Seated, from left, are Dr. Barbara Lyman, provost and senior
vice president for academic affairs, President Bill Ruud, and Jack Sharpe,
chair of the Partnership. Standing, from left, are Justin English, director of
business internships and MBA recruitment at Shippensburg; Dr. John Kooti, dean
of the John L. Grove College of Business, and Pat Barbarowicz of the Partnership.
SU,
21st Century Partnership sign volunteer service pact
A new partnership program will connect
volunteer-minded individuals who have leadership skills and expertise with
local non-profit agencies that need help building initiatives to strengthen
their organizations.
Representatives from Shippensburg University and the
Chambersburg 21st Century Partnership signed the Executive Volunteer Connector
Service (EVCS) memorandum of understanding today (July 5) at the university.
The program will begin this fall.
“Shippensburg University has a long tradition of
service to the region, especially through volunteerism by all members of the
campus community,” said Shippensburg President Bill Ruud. “This agreement now
allows the university to expand its service by serving as the link between
executives and other leaders who want to volunteer to provide support to
non-profit agencies that need this specialized support.”
According to Jack Sharpe, chair of the Greater Chambersburg
21st Century Partnership, “The Partnership is pleased to join
Shippensburg University in launching this strategic effort to match executives,
both former and current, with the needs of our area’s non-profit
organizations. The skills these
executives have will improve the organizations ‘effectiveness, thus benefitting
our communities. This meets the Partnership’s goal of acting as a catalyst to
highlight community needs and focus resources to create community benefits. We
look forward to the alliance with Shippensburg University and to the resulting
benefit to our communities for years to come.”
The service will be affiliated with the university’s
John L. Grove College of Business and is a group of volunteer executives with extensive experience in
business, government or non-profit programming. The group is committed to
strengthening the management of area non-profit organizations to help enhance
their ability to meet their respective missions. The program is funded by a
$5,000 donation from the Partnership.
Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to,
strategic planning, board governance, organizational assessments, leadership development, human resources,financial management, facility management, information systems, marketing/public relations, fund-raising strategy and planning, cost
management, business plan
development, endowment planning
and organizational effectiveness.
The program will be coordinated by Justin
English, Shippensburg’s director of business internships & MBA recruitment. He will be involved in recruitment of volunteer applicants,
recruitment of non-profit organizations to participate and matching volunteers
with the respective agencies. A website is also being developed as part of the
partnership.
More
information about the program is available by contacting English at
jmenglish@ship.edu.
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