Patti Wilson, Senior Instructor
Otterbein University
Department of Health and Sport
Sciences
[email protected]
Otterbein University
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Westerville, Ohio (suburb of Columbus, Oh)
Founded 1847
Student enrollment approximately 3000
Majors 77 Minors 44 Graduate programs 8
Community Service at
Otterbein
•  74 % of student body participate in
community service
•  more than 70,000 hours of service per year
•  90 service-learning courses that enroll
approximately 2,500 students
•  President’s Higher Education Community
Service Honor - 5 Consecutive Years
Two programs, One goal
•  Otterbein University First Year Experience
–  FYE Goals and Outcomes Otterbein FYE
–  First Year Seminar Courses Otterbein FYS
–  INST, ePortfolio, 5 Cardinal Experiences
•  Westerville City Schools Transition Program
–  18-22 year olds, Socially graduated High school
–  Individualized Education Plan (IEP), Cognitively
Impaired
–  Peer Inclusive Environment
–  Job and Independent Living Skills
FYS course:
“Discovering and Developing Your Strengths”
•  Semester long course
•  Focus on developing Top 5 Strengths Themes (Gallup
StrengthsQuest) and Wellness Strengths
•  Students are part of the Leadership LLC (two other
FYS courses)
•  Community Engagement project
Best of Both Worlds Program
•  Independent Living Skills
–  Transportation Skills
–  Emergency Preparedness
–  Disability Knowledge
–  Internet Safety
•  Job Skills
–  Individualized non-paid work experiences
–  Job Shadowing
Developing Friendships
FYS
Strengths
Recreation
Community
Engagement
Stress
Reduction
Time
Management
Networking
Resume
Writing
Interviewing
Career
Searches
BoBW
Shared Activities
•  Gallup Strengths Survey
–  StrengthsQuest
–  StrengthsExplorer
•  Class Activities
–  Handwriting Activity
–  Strengths Scavenger Hunt
–  Career
Group Activity
•  Look at the word on the back of my Business
card
•  Find your word on the StrengthsQuest/
StrengthsExplorer handout
•  Think about how you could use your Strength
for a project like the coat closet
•  Share with 2-3 people in the room
•  Group Discussion
Community Engagement projects
•  ShareBacAPac
–  Packing and Delivering Food to Westerville
City Schools students for the weekends
•  Coat Closet
–  Collecting
–  Cleaning
–  Inventorying
–  Delivering
–  Social Media Development
Coat Donation area at local bank created by
BoBW and Otterbein FYE students
Learning Together
5 Cardinal Experiences
•  All Otterbein University students are
encouraged to complete at least 2 Cardinal
Experiences
•  The 5 CARDS
–  Internship and Professional Experiences
–  Leadership and Citizenship
–  Undergraduate Research
–  Community Engagement
–  Global and Intercultural Engagement
Outcomes of partnership
•  Grants – State Farm Community
Engagement ( 2 separate $1500.00
grants) Physical Activity equipment
•  Mutual Publicity for both programs
BoBW
What students have to say about the partnership
Questions??????