2012-2013 Community Development Activities Requirements
The conducting of community development activities (CDA’s) within the resident halls serves a purpose to provide students with events that they would not receive education about within the classroom. Each of your activities should be based on the values of the university.
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Month |
Theme |
Requirement |
Sample Programs |
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FALL SEMESTER |
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August/ September |
COMMUNITY |
2 CDAs 1 Bulletin Board |
Shake up your Night (Milkshakes & Games), Pizza Parties, Campfires @ the Cabin, Movie Nights, Trading Spaces: Res Hall Edition, Trip to the Shannon |
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October |
RESPECT |
1 CDA 1 Bulletin Board |
CRASH: Watch the movie and facilitate a discussion, Design a passive program encouraging environmental awareness in your hall (i.e. Bulletin Boards & Recycling Initiatives), Common Grounds Panel: Should Christians Vote? Bulletin Board on world religions |
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November |
DISCOVERY |
1 CDA 1 Bulletin Board |
Invite the Career Development Center to do a workshop on deciding on a major or finding an internship, Invite a professor to present on their specialty, How to eat healthily in Marbeck, |
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December |
SERVICE |
1 CDA 1 Bulletin Board |
Visiting the elderly at a nursing home, Collecting blankets/coats for the homeless, Collecting non-perishable food to donate to a food shelter, |
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SPRING SEMESTER |
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January |
COMMUNITY |
2 CDAs 1 Bulletin Board |
Superbowl Party, Euchre Tournament, Ultimate Frisbee vs. another Hall/floor, REWIND: Old school TV nights, Craft Night |
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February |
SERVICE |
1 CDA 1 Bulletin Board |
Penny Wars to donate to a charity, Assisting buildings and grounds with cleaning and repairing the dugouts, |
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March |
DISCOVERY |
1 CDA 1 Bulletin Board |
Car Maintenance 101: Have a couple of your residents teach how to maintain their cars, |
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April |
RESPECT |
1 CDA 1 Bulletin Board |
Cross Cultural Panel: Have students going on cross cultural plan a program to teach about the culture they are going to be visiting, International Dinner, |
