{"id":9669,"date":"2016-08-11T10:37:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sourcelive.wordpress.com\/?p=9669"},"modified":"2016-08-11T10:37:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T14:37:24","slug":"students-need-your-help-as-the-school-year-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=9669","title":{"rendered":"Students need your help as the school year begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_9670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9670\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/student-move-in-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9670\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/student-move-in-small.jpg?resize=300%2C199\" alt=\"Freshman fall move-in. Photo courtesy of Communications and Brand Strategy. \" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Freshman fall move-in. Photo courtesy of Communications and Brand Strategy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hopefully you have enjoyed these past quiet summer months, but it\u2019s nearly time to get back into the swing of things. The essence of the university, students, arrive in the thousands just before classes begin on Wednesday, August 31. You have the opportunity to help MSU and the local community in a big way: by volunteering to help move students in and donating to Fill the Bus.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/myalumni.msu.edu\/s\/1393\/05-alumni\/index.aspx?sid=1393&amp;gid=5&amp;pgid=4071&amp;content_id=5900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Student Move-in Volunteering<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, more than 500 people signed up with the Alumni Association to come back and help new Spartans move in to their residence halls. You can choose when and where to volunteer; pick a residence hall and a shift on <strong>Saturday, August 27 through Monday, August 29<\/strong>. Sunday will have the most need for volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers get a free T-shirt and a complimentary meal in one of the dining halls. Learn more and register <a href=\"http:\/\/myalumni.msu.edu\/s\/1393\/05-alumni\/index.aspx?sid=1393&amp;gid=5&amp;pgid=4071&amp;content_id=5900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.servicelearning.msu.edu\/events\/upcoming-events\/fill-the-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fill the Bus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Younger students in the Lansing area need your help, too. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.servicelearning.msu.edu\/events\/upcoming-events\/fill-the-bus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8th annual Fill the Bus event<\/a>, organized by the <a href=\"http:\/\/undergrad.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education<\/a>\u00a0and the <a href=\"http:\/\/servicelearning.msu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Service-Learning &amp; Civic Engagement<\/a>, will take place <strong>August 28 to September 2<\/strong>. Your donated notebooks, backpacks, pencils and other school supplies will fill up a bus and be sent directly to the children and classrooms that need them. You can find donation bins either in your building, provided by your department\u2019s team captain (register your team <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScRuYnyOYamkwRqsuP1XlVZzpoC8Co7TJj-RZI2kM9RUgQAxw\/viewform?c=0&amp;w=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>) or in various locations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.servicelearning.msu.edu\/events\/upcoming-events\/fill-the-bus\/fill-the-bus-donation-drop-off-sites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hopefully you have enjoyed these past quiet summer months, but it\u2019s nearly time to get back into the swing of things. The essence of the university, students, arrive in the thousands just before classes begin&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/?p=9669\">Continue Reading&#8230;<span> Students need your help as the school year begins!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[6,9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb1fcA-2vX","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9669"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sourcelive.hr.msu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}