{"id":1341,"date":"2021-09-24T16:08:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T20:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/citizenship-community\/student-service\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:26:25","slug":"student-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/citizenship-community\/student-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding and Valuing Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">CCC for Students Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/citizenship-community\/students\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Student Information &amp; Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfze7zHHH3LjkJjib2CW8mt2Yxia4r4bs6QLbxNaq0_4pGcTA\/viewform\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Submit Hours<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/citizenship-community\/student-reflections\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Student Reflection Guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/citizenship-community\/student-stories\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Stories of Student Engagement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/citizenship-community\/student-faq\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >FAQ about ICR and Service Learning<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding and Valuing Service<\/h1>\n<div class=\"acc-flex-container\">\n\t<div class=\"acc-title-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\">\n\t\t<button id='block_acf-block-65aa86914af87-acc-row' class='acc-row' type='button' aria-expanded='false' aria-controls='block_acf-block-65aa86914af87_acc-content-panel'>\n\t\t\t<div id='block_acf-block-65aa86914af87-acc-title' class='acc-title'>\n\t\t\t\tUnderstanding Citizenship\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"\" id='block_acf-block-65aa86914af87-acc-img' class='acc-icon' src='https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/nav_main_icon_open.png' \/>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div role=\"region\" aria-hidden='true'\n\t\tid='block_acf-block-65aa86914af87-acc-content-panel' class='acc-panel' aria-labelledby=\"block_acf-block-65aa86914af87-acc-row\">\n\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\"><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I now realize that volunteerism by the book\u2014simply doing service as a means to an end\u2014will accomplish little, whereas active service with engaged interaction and commitment to others will achieve great results.<\/p><\/blockquote><p><strong>Stephen Cornelius &#8217;14, Political Science<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Fulfilled Indianapolis Community Requirement by:<\/strong>\u00a0Serving and learning at the Indianapolis School for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/p><p><strong>For course:<\/strong>\u00a0Political Science Research Methods<\/p><p><strong>Favorite activity:<\/strong>\u00a0Reflecting on experience<\/p><p><strong>An &#8220;Aha!&#8221; moment:<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;Reflecting upon community, service, and citizenship&#8221;<\/p><p>Before college, I had no real idea what belonging to a community or being an &#8220;engaged&#8221; citizen really meant. I thought I was engaged. I mean, I recycled. I logged hundreds of volunteer hours at soup kitchens and food pantries. I did my so-called civic duty.<\/p><p>Upon enrolling at Butler, though, I stumbled upon service-learning through the Indianapolis Community Requirement (ICR). \u00a0As part of a political science course, I served at the Indiana School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired (ISBVI).\u00a0 During my time at the school, I found myself making friends, sharing stories, and most importantly, connecting with others. Those connections made all the difference.<\/p><p>I now realize that all of my previous volunteering, though noble, did not seek out and address the root cause of hunger or other deep, systemic problems present in our community. Hunger will not be defeated by a boy passing out a can of soup to a few hundred people.<\/p><p>Before college, I had been apathetic and detached in my approach. I had viewed myself as living a life separate from everyone else, accepting differences in circumstances as grounds to alienate people from myself. I hadn&#8217;t built relationships. I had drifted through without compassion or concern, and what few connections I did make were superficial. I now realize that volunteerism by the book-simply doing service as a means to an end-will accomplish little, whereas active service with engaged interaction and commitment to others will achieve great results.\u00a0 This is the kind of community and citizenship the world needs today.<\/p><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-65aa86914af87-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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At Butler, I enrolled in a service-learning course and discovered a whole new meaning of service.<\/p><p>I was placed at Westlane Middle School to tutor immigrant and refugee children in English. I was excited to interact with the same children every time I visited the school. After a couple of weeks, I realized that this was much more than volunteering in the sense of just going through the motions without thought or consideration. True service as promoted through the Indianapolis Community Requirement inspires one to go above and beyond the task at hand.\u00a0 Service involves passion, involvement, and investment in the individuals being served.\u00a0 At Westlane, the children became some of my best friends. They would eagerly tell me all about their lives and what I had missed while I had been gone.\u00a0 I would not have shared their friendship if I had just been another volunteer, and this goes to show just how great an impact service can exert on the world, both on the serving and on the served.<\/p><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\t\t( function( $ ) {\n\t\t\tlet panel = document.getElementById('block_acf-block-65aa86914afa7-acc-content-panel');\n\n\t\t\t\/*\n\t\t\t * Need to set a value for maxHeight to initialize the accordion properly.\n\t\t\t * If we don't include this conditional, the accordion doesn't nicely transition to open\/close on the first click.\n\t\t\t *\/\n\t\t\tif ( 1 == 0 ) {\n\t\t\t\tpanel.style.maxHeight = 0 == 1 ? 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