University of Mary’s 10th Annual Day of 服务 Unites Hundreds for Largest One-Day Volunteer Event in ND
Day of 服务 Wednesday, 10月2日, 2024, celebrates 首页coming Week
俾斯麦，和 帮助动物, 做家务活, 清洁, 和绘画, are just some of the many volunteer activities hundreds of University of Mary students will be engaged in during their 10th Annual Day of 服务 Wednesday, 10月2日, 2024.
University of Mary’s Day of 服务 has become North Dakota’s biggest one-day volunteer event and is organized and run by students. This year’s event looks to be the largest ever with 1350 students, faculty and staff participating. They’ll be engaged in volunteer projects not only in the Bismarck-Mandan community, but also in Fort Yates, ND, at our Mary College at ASU campus, 以及我们的罗马校区.
Classes are canceled on the Day of 服务 so students can come together with professors and administration to serve others by giving of their time and talents. It’s an opportunity for everyone to join in fellowship to build new relationships and community.
“This year we are extremely excited to be organizing the University of Mary’s 10th Annual Day of 服务,“解释 Marty Longsdorf, 任务 for Life coordinator that the University of Mary. “我们的学生联合主席, with the support of the 任务 for Life office, have worked diligently over the last several months to make this day a success. The Day of 服务 is an extremely important day for our campus, where our students venture off the hill and go into the greater community of Bismarck and Mandan to serve. This day is not about meeting academic requirements or degree planning. 而, it is a day where the students on our campus can experience what our hearts were truly made to do: serve joyfully and give our lives away in love.”
The event begins on campus at 8 a.m. in the Starion Living Room, located in the lower level of the Lumen Vitae University Center, with a candlelight procession into the McDowell Activity Center (MAC) for an All-School Mass and Day of 服务 Commissioning. Breakfast will follow in the lower level of The Crow’s Nest Restaurant before students and faculty begin their service projects from 10 a.m. 直到下午三点.m. Coronation of the 首页coming King and Queen will occur at 4:30 p.m. 在创始人大厅, followed by a homecoming feast served in the Crow’s Nest Restaurant at 5:30 p.m. Coronation follows at 7 p.m. 在创始人大厅, while at the same time the Marauders face off against archrival Minot State in ACHA hockey from the Starion Sports Complex in Mandan.
Serving others is a big part of the University of Mary’s mission since being founded in 1959 by the Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery.
As part of the ongoing Vision 2030 Campaign, University of Mary’s student body recommitted itself to becoming servant leaders of moral courage, providing a culture grounded in service, fostering a great capacity to pour themselves out in loving service to others. 新, campus-wide Day of 服务 campaign that began in 2014 answers that pledge and strengthens every student’s commitment and understanding that each were 为更多而生.
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关于 the University of Mary: True to its motto “lumen vitae”—The Light of Life—the University of Mary offers education for the whole of life through cutting-edge professional programs and graduate programs animated by moral courage and leadership in chosen professions and service to the community. 一个私人, co-educational 天主教 institution, the University of Mary welcomes students of all faiths and backgrounds.
一个基督徒, 天主教, Benedictine institution founded in 1959 by the Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Monastery, Mary offers over 60 bachelor’s, 15个硕士, and five doctoral programs—in Business Administration, 教育, 护理实践, Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. The 19-sport Athletic Department adheres to its Greatness Through Virtue mission under the governance of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) conferences. 有3个以上,800名学生, Mary has locations in North Dakota, 蒙大拿, 亚利桑那州, 罗马, 意大利, as well as vibrant 在线 offerings.