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More than 450 每日大赛 freshmen, transfer students, faculty and staff gathered on Aug. 27 to clean, garden, paint and volunteer at community organizations throughout the region.<\/p>\n

The Freshman La Verne Experience (FLEX) and New Student Community Engagement Day took students across Southern California \u2013 from the Church of the Brethren just blocks away from campus, to the Union Rescue Mission in downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

It was their first academic experience at the university, and their first chance to connect with faculty and make new friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday is one of the first days at the 每日大赛 that you are majoring in your mission,\u201d said 每日大赛 President Devorah Lieberman. \u201cPick a discipline, but major in a mission. It will carry you through the rest of your life.\u201d<\/p>\n

FLEX immerses incoming freshmen in learning communities \u2013 three courses the same students take together during the fall semester. Students are placed in communities based on their majors.<\/p>\n

Dr. Kat Weaver, director of the La Verne Experience and associate professor of biology, urged students to get to know members of their FLEX communities. She also thanked participants for the impact their work has on the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe community partners appreciate you so much. Your hours of community service that you do today will save the community thousands and thousands of dollars,\u201d Weaver said.<\/p>\n

For Clara Brandt of San Diego, volunteer work is not new. The creative writing major has accumulated 300 volunteer hours for a San Diego County library, where she helps organize books and tutor students. She worked with her FLEX group at Amy\u2019s Farm in Ontario.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m ready to have some fun.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack Kolodge, a freshman business major, worked with students at the Peace and Carrots Garden at the La Verne Church of the Brethren. Despite having an injured foot, he spent time shoveling compost materials. He said he has done much volunteer work here and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s good to get the experience giving back to the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Athletic training major Clinton Bocanegra, who transferred to the university from San Bernardino Valley College, said he has done some community service, but nothing like FLEX Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never done anything to this scale,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It was also a day of giving back for Orientation Week Leaders (OWLs), who participated as freshmen and returned to help new students get acclimated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they do this without knowing each other, they can do anything together,\u201d said Josh Bay, a sophomore communications major. \u201cIt\u2019s a bond they\u2019ll have for the rest of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Associate Professor of Education Dr. Lynn Stanton-Riggs and Instructor of Music Michael Ryan took their FLEX students to the Boys and Girls Club of Pomona to paint, clean and organize classrooms. The pair planned to harness the students\u2019 energy from that experience and use it for a new task once they returned to the classroom: songwriting.<\/p>\n

Students will use the theme of childhood emotions to write and record a song to be performed by children\u2019s music group The Happy Crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope to do a concert on campus,\u201d Stanton-Riggs said. \u201cThey\u2019ll perform their own music and ours.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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