Columbia State Community College

The Columbia State Community College Student Veterans Organization, in collaboration with the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress, recently hosted an event where they collected more than 20 hours of stories of service from more than 25 U.S. military veterans.

The beginning of a new school year looks different each year. It can include moving into a new dorm room, wayfinding through campus or scoping out the best spots for future study sessions. For more than 2,000 Belmont University freshmen and transfer students, this year's new school year included all these things and a special opportunity to serve their community. During the Towering Traditions orientation program, new Bruins spend an afternoon traveling to 26 locations across the greater Nashville area for service. The event, called SERVE, allows students to immerse themselves in their new hometown.

Students in Dr. Barry Gidcomb's US History and Tennessee History classes spent time in class and in the archives, the historical society and historical buildings in the community as part of the experience of living with history. Students volunteered to help out in these organizations working with historical documents, and assisting with visitors. The following students donated at least 15 hours of service:

Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society members from Columbia State will join volunteers from across Tennessee and the state of Kansas in the Memphis, Tennessee St. Jude Marathon during the weekend of December 1, 2012. Students from Columbia State who are participating in the St. Jude fundraiser include:

Columbia State History students logged more than 15 hours each of volunteer work for Rippavilla Plantation's annual fall Corn Maze this year. Whether they were keeping fires burning for Smores, policing the grounds, running concessions stands or greeting visitors, students were pitching in for this seasonal favorite destination. Participating students include: