This past Friday, April 27th, Simmons staff, faculty and students celebrated Global Service Day. Over 120 middle school kids came to campus to participate in service activities and tour the school. Highlights were visits to both the academic and residence campus, a pizza party and making Mother's Day cards for the Women's Lunch Place (complete with beautiful sentiments and wishes). Other highlights were a mentoring session for Promising Pals with Denise Korn, author of "10...
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Ever have one of those days, weeks, months, where something is on your mind and suddenly you see and hear about it everywhere? - in the news, on your favorite TV shows, and in your every day conversations and work meetings? For me this has been happening with mentoring. This initially came up in some recent informational interviews that I have been inspired by. I have had some great talks with some pretty amazing young...
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This week, Simmons students returned to the classroom after several weeks of winter break. At the Scott/Ross Center, the first students to return to the office are our student leaders who oversee our mentoring, literacy and tutoring programs. They are busy recruiting and training both new and continuing volunteers to partner with our community organizations. I am impressed by their dedication, enthusiasm and management skills. Our student leaders of such organizations such as Simmons Builds,...
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The winter holidays can be a time of celebration and joy but can also be stressful and sad. For many of the community partners that we work with, their clients feel all of the above. Lucky for them (and for us) they have put together programs to make sure that no one is left without some recognition over the holidays. This year, we asked the Simmons community to contribute to two holiday gift giving initiatives...
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It is hard to believe it is already mid-semester and the service learning projects that were launched in September have only a few weeks left. There is some great work being done this semester and I thought I would share some of it with you. Over 100 undergraduate students are engaged in service learning this semester in courses through the management, psychology, sociology, honors, education and social justice departments. For example, developmental psychology students are...
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The Simmons Builds team will spend spring break in Waynesburg, PA, where they will volunteer to build houses with Habitat for Humanity. Laini Cassis '14, Naomi Chick '14, and Meghan O'Beirne '12 will lead the team of 12 students in hard work such as tearing out floors, removing and securing beams, interior and exterior framing, installing windows. Past trip destinations include Harrisburg, PA, St. Petersburg, FL, Hattiesburg, MS and Pittsburgh, PA. Fundraising efforts to support...
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This past week, The Scott/Ross Center celebrated its' 10th Year Anniversary with a wonderful reception that included former S/RC student leaders, alumnae/i, faculty, staff, community partners and many others associated with the College and the S/RC. It was an amazing evening with many exciting surprises and new and old connections made. Emily Scott Pottruck '78 with the support of David Pottruck and Arlene Ross Gross'47, led the 5 Decades of London Learners (5 Dolls) committee,...
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This summer, three highly dedicated, determined and focused Simmons students discovered how the nonprofit sector might fit into their career goals. Kecia Lopes SW'11, Brighid McHugh-Mullane SOM'12 and Alana Clark '12 were the first Fellows selected for the launch of the Boston-based Scott/Ross Center Fellowship in Non-Profit Management. Their eight week summer Fellowship consisted of two weeks at The Boston Foundation learning about philanthropy and grant-making and then three week segments exploring nonprofit leadership and...
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Are you off for the summer? Is it slow in the summer? These are questions we are asked often in the S/RC. Summer definitely runs on a different pace. Fewer students dropping by, major planning time for the academic year, welcoming new students via orientations, catching up with community partners. We also facilitate and host several youth summer programs. These summer programs such as Mission Safe, Sociedad Latina, Beacon Academy, and Girls Leap partner with...
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Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Boston premiere of the documentary The Last Mountain. This film focuses on the coal industry and their practice of lopping off the top of mountains, in this case in Appalachia, to access coal. The film features the town activists who are fighting the Massey Co. in trying to get them to stop this practice. There is one mountain left that has not been destroyed yet....
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Scott/Ross Center Main Office
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Our Mission
The Scott/Ross Center for Community Service facilitates and promotes community service and service-learning for Simmons College students, faculty and staff in Greater Boston and beyond. By developing reciprocal partnerships with community-based organizations, we enrich and expand students' educational and co-curricular experiences.
