participants must be US citizens and have picture proof of identity (driver’s license) and social security card or passport.

 

Seminars scheduled for 1 December:

SEMINAR AREA	LOCATION	# of CADET SLOTS	DESCRIPTION / REMARKS
Military, Army	Holliday Alumni Center	100	Limited to US Army contract seniors and others approved by the Department of Military Science. All career professionals participating in the seminar are from the US Army. Includes lunch on site.

 

Seminars scheduled for Spring Semester:

SEMINAR AREA	LOCATION	# of CADET SLOTS	DESCRIPTION / REMARKS
Psychology	To be determined	13	Date and program to be determined by Psychology Department
General Seminar #2	To be determined	To be determined	Make up seminar for all seniors who have not completed the requirement. Scheduled for a Saturday.