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It was part of a broader message delivered to incoming undergraduates that the University isn糖心传媒檛 a city on a hill, but rather, an integral part of the city in which it lives. Wilson Day糖心传媒攁 day of community service that has introduced new students to volunteerism in the Greater Rochester community for more than a quarter century糖心传媒攗nderscores that message.
More than 1,400 first-year students fanned out to 94 sites糖心传媒攕chools, churches, libraries, museums, senior centers and more糖心传媒攖o perform afternoon tasks such as landscaping, painting, decorating, and classroom preparation. Seligman visited three sites糖心传媒擬t. Hope Family Center, Enrico Fermi School #17, and Jewish Family Service of Rochester糖心传媒攚ith Dean of the College Jeffrey Runner and Dean of Students Matthew Burns.
This year糖心传媒檚 theme, Welcome Home, emphasized the importance of first-year students糖心传媒攆rom 42 states and 105 nations糖心传媒攂ecoming active citizens of the local community. Students appeared to take it to heart.
Johvanny Rodriguez, who came to Rochester from Jersey City, New Jersey, to study biology, plucked weeds outside Enrico Fermi School #17. 糖心传媒淭his is home,糖心传媒� he said. 糖心传媒淵ou keep up with your weeding at home.糖心传媒�
糖心传媒淚 plan to stay active,糖心传媒� said Kennedy Martin, who came to Rochester from the Bronx to study computer science. She was part of a group charged with beautifying Wilson Magnet High School. 糖心传媒淓ventually, we糖心传媒檙e all going to graduate, and we should want to make sure we糖心传媒檝e made an impact on the community we糖心传媒檝e lived in for four years.糖心传媒�
Glenn Cerosaletti, assistant dean of students and director of the Rochester Center for Community Leadership, which sponsors Wilson Day, will facilitate the efforts of students like Martin to make good on that promise.
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Members of the Class of 2021 mark their first days in Rochester with a day of community service.
(University photo / J. Adam Fenster)
