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Service Sabbaticals
As part of Project Pericles at Elon, Service Sabbaticals make it possible for university employees with two or more years of service to be relieved of their duties to the university for one month or less in order to work full time for a community organization. Recipients will continue to receive their university paychecks during their sabbaticals. Project Pericles supports projects and organizations whose goals and principles are consistent with the Elon University Mission Statement.
It is important to note that all members of the university community with two or more years of service to Elon, not just teaching faculty members, are eligible for these sabbaticals. Any full-time university employee who has a record of service to a community organization — and who has an idea of how his or her full-time service for one month will benefit that organization in a significant way — is welcome to apply.
If you have questions about the program, please contact Tom Arcaro at extension 6442. Download an application form in Word or pdf format. |
Service Sabbatical Recipients
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Hurrican Katrina Relief Trip
Ten Elon staff members, several faculty and students were
among a group of 30 who traveled to Bay St. Louis, Miss.,
over Memorial Day weekend to continue providing relief to
the Hurricane Katrina victims there. Staff members were able
to utilize Project Pericles Service Sabbaticals to help fund their trip.
For more information and photos,
click here.
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Wayne E. Thompson Jr., computer hardware specialist
Thompson and his wife, Tonya, came up with the idea of completing a "home makeover" for the Halls,
a local family who attends their church. Close friends for years, Thompson knew that Ross Hall struggled
to work two jobs, while his wife, Karen, home schooled their eight children. The project was completed in May 2006.
For a first-hand account of the project and photos,
click here.
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Scott Rivera, gardener
In June 2005, Rivera completed a Service Sabbatical for the Sword of Peace, an outdoor drama located near Snow Camp,
in southern Alamance County. He worked for two weeks getting the stage area ready for the summer performances.
For more information on this project,
click here.
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Lorraine Allen, director of accounting
From August 19-29, 2005, Allen traveled with a mission team to the Village of Hope in Bucha, Ukraine,
to work on remodeling structures at a boy's camp operated by the former Soviet Union. The Village of Hope
is a ministry to the street children of Kiev, Ukraine. For more information on this project,
click here.
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Emma Jones, study abroad advisor and publicity coordinator
For two weeks in mid-July, 2005, Jones worked with the Women's Resource Center of Alamance County to help
develop publicity materials, including their first annual report celebrating the Center's 10-year anniversary
and a Working Women's Wednesdays brochure. For more information on this project, click here.
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 Marion Aitcheson, office manager for Elon Television
Aitcheson completed a four-week Project Pericles service sabbatical in early summer 2005 to her hometown of Eisenach, Germany, where she conducted interviews and
shot video at the AWO-Kinderheim children's home. For more information on this project, click here.
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Morgan Lasater, office manager
During April, May and June 2005, Lasater aided in the development of a Web site to showcase research that
has been done over the past two years by Preservation North Carolina. The new Web site focuses on innovative projects in which developers renovate historic mill buildings for a wide range of uses. You can view the Web
site at http://facstaff.elon.edu/mlasater/mill/index.htm.
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|  J.W. Thompson, irrigation technician
In April 2005, Thompson worked with the North Carolina Friends Disaster Service in Clyde County, North Carolina, to repair a flood-damaged home. More recently, Thompson assisted with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. For more information, click here.
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Bradley Thompson, HVACR mechanic II
Earlier this year, Thompson used his month-long sabbatical to help out Grace Haven Ministries in Graham, a Christian boarding school ministering to troubled and at-risk youth.
Thompson performed various maintenance and yard work for the school, helped with the students and assisted
with fund-raising for missionary work. For more information on Grace Haven Ministries, view their Web site at www.gracehavenministries.org.
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 Scott Hildebrand, director of instructional technology services
St. Mark's Church, a non-denominational church of about 1,600 members located in Burlington, was the beneficiary of a service sabbatical
by Hildebrand in January 2005. He redesigned the church's Web site and made it easier for the church secretary to update the site using templates.
Hildebrand continues to work with St. Mark's to design new pages and features. View the church's Web site at www.stmarkschurch.org.
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Kimberly Rippy, secretary, Music, Performing Arts, Visual Arts
In June 2004, Rippy worked for Harvest Baptist Church to organize food bank information into a database, input church member information into Excel spreadsheets, and organize choral music by ensembles and dates performed.
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Annette Orbert, associate director of admissions/director of minority recruitment
Orbert devoted the month of July 2004 to working for the Allied Churches of Alamance County, which provides emergency shelter for the homeless, assistance with overdue utility bills and medicine, and provides meals through the Good Shepherd Kitchen. She assisted with daily operations, interviewed applicants for financial assistance, checked in residents for the shelter, helped prepare meals, did clerical work and listened/talked to the residents.
These four Elon staff members were chosen for Service Sabbaticals in 2002, the first year of the program:
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David Morton, PC software support specialist
Morton managed a project for the Alamance-Burlington School System titled "Casting a World Wide Web." For more information on this project, click here.
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 Christopher Eyl, graphic designer
Eyl bicycled across the United States to raise money for the Children's Advocacy Center of CrossRoads Sexual Assault Response and Resource Center.
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Ray Pruitt, fleet mechanic II
Pruitt worked as a handyman with his church, working on much-needed repairs and updates to the facilities. For more information on this project, click here.
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 Susan Patton, associate registrar
Patton researched the possibility of area schools establishing an internship program with Room at the Inn of the Triad, a Christian ministry helping homeless, single, pregnant women before and after the birth of their children. For more information on this project, click here. |
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