International Service Project 2010
Student Coordinator Information & Application

International Service Project:
The Community Involvement Center’s fourteenth annual International Service Project will take place in San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala approximately May 16 - 30, 2010. In Guatemala, the students along with one staff adviser from the Community Involvement Center will stay at a rural hotel that is rented by the parish in San Lucas and used as dormitories. The first two days of the trip will focus on traveling and orientating the students to Guatemala and the issues related to its poverty. This includes a tour of the many service sites and an introduction to the workings of the parish in the community.

Students will return to the service sites, including a reforestation project, a construction site for a clinic, and a stove-building project, on a daily basis. Throughout the trip, students rotate between the various sites and do projects such as sorting coffee beans, bagging dirt, mixing cement, gardening, sifting dirt and various other environmental/construction projects. All of the service sites are located in the small town of San Lucas Toliman and are within walking distance of the parish.

While in Guatemala the students will have a chance to participate in the following activities: a day at a market and drive through the mountains; a hike on the mountain side; a day out on a boat on Lake Attilan visiting various ports and small towns, including a visit to a memorial on the site of the assassination of a fellow priest during the civil war; an evening mass at the parish with a musical celebration, and several informative discussions with Father Greg, the founder of the mission. These talks will address such issues as the history of Guatemala, the recent civil war, the cause and effects of poverty and the on-going projects to give back land to the Mayans. To learn more about the San Lucas Mission, please visit http://www.sanlucasmission.org.

Student Coordinator Qualifications:

• Previous participation in the International Service Project (or similar extended international experience);
• Rice University student (must be returning student in Fall 2010); and
• Ability to handle all of the Student Coordinator responsibilities (listed below).

Student Coordinator Responsibilities:

• Assist with development and distribution of information flyers and recruitment (December 2009 - January 2010)
• Assist with application distribution and collection (January 2010);
• Co-chair committee that selects ISP participants (January 2010);
• Plan and invite participants to first meeting (social gathering with discussion about trip expectations) (February 2010);
• Coordinate schedule for group meetings (Spring 2010);
• Develop and implement plan with group for fundraising (Spring 2010) - largest responsibility;
• Co-facilitate group preparation meetings (Spring 2010);
• Role model appropriate behavior to ensure group safety (On Trip);
• Schedule and assist group with morning energizers and schedule evening reflections (On Trip);
• Coordinate group's reflection journal and evaluations (On Trip);
• Coordinate reunion meeting by mid-October (Fall 2010);
• Assemble photo album by reunion meeting (Fall 2010);
• Represent the ISP at appropriate events/fairs (i.e. Good Works Fair) (Fall 2010);
• Assist with development and distribution of informational flyers for recruitment (Fall 2010); and
• Assist with ISP Coordinator selection for 2011 (Fall 2010).

Application Process:

1. Follow these instructions to join as a member of the OWL-Space collaborative site:
   1. Go to OWL-Space (https://owlspace-ccm.rice.edu).
   2. Click on "LOG-IN using NetID" and enter your credentials.
      
   3. Click on the "Membership" tab in the left margin.
      
   4. Click on the "Joinable Sites" link next to "My Current Sites" header.
      
   5. Under the "Worksite" list, find the title "ISP '10" and click on the link "Join" located just below it.
      
   6. Click on the newly formed tab (ISP '10), located next to the "My Workspace" tab at the top of the page.
      
      
2. Once you have been added as a member, you will have access to the application, which is under the "Tests & Quizzes" tab on the left sidebar. You may save your progress at any time during the application process and return to complete it any time before the deadline.
   
   
3. Complete the application by the 5:00pm on Wednesday, December 2, 2009.

If you have any question about the Student Coordinator position or the application process, please contact Sarah Hodgkinson by e-mail (sarah.hodgkinson@rice.edu) or phone (713-348-6409).

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