Support Thinking Matters!

Thinking Matters  needs our help!  Here's an opportunity to serve within the USM community:

 

Next Friday, April 30th, USM's annual symposium of student research, scholarship, and creative activity will present the work of dozens of students in poster and oral sessions throughout the day.  The planning committee depends upon volunteer support on the "day of," to help with set up and break down and a whole lot in between.  Here's a list of times and tasks, all with support from the Thinking Matters planning committee:

 

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MORNING SET UP:  600 am – 730 am - Sullivan Gym

Responsible for Gym Set up (Tables, Tents, etc), Ice Tent and Sandwich Board Set up

Once Room is set up, be available for directions to students coming in to set up poster

 

INFORMATION TABLE:  730 am - 830 am - Sullivan Gym

Directions and answer questions, provided with directory and lay out of the room, 6 volunteers will be in room to assist

 

POSTER TABLE:  730 am – 830 am  - Sullivan Gym – Side with Lunch Tables

Be available to provide students with posters not picked up and answer questions

 

INFORMATION TABLE:  800 am - 1200 pm - Sullivan Gym

Assist with Student, Guest and Visitors with Questions and Directions

Table filled with Booklets, Directories and Maps

 

GYM CLEAN UP/PICK UP CREW:  12 pm – 1230 pm - Sullivan Gym

 

ORAL SESSION SET UP:  11am-12pm

Pick up Easels from ITMS, Set up Directional Signage in front of rooms, place books in rooms, contact information in rooms

 

ORAL SESSION VOLUNTEERS:  12:15-1:30, 1:35-2:50, 3:00-4:15

Responsible for filling the water jugs, answers questions, directing traffic, contacting ITMS or Volunteer Coordinator(s), moderating rooms who do not have faculty mentors in them

 

OVER ALL CLEAN UP CREW:  4:15 – 5:00 PM - Oral Session Rooms and Sullivan Gym

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As an added incentive, I'll remind us all that Civic Matters, our annual symposium of student community engaged work, was born as a stream within Thinking Matters and became an independent civic engagement event last year with the strong support of the Thinking Matters planning committee.  Here's an opportunity for us to put our gratitude for that lineage into action!

 

If you can volunteer an hour or the whole day, or anything in between, please e-mail Renee Gravelle , rgravelle@usm.maine.edu or phone 228-8040.

 

 

 

 

 

Andrea Thompson McCall, Director

   Community Engagement

   Interfaith Chaplaincy

University of Southern Maine

P.O. Box 9300

Portland, ME 04104-9300

 

Phone 207-228-8284

FAX 207-228-8403