Service Opportunities
Volunteering: Developing the knowledge, skills, and values for civic and career readiness!
The Office of Student Life, in partnership with student organizations across campus, provides opportunities for students to engage in their local communities. Through mutually beneficial volunteer projects, students are immersed in impactful direct service with members of the surrounding community.
Volunteering is a two way street, we are serving and learning simultaneously. Through volunteer projects not only are we able to address an immediate community need, but we are able to learn about important social issues, how they effect those around us, and how we can more deeply work toward long-term change.
Alternative Breaks engage students in capacity building, skill building, and identity development through community-based volunteer projects. Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a week long service-learning experience, which immerses students in service within communities locally and around the country.
Applications for the 2022-2023 academic year are open! Apply to be a participant or a site leader on VictorsLink (must be logged in to apply). Applications close November 27, 2022 at 11:59 pm EST.
Questions? Email engagement@umich.edu.
1/16/2023: MLK Day of Service
- Help us celebrate our 30th anniversary! Sign up is now open.
Find other featured service opportunities on the Engaged Scholars events page on VictorsLink.
Looking for ways to get involved? Our wonderful student staff put together a volunteer opportunities directory.
Know of an organization that’d be perfect to add to the list? Email engagement@umich.edu with the information listed on the directory.
**Please be aware that the information regarding each of these organizations was collected from their websites and can be subject to change.
Fall 2022 Victors Volunteer Competition
The Office of Student Life is excited to kick off our Victors Volunteer competition for Fall 2022! This will run from October 19, 2022 to December 14, 2022. Prizes will be awarded to the top three organizations and the top individual. See guidelines and rules below.
Service hours from October 19, 2022 to December 14, 2022 will be counted.
Organization prizes*
- 1st: $200 Picasso or Underground Printing Credit
- 2nd: $100 Picasso or Underground Printing Credit
- 3rd: $50 Office of Student Life Printing Credit (flyers/banners)
Individual
- Top: UM-Dearborn Swag Basket
*credits expire at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year
- You can compete as organizations and individuals.
- Winners are calculated based on how many hours per member in the organization.
- For example, an organization that has 10 members and records 100 hours would have those hours calculated as: 100 hours divided by 10 for a score of 10 hours per member.
- This is to ensure fairness and to prevent larger organizations from having an advantage over smaller organizations.
- Organization scores will be determined by the number of members on their VictorsLink roster. It is up to the organization to ensure this number is accurate.
- Hours MUST be logged on VictorsLink to count and must be logged by 11:59 p.m. on December 14, 2022.
- 1 Volunteer Service Hour = 1 Hour
- 5 pounds donated to the Student Food Pantry = 1 Hour
- If you are donating items to the Student Food Pantry, please list the items you donated and the weight of your donation in the description when logging your service. List the date of service as the date you donated the items. You can find out more about the Student Food Pantry, including their hours and items they need, on the Student Food Pantry website.
If you are having trouble logging hours on VictorsLink, please see this How to Log Hours on VictorsLink guide.
Feel free to email engagement@umich.edu with any questions!