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Who Knew?
As UA’s campus community responds to the challenges arising from a global viral threat and stay-at-home mandates, we are all learning new skill sets. We are often surprised at our capacity to manage change. For instance, who knew that Microsoft Teams would become an indispensable resource for collaboration? Who knew that we would be inviting…
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Make a Difference Day / Operation Evergreen Fall 2018
This year’s Make a Difference Day/Operation Evergreen was held in the UA Student Union as part of “Five Star Fridays” – an initiative at UA to provide experiential and service learning opportunities to UA students. Pam Duncan and Anthony Serpette were on hand to teach the UA students some paperfolding to make ornaments to send…
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Thank you to Anthony Ross!
A special shout out to Anthony (Tony) Ross for serving a three-year term (2015-2018) as a member of the Staff Employee Advisory Committee (SEAC) and representative to the University Council’s Recreation and Wellness Committee. Tony’s contributions to our staff and campus community are valued and truly appreciated. We’re pleased to know that Tony has accepted…
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Make a Difference Day – Operation Evergreen 2017
Once again, UA staff joined with student participating in Make a Difference Day to support Operation Evergreen. The combined group made ornaments to be sent along with cut trees to service personal serving overseas during the holidays. Most of the ornaments were assembled from kits, but a few brave folks tried their hand at some…
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Ronald McDonald House – December 2016
The Akron Ronald McDonald House is under construction, but the main part of the house was in need of a serious cleaning to start off the month of December. The two person crew mopped floors, vacuumed, wiped down all the surfaces, and took out the trash. Lots of work, but the RMH staff appreciated our…
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Holiday Tree Festival 2016
This year, SEAC participated in the 35th Annual Holiday Tree (and Wreath) Festival to benefit Akron Children’s Hospital. Here’s our entry: For about $7 in materials, the wreath went for $50! More information on the event can be found here: Holiday Tree Festival Special thanks to the SEAC Committee for the idea and to…
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Make a Difference Day and Operation Evergreen 2016
UA Staff members teamed up with the students participating in Make a Difference Day to help make ornaments for Operation Evergreen – a project to provide a little Christmas cheer to troops stationed overseas. And on hand was everyone’s favorite marsupial – Zippy!
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Akron Rubber Ducks 2016
The SEAC game night at with the Akron Rubber Ducks took place on Saturday, June 25th. What was actually going to be a single game, 7:05 p.m. start, was later announced as a double header. Gates opened at 5 p.m. with the first game beginning at 5:30 p.m. and the second game started 30 minutes…
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Every Square Inch
SEAC was out in full force at the Ronald McDonald House for a cleaning session. Anthony on the mop: Bonnie and Peggy wiped down every surface in the building. And Ed… TURN AROUND ED! HEY ! ED! He couldn’t hear me. Ed was on the vacuum. Floor to ceiling, top to bottom – every square…
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Baking up a storm
The galloping gourmet bakers of SEAC made another great contribution to the Ronald McDonald House. Here’s the Thank You from RMH: Dear Laura, Theresa & Bonnie- We hope you had a great time volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House of Akron. Thank you so much for baking treats for our families. It is because of volunteers…