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Chinese New Year
full of traditions
By Tim Hernandez
sac-ranger@alamo.edu
Staff and students recognized
with presidential award.
Other traditions include eating dumplings
filled with treats, according to Travel China
Guide. The dumplings are usually filled
with coins, candy, peanuts or chestnuts to
bring good fortune, wealth, health and
vigor.
Dancing is an important part of the
This college will celebrate with the San Antonio
Chinese Orchestra.
The Chinese New Year, or Spring Festival, starts Thursday,
with a 15-day celebration of Chinese traditions.
One tradition is the year being dedicated to a specific
animal.
This year is the year of the sheep from the Chinese zodiac.
lusiration by Alexandra Nelipa
Civic Engagement Week honors volunteers
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Chinese New Year. Traditional dances
include the dragon dance, performed to scare
away evil spirits, according to the English website
Top Marks.
Another popular dance is the lion dance,
which is believed to bring good luck. It’s also
known as the “lion lantern” and is performed on
An awards ceremony kicks off Civic
Engagement Week at 10:30 a.m.-l:30
p.m. today in the Fiesta Room of Loftin
Student Center.
The ceremony recognizes students
and staff members who have earned
a Presidential Volunteer Service Award,
and will be followed by students sharing
stories about their volunteer activities.
A Presidential Volunteer Service
Award is earned by meeting the
required number of service hours over a
12-month period and is based upon the
age of the volunteer and the level of the
award, bronze, silver or gold.
joyous occasions such as the Chinese New Year.
This college will celebrate the Chinese New Year
with help from the Chinese Orchestra of San Antonio
and Chinese Culture Performance Association of San
Antonio at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Fiesta Room of Loftin
Student Center. This event is sponsored by the office of
student life.
Carrie Hernandez, student success coordina-
" tor, said the orchestra will present a 45-minute
) performance, at a cost of a $600 donation to the
orchestra.
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4 dance while the orchestra plays. Hernandez said
the dragon dance will not be performed.
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Paul Urrubazo, unit manager for Selrico Services,
said he hoped they could do a stir-fry for the event but
was not sure if it would be possible.
“We always try to help out,” he said.
Call Hernandez at 210-486-0128.
tions attending the volunteer fair
includes Big Brothers Big Sisters;
Harbor Hospice; Catholic Charities;
Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio;
AmeriCorps Corporation for National
and Community Service; San Antonio
Children’s Museum; Fiesta San Antonio
Commission; Child Advocates of San
Antonio; Empowerment Center; Ronald
McDonald House Charities of San
Antonio; the Center for Health Care
Services; One World Conservation;
St. Peter-St. Joseph Children’s Home;
American Red Cross; and the American
Heart Association.
Students and staff members can sign
up at either event for the 21st annual
Basura Bash on Saturday.
The first 15 people to sign up will
receive a free hoodie from the Center for
By Pam Paz
ppaz2@student.alamo.edu
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ity, and strengthen communities.”
Volunteering is defined at the web-
site as “a student’s decision to give their
time to perform a service without com-
pensation.”
The center falls under the office of
student life and is managed by Mary
Elise Ferrer.
She began working in student life
as the coordinator for the center in
December 2013.
Ferrer said, "When they (students)
volunteer they can learn skills they can
apply to future careers.
“They can also network with employ-
ers in the field they would like to pur-
sue.”
Ferrer has been an adjunct at this
college since 2007.
She taught continuing education
courses and worked in the continuing
education division as a program coordi-
nator 2007-2013.
Ferrer also taught history courses at
this college 2011-2014.
The week’s activities are focused on
volunteering, but students interested in
service-learning can contact the center
to learn about available opportunities.
For more information, call Ferrer
at 210-486-0157 or email mferrer10@
alamo.edu.
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A family or group can earn the award Civic Engagement and Service Learning,
by working together toward the com- Per the center’s website, www.alamo.
mon goal. edu/sac/student-life/civic-engage-
In addition, the award can be earned ment/, service-learning and volunteer-
by an individual as a lifetime award by ing are two different avenues by which a
serving 4,000 hours. student can become involved in efforts
For specific information visit to improve their community.
the website: www.presidentialser- The website quotes www.service-
viceawards.gov/the-awardlearning.org/what-service-learning,
A volunteer fair will be 9 a.m.-1 p.m. “service-learning is a teaching and
Wednesday in the Fiesta Room of Loftin learning strategy that integrates mean-
to provide volunteer opportunities. ingful community service with instruc-
The list of confirmed organiza- tion and reflection to enrich the learn-
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