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BYU Fall Retreat Trains Student Leaders To Teach Service

BYU student leaders hope to catch the spirit of the center. Provo, UT, September 10, 2012- More than 150 BYU student leaders will participate in an overnight Program Director Fall Retreat designed to fulfill BYUs motto, Enter to learn, go forth to serve. Friday, September 14, council members and program directors of the Student Learning Center will travel to Spring Haven to a BYU owned facility to receive leadership training relating to the 63 available Y-Serve programs. These programs are offered to give BYU students opportunities to serve and become involved on campus and in the community. Services vary from tutoring peers in college courses to performing humanitarian work with non-profit organizations. The Center for Service and Learning is a student-run facility responsible for orchestrating the 63 service programs available to the students. Together, the presidency, council members and program directors, unite as a group this weekend to plan and prepare for the upcoming semester of volunteers and service opportunities. Kurt Gee, a new council member, is one of 14 council members responsible for providing training exercises to encourage the program directors to fulfill their duties this upcoming semester. The training I am doing is on potential, Gee said. I want to help program directors see a bigger picture for themselves. Gee previously served as a program director for three years over the tutoring program for BYU. All of the current council members have previously served as program directors in past semesters. These retreats enable the council members to pass some of their wisdom to the incoming leaders. The purpose of the center is not to provide service to the community but it is to serve the students, Janine Green, Operations Supervisor of The Center for Service and Learning Center said. Through the programs, 22,184 students volunteered 121,957 hours of service during the course of 2011. Although the community and campus are benefiting from these hours of service, it is the students that see the most change. It is an amazing experience that I will never regret, Tiffany Lloyd, a program director said. Not only have I helped lead a program, I have gained experience, self-confidence, and amazing friends. yserve.byu.edu ###