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Alpha Alpha Omicron Chapter at Longwood University Goes to Haiti

Alpha Alpha Omicron Chapter at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, traveled overseas to serve those affected by the earthquake in Port au Prince, Haiti.

On December 15, 2013, Alpha Alpha Omicron Chapter took a week-long trip to Port au Prince, Haiti. Brothers provided service to the Source of Light orphanage. They painted the walls, laid tile and built dividers to create office spaces. The orphanage houses 28 children and also offers schooling to those inside and outside of the orphanage.

Additionally, chapter members had the opportunity to spend time with the children in the orphanage during their visit. It was an amazing experience! They took the children to a zoo and playground and treated them to french fries and soda, which some kids had never had before.

Congratulations on an amazing service project, brothers!

 

Brother Brian Anderson Receives Presidential Early Career Award

Brother Anderson, Lambda Omicron '98 and GE Plastics Material Engineering Professor of Chemical Engineering at West Virginia University, has been selected as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

Anderson was nominated for the award by the Department of Energy, one of 13 federal departments and agencies that join together annually to nominate the most meritorious scientists and engineers whose early accomplishments show the greatest promise for assuring America's preeminence in science and engineering and contributing to the awarding agencies' missions.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports 10-year Low for Volunteerism in the U.S.

Volunteering fell to the lowest rate in 2013 since the government has been measuring it, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday.

Roughly 62.6 million Americans volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2012 and September 2013, according to the BLS, or about 25.4 percent of adult Americans.

In 2002, the first time that the BLS conducted its survey on volunteerism, the rate was 27.6 percent. The decline last year was also a 1.1 percentage point drop from 2012.

Volunteerism has declined in each of the past three years. But it isn't clear whether the decline last year marks a broader trend away from volunteerism or an aberration. It also isn't apparent what might have caused Americans to volunteer less.

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Video of the Month: Pi Eta Chapter at the University of Loyola Chicago

Is your chapter working hard to create fun,informational and educational videos for recruitment, etc.? Share your efforts with brothers across the nation by nominating your video for the Video of the Month. Simply post your video to YouTube, then send a link to the Torch Topics Editorial Staff at publications@apo.org .

 
 

 

 



 
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