10/23/2018
Jenny Agnew, Ph.D., a SLU faculty member, works on a fleece blanket for a hospice
patient as part of Staff-Faculty Day of Service. Photo by Steve Long
The Department of Campus Recreation and Wellness helped Great Rivers Greenway plant
over 200 native perennials at the Mary Meachum Freedom Center on the Great Rivers
Greenway Trail along the Mississippi River. Staff members who volunteered included
(left to right) Samantha McLeod, member services coordinator, Liz Hippen, graduate
assistant, Sam Kelner, intramural and sports coordinator, Adam Brok, administrative
secretary, and Todd Robben, assistant director. Submitted photo
The Medical Center Development team stuff goody bags of toiletries, socks and snacks
to distribute to patients at the Health Resource Center. Photo by Kat Dortch
Faculty and staff members from INTO SLU volunteered at Laclede Groves Senior Living
Community on Monday, Oct. 22, including (left to right) Nicy Xu, Liz Burke, Daphne
Foster, Shannon Soto, Chia-Hui Liu, Landon Arney and Andrea Zhou. Photo by Samantha
(Sam) Kern
Officer Peter Garvin (right) works on blankets for hospice patients as part of SLU's
Staff-
Faculty Day of Service. Photo by Steve Long
Dean William P. Johnson, J.D., of the School of Law, helps clean up Forest Park. Photo
by Jessica Ciccone
The Facilities Services Division contributed 50 fleece blankets and eight pillows
to the United Way's DIY Service Projects. Photo by Laura Forhan
The Facilities Services Division made comforting throw blankets for pets at local
animal shelters as its contribution to SLU’s Staff-Faculty Day of Service. Photo by
Laura Forhan
Brooks Goedeker, executive director of the St. Louis Midtown Redevelopment Corporation,
and student Andrew Rettig, ’21, clear a fence of weeds at Interstate I-55 and Loughborough
Avenue as part of SLU’s Staff-Faculty Day of Service activities. Submitted photo
(Left to Right, Standing) Alexis Posnanski, Elizabeth Brennan, Julie Peetz, Jennifer
Sherer, Andrew Oberle; (left to right, seated) Stacey Hutchens, Jane Baum, Michelle
Cohen, Aimee Foster gathered during SLU’s Staff-Faculty Day of Service to fill goody
bags to distribute to patients at the Health Resource Center. Photo by Kat Dortch
School of Law staff, faculty and alumni completed an afternoon of service in Forest
Park on Monday, Oct. 8, in celebration of the law school's 175 years of legal education.
Submitted photo
Saint Louis University’s staff and faculty members know that going forth and doing
good in the world means going above and beyond their job descriptions. And it’s not
just students who benefit from their work beyond the workday.
Hundreds of members from across the University spent hours cleaning roadsides, making
blankets for animal shelters and coming together to create care packages for those
in need as part of the University’s first Staff Day of Service on Monday, Oct. 22.
Departments served in the days leading up to the event or on Oct. 22, at sites on
campus and across the St. Louis region.
In the spirit of “setting the world on fire,” departments and divisions chose to give
their time and effort to helping local non-profits through the new volunteer effort.
The service day also coincides with SLU’s bicentennial service challenge and allowed faculty and staff members to take time together to, in the words of Peter
Garvin, past chair of the University’s Staff Advisory Committee and a member of SLU’s
Department of Public Safety, “to display one of our best assets; the power and influence
of our community working together to serve others.”
