Resident assistants lend hand in the community
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On Monday (Aug. 14) nearly 300 Purdue resident assistants did volunteer labor at 13 nonprofit organizations in an effort to help the local groups and increase community engagement. The University Residences student leaders did a variety of tasks such as installing a playground safety surface, landscaping, packaging donated school supplies and cooking meals. The inaugural program, called Extreme Makeover: Community Edition, was organized by Sarah Casares, residential life manager at Hilltop Apartments. This new part of the assistants' training will serve as a model that the participants can implement in developing activities and educational programs for the on-campus residents they serve and supervise. Purdue University Residences can house almost 12,000 students, making it the largest program in the nation that does not require students to live on campus. More than 6,900 freshmen are moving in this semester - the largest number ever at Purdue.
(News Service photo by Jim Schenke)
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