Leadership & Service Learning (LSL) is a unit within Efferson Student Union & Activities. LSL engages students in leadership development and service-learning opportunities that foster transformative learning and social change. LSL provides programs that are open to and designed for all FAMU students, regardless of affiliation, major, identity or status. These programs are opportunities for diverse students and staff to share perspectives, ask critical questions, and meaningfully impact the community.
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The Tallahassee community is an integral part of the service and volunteer experience for FAMU students. The community provides students with experiential learning opportunities that directly impact the people of Tallahassee. When engaging FAMU students for service and volunteer projects in Tallahassee there are some things community organizations and organizers should do to prepare.
Identify a volunteer supervisor/contact person. This person will be responsible for working with student volunteers.
Conduct a orientation or workshop. This will be your opportunity to prepare students for the demands of the service/volunteer activity.
Collect emergency contact information. When on site a student may experience a crisis that will require you to contact someone who knows the student personally.
Submit a Service & Volunteer Announcement Request. Approved requests will be posted on iStrike and emailed to all FAMU students that have completed the ESUA Leadership & Service Learning Orientation.
Community service and volunteer opportunities provide students with personal and professional development experiences that contribute to the overall development of the student. This type of development is critical to the production of successful graduates and professionals. In support of this developmental principal FAMU students are required to complete service/volunteer hours for certain academic and scholarship programs.
Complete your iStrike account profile. iStrike is the online system managed by Efferson Student Union & Activities in which students must document their service/volunteer hours.
Attend an ESUA Leadership & Service Learning Orientation Session. Although attendance is not required in order to receive credit for service/volunteer hours participation in a LSL Orientation will provide students with useful information.
Attend orientation/training offered by the organization providing service/volunteer opportunity. This will help you to see if the opportunity meets your personal and professional goals.
Carry yourself professionally at all times. Participation in service/volunteer activities are a reflection on you as an individual and FAMU.
Document hours in iStrike immediately. This will help to ensure that your hours are reported to the Registrar in the next reporting cycle. Some organizations have deadlines as to when they will validate/approve service/volunteer hours.
Educate supervisors with the FAMU/iStrike procedures. In many cases service/volunteer hours are not reported to the Registrar because they have not been approved by the supervisor/contact person indicated in iStrike.
Follow up on service/volunteer entries. It is your responsibility to verify that your service/volunteer hours are accurately reflected on your transcript.
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Updates Concerning Volunteer Hours & Audits
FAMULead is a clearinghouse for information about programs, events, organizations, academic courses, and activities involving leadership opportunities for FAMU students. The purpose of FAMULead is to provide students with opportunities to improve their leadership skills. Leadership is not just being a member of an organization, but obtaining skills necessary to develop successful, productive, and civic-minded individuals.
Florida A&M University students can submit their volunteer/service hours using our new Volunteer & Service Entry form. To get to the form click on the Leadership & Service Learning Link located on the Efferson Student Union & Activities iStrike Portal.
The Big Event brings together hundreds of college students from Florida State University, Florida A&M University, and Tallahassee Community College to say ‘thank you’ to the Tallahassee community at one of the largest, one-day, student-run service projects in the nation.
Fang Leadership Academy provides a dynamic, intensive student leadership training/motivational experience to students. It is an academy designed to foster servant leadership, critical-thinking and motivate FAMU future leaders to action. The academy is a program provided by Leadership & Service Learning under Efferson Student Union. Any student who has completed at least 12 credit hours with a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher is eligible to apply.