Volume 3, No. 31
August 1, 2003
Rising Star student Erin Halpin plays with cats awaiting adoption at the Humane Society of Chatham-Savannah July 19 during the Rising Star Day of Service.
Photo by Elizabeth H. Raley

Students gain experience through community service

By Beth Concepción

For many Savannah College of Art and Design students, an education isn’t just about classrooms and studio time, it’s also about finding a way to help others on their way to an art education.

Service Opportunities for Students was created about six years ago as a way to offer students an opportunity to get involved in the community, and SCAD students responded. Over the years, students have built houses with Habitat for Humanity, planted trees with Savannah Tree Foundation, established a recycling program on the SCAD campus, organized beach clean-ups and spent their spring break completing projects in other cities, such as restoring a historic gazebo in a public square in Ocean Springs, Miss.


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Alumnus uses skills in Secret Service
Seeking job stability, architecture alumnus Chris Goldsmith (M.Arch. 1996) recently accepted a position as a facilities management analyst with the facilities management branch of the administrative operations division of the United States Secret Service in January.
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New career planning director aims high
Pat Helbig, the Savannah College of Art and Design’s new director of career planning and placement, has held her new position for less than two weeks, but she’s not shy about describing her goal for the department.
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