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The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education is celebrating a quarter century of student-led service at �����鱨վ as it continues to promote positive social change and contribute to the well-being of those on campus and surrounding communities through volunteerism.

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) led a campuswide MLK Day of Service, sending volunteers to community partners in Utica, N.Y.

The elective designation, awarded by the American Council on Education and the Carnegie Foundation, recognizing the University’s continuing commitment to community engagement and partnerships.

Activist Fredrika Newton, president and co-founder of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, will deliver �����鱨վ’s 2026 MLK Celebration Keynote Address. The celebration’s opening ceremony and keynote address set the tone for a week of learning, dialogue, and collective action grounded in community, empathy and justice.

The community is already addressing threats identified in �����鱨վ’s Climate Resilience Assessment.

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) provides alternative service-oriented break trips for �����鱨վ students.

�����鱨վ’s 17th annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Week, Jan. 23–Feb. 1, kicked off with a keynote address by Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru, a Rhodes Scholar and environmental justice activist.

�����鱨վ’s annual MLK Celebration will be held from January 23 to February 1, 2025, and feature a keynote address by Wanjiku “Wawa” Gatheru.

The Nov. 11 event marking the one-year anniversary of the switch from the Southern-Madison Ambulance Corps (SOMAC) to Madison County EMS.

On the latest episode of 13, join Director Catherine Cardelús and Associate Director Julie Dudrick as they share the history and mission of the Upstate Institute.