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Volunteer UWF! Mission
To engage and empower the university community by serving both the needs of the university students and the outside world, providing service and learning opportunities that encourage civic engagement.
Volunteer UWF! Programs
Volunteerism & Community Service
- Opportunities for individuals and student groups/organizations
- Recurring or one-time opportunities are available with Community Partners and other local nonprofit agencies
Individual One-Time or Recurring Service
- Opportunities for individuals
- Recurring or one-time opportunities are available with Community Partners and other local nonprofit agencies
Student Organization / Group Service
- Volunteer UWF! is here to help student organizations find and make the most of opportunities to serve.
- Recurring or one-time opportunities are available with Community Partners and other local nonprofit agencies
Service-Learning
- A service experience for an individual or a group that is tied directly to an academic course that includes other content
- The project should accomplish course objectives and include reflection about the experience
- Volunteer UWF! connects UWF faculty and their course learning objectives with specific community needs
Field Study
- A stand-alone course in a student’s field-of study that is unpaid, independent and with a nonprofit or government agency for 1, 2, or 3 credit hours
Break Away! Alternative Service Breaks & Break Away!
Alternative Spring Break (ASB)
- A program within Volunteer UWF! and partially student led initiative that engages students in service throughout the year leading up to a weeklong service based trip during Spring Break, Fall Break or Summer Break.
*Other service-based trips may be available during extended breaks from school.
Community Work Study Program
- Leadership Opportunity for Federal Work Study students to work with local nonprofits and serve as liaisons between UWF and the local organization
- Provides free support staff to our community partners and great experiences to our students
If you are a Community Agency Representative
and Non-Profit Community
Agencies interested in recruiting UWF volunteers and academic-based service students, please contact Tiffany Killam Jurey or Kate Hollimon at volunteer@uwf.edu or at 850-474-2254 or 850-474-3115. Does your agency have a JasonQuest account, if not create one now to begin posting upcoming event information and recruiting UWF students. Click on the JasonQuest link above to find out more information.