Honors in Action Project Draws Chapters from Three States
Chapters from Alabama, California and New York joined forces recently in New Orleans to work with the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana to build houses in areas still decimated following Hurricane Katrina. Members from Canada College and Butte College in California, and Corning Community College and Fulton-Montgomery Community College in New York came together to carry out work initiated by Jefferson State Community College in Alabama. New Orleans is hometown to International Vice President - Division II Maggie Webster, a student at Jefferson State. She wrote in her recent blog, "Honors in Action projects begin with scholarly inquiry. Many students participating in New Orleans had attended the International Honors Institute and were able to learn from Dr. Douglas Brinkley about Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans. It helped everyone to feel so much more passionate about serving in New Orleans and helped everyone understand the very real need to serve. On the first night that everyone had been in the city, the Volunteer Coordinator came to teach us additional information about what happened with Hurricane Katrina, how the levees breached and where, what parts of the city were underwater, and to clear up some misconceptions about the storm." Working together to use what they had learned at the 2008 Honors Institute, these members put their knowledge about conditions in New Orleans three years after the storm to work and, in the process, developed their skills as servant leaders and made new friends as they engaged in scholarly fellowship. Read more entries and post comments at the International Officers Blog.
Posted: October 03, 2008
