Community Service
Servant Leadership on Display in Our Communities
Since 1996, GMC has participated in an annual nation-wide community service project, Make A Difference Day, and has been recognized for its students’ efforts by USA Today Weekend magazine. Each year, Make A Difference Day has been strongly supported by the local community, which has demonstrated that our efforts to engage the community in improved volunteerism and service have been successful.
GMC also encourages and awards our students to get involved and volunteer in their local communities, and we organize a great many of these efforts through our student activities programs. Each campus has a designated employee who collects and records community service volunteer data. This program is used to record community volunteer hours performed by students, faculty, and staff. GMC recognizes students, faculty and staff who volunteer at least one hundred hours of community service, within one year, with the Distinguished Order of the Servant Leader award and the Presidential Volunteer Service award. The DOSL award is posted on the student transcripts.
Distinguished Order of the Servant Leader
Georgia Military College recognizes that a truly educated person contributes to society by being a participating member. The educated person shows compassion and respect for others and acknowledges a corporate responsibility to improve the human condition. As a famous cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead noted, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Volunteer community service benefits everyone. The volunteer benefits through experiential learning—learning by doing. The volunteer makes a difference in their life and other people’s lives. The volunteer develops problem-solving /team-building skills and realizes that even one person can make a difference. The civic engagement associated with volunteerism recognizes that each of us is part of a larger whole—the family, community, nation, or world.
Georgia Military College recognizes students and employees who volunteer at least 100 hours in 12 months with the Distinguished Order of the Servant Leader award. This award includes a certificate signed by the President and a distinctive medal.Members of the GMC family are encouraged to document service hours with your campus Dean of Students. The Servant-Leader is among the noblest and most admirable of souls, and hundreds of our students and employees have earned this award. You can too!
Making a difference is not just a day at Georgia Military College – it is a way of life.
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