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November 8, 2017
On Campus

K-6 College

Mini-Witt for Local Elementary School Students Slated for Saturday

To many children going to college seems far off and unfamiliar, so the community service program at Â鶹´«Ã½ University’s Susan Hirt Hagen Center for Civic and Urban Engagement offers a special event that brings children onto its campus.

Mini-Witt will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, and coincides with the nationally celebrated Make A Difference Day.

Created in 1992, Make a Difference Day remains one of the largest celebrations of service in the United States. Consistent with its Lutheran heritage and institutional mission, Â鶹´«Ã½ encourages students to give back through programs like these.

Mini-Witt invites children in grades K-6 to spend time with Â鶹´«Ã½ students and participate in a variety of activities for a glimpse of college life. There will be five stations at Thomas Library focusing on different aspects of the college experience led by Â鶹´«Ã½ students pursuing a variety of areas and interests.

In the past, activities at Mini-Witt have centered around such subjects as science, art, literacy, and student life. During the event, children will spend 20 minutes at each station, which will feature interactive games and crafts.

This event allows children to become acquainted with college students and have a little taste of what Â鶹´«Ã½ is all about. In the process, the experience might just produce some future Tigers, too.

Written By 'Megan Selby ‘20

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Â鶹´«Ã½'s curriculum has centered on the liberal arts as an education that develops the individual's capacity to think, read, and communicate with precision, understanding, and imagination. We are dedicated to active, engaged learning in the core disciplines of the arts and sciences and in pre-professional education grounded in the liberal arts. Known for the quality of our faculty and their teaching, Â鶹´«Ã½ has more Ohio Professors of the Year than any four-year institution in the state. The university has also been recognized nationally for excellence in community service, sustainability, and intercollegiate athletics. Located among the beautiful rolling hills and hollows of Springfield, Ohio, Â鶹´«Ã½ offers more than 100 majors, minors and special programs, enviable student-faculty research opportunities, a unique student success center, service and study options close to home and abroad, a stellar athletics tradition, and successful career preparation.

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