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Students Give Back to the Community
UA Latin fraternity Lambda Theta Phi members organized a toy drive through the corporate social responsibility portion of their MIS 304 class.
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January 2009
By Liz Warren-Pederson
Undergraduates Turn Managerial Expertise to Volunteer Projects
Any time he speaks with students, college namesake Karl Eller is sure to tell them that “the more you give, the richer you are.” His message is getting through.
In November, some 350 students in business and public administration turned their considerable organizational skills to volunteer and charitable works throughout Tucson.
“We’re currently dealing with economy-wide fallout from corporate decision making that can, in part, be traced to greed,” says Eller College dean Paul Portney. “For that reason, it’s especially nice to see that there is a new generation of socially responsible business and public administration students on the way up.”
Eller College Philanthropy and Other Efforts
On November 22, 250 undergraduate students volunteered for Tucson nonprofit organizations including the YMCA, Arts for All, and Ben’s Bells. The effort was part of Eller College Philanthropy day.
“We approach different nonprofits in the community and explain that we have a huge student workforce that we can deploy to complete big projects,” says Sarah Diaz, coordinator of career initiatives at the Eller College.
Undergraduate students volunteered outside of Eller College Philanthropy, as well.
Members of the Eller Board of Honor and Integrity assisted with the Better Business Bureau’s recycling event, Shredfest ’08, in which over nine tons of paper was collected, shredded, and recycled.
Ami Doshi and the Eller College Student Council coordinated a food drive with the Community Food Bank (CFB), which resulted in 1,924 pounds of food, or 2,405 meals, according to Jacob Coldsmith of the CFB.
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