Jezzette, a senior majoring in Political Science - Law & Justice has been an active member of Mi Familia, the Latino student organization where as the president for 2 years she has increased the amount of service the members contribute.  Under her leadership, she specifically created the Latino Student Visitation Day, which brought area middle and high school students to NC State.  This event was an act of service for her as one of her greatest passions is addressing the social justice issue of access to higher education for undocumented students.  She has volunteered and advocated for this right by chairing a forum for all higher education institutions of NC to come together to discuss this issue.  

Jezzette is a role model volunteer:  Specifically she is a peer mentor for NC State freshman, a Service Mentor at a local high school through El Pueblo, is the service chair for Gamma Beta Phi and also serves as a girl’s basketball coach in her spare time.  Jezzette has inspired not only her fellow peers but also her nominator.  

Kate Webber, a senior majoring in Applied Sociology started her college career as a member of the Women In Science & Engineering program and has volunteered hundreds of hours in college. She has spent most of her time as an involved leader in Catholic Campus Ministries.  She has served as the Social Justice chair – responsible for educating her peers on social issues and planning and executing service projects.  With her leadership, CCM received the Deborah S. Moore Service Award for Non-Service Club of the Year in 2008.

Kate’s lasting legacy involves service trips … local, domestic, and international.  Young in her college career, Kate had the opportunity to volunteer in New Orleans with Katrina relief projects and traveled with CSLEPS to Asheville and Philadelphia to serve people dealing with hunger and homelessness.  She returned to campus from these experiences inspired.   Through her leadership position in CCM she implemented service break trips.  As a student club they have taken students to serve during breaks in New Orleans, Georgia, Indiana, and El Salvador. 

Outstanding Service Club of the Year
Association of African-American Student Educators

This NC State organization has 20 active members and focuses on the professional development of minorities in teacher educations through education and serving and mentoring area youth.  AAASE has been recognized this year with the Boys & Girls Club Volunteer Award for their mentoring program with the Torch Club, a group of middle school students.  This long running commitment provides a weekly college mentor to an at risk youth.  They have also added approximately 120 books to the club library. One AAASE’s signature service events include planning and hosting the AAASE College Day, which invites underrepresented students from local area high schools to spend a day on campus.  Members spend the semester fundraising, planning and executing this program, which breaks down the barriers of “what is college” for the visiting high school students. 

The Movement focuses it’s volunteering work as educators to NC State students and the surrounding community on sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking and healthy relationships.  Their goal is to empower students to intervene when a potential act of interpersonal violence could occur.  The Movement has facilitated approximately 70 educational workshops this year, hosted campus wide educational programs, fund raised for the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault, volunteers with Wrenn House a runaway/homeless youth shelter and publishes a monthly educational newsletter.  They also volunteer to educate students on rape and sexual assault during the Hillsborough Hike. This group has also had a lasting impact on the citizens of North Carolina.  Last summer they collected over 5,000 signatures on a petition, which supported a bill in the NC legislature.  The bill increased funding for rape kits.  No North Carolina citizen will ever pay out of pocket for a rape kit now that this legislation is passed. 

On-Going Community Service EvenT
say Village: elementary School youth mentoring

The SAY Village is a group of students interested in youth advocacy who live together in the same residence hall.  Members commit to an individual mentoring relationship with a student at an area elementary school for the academic year.  Members learn about mentoring techniques, how to build self-esteem in a child, how to identify if a student is becoming involved in a gang and on how to negotiate the hidden rules of poverty.  Ultimately they learn how to teach their mentee to succeed.   One school principal has noted that his students, paired with a SAY Village mentor, have not only improved in being productive academically, but have become more positive students.

Philanthropy Event of the Year
Krispy Kreme Challenge

The Krispy Kreme Challenge is an annual, student-operated race in Raleigh, North Carolina benefiting the NC Children's Hospital. Beginning in 2004 with a mere 11 participants, the race has grown exponentially to a whopping 5519 runners in the 2009 event.  Beginning at the NC State Belltower, each runner runs 2 miles to the Krispy Kreme store located on Peace St. in Raleigh. After downing a full dozen of the famous Krispy Kreme doughnuts, the runner must run the two miles back. All in one hour.  The challenge attracts a wide range of runners from beginners to serious competitors hailing from all corners of the country.  This event has been covered by the national media and is becoming one of NC State’s newest traditions that benefit a worthy cause.  The 2009 race raised $40,000 for the NC Children’s Hospital.