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Project OutReach

Dedicated to service-minded first-year and transfer students, Project OutReach is a four-day emerging leadership program and orientation to community service at New York University. Project OutReach helps new undergraduate students explore the Social Change Model of Leadership Development while connecting with New York City's diverse community service scene. Project OutReach alumni who are also current undergraduate students at NYU, share their extensive leadership experience as small group facilitators for this program. Project OutReach is held immediately prior to Welcome Week and consists of workshops, fun activities and a variety of community service projects. Previous Project OutReach projects include delivering hot meals in the West Village, hosting a carnival for the families of children with serious medical conditions, and cleaning and painting a city park.

Project OutReach will assist new NYU students in your transition into college and help you develop new, lasting friendships based on similar service interests. Project OutReach prepares new students for immediate involvement in community and university leadership. Through Project OutReach, participants will discover the great individual and collective impact they can have on their new community, assist in making friends, developing leadership skills, and exploring their exciting new environment.

Please contact us at project.outreach@nyu.edu or call 212-998-4700 if you have any questions about about Project OutReach.

Applications for Project OutReach 2012 will become available in June 2012. 


Project OutReach 2011 - Group Photo

Testimonials

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Former Project OutReach participants and leaders have great things to say about Project OutReach. Often, Project OutReach helps develop community service connections that students continue to keep for their entire college career, or even longer! Project OutReach participants have found the program to be meaningful, enriching, and important to adjustment and development as a new student at NYU. Here are just a few samples of what students have said about Project OutReach. 

 

  • Project OutReach inspired me to go out of my comfort zone into the huge metropolis of New York and look it straight in the eyes. 
  • I can't imagine a better way to start off my college career than with Project OutReach. Participating in service projects in the city offered a unique view on New York. Even better was starting my time at NYU by working side-by-side with students who share a common interest in service. I had an absolute blast and felt at home in NYC and at NYU right away via Project OutReach.
  • Project OutReach was the very first thing I participated in upon my arrival to New York University, and it has been without a doubt one of the paramount experiences I have had throughout my two years thus far at NYU. 
  • We all had rewarding, awakening, and humbling experiences with our projects. 
  • In addition to the great service opportunities I had at Project OutReach, the connections developed through the program were fabulous. I still go back to the Soup Kitchen of the Holy Apostle on Fridays.
  • Project OutReach was a positive experience that set the tone for the rest of my time at NYU. 
  • Knowing that everyone there came for many of the same reasons established a close bond between students. 
  • When school began, I already had a group of friends from Project OutReach, which helped ease my transition into a new city and the college experience.
  • Project Outreach gave me a chance to become familiar with the city before the rush and the confusion of Welcome Week. I met some amazing people, many of whom I am still friends with today. I loved the fact that I was not only exploring the city, but really helping to make a difference in the lives of the people who call this place home. And if all this isn't proof enough, I'm back again this year and I can't wait to get started!

Sample Schedule

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This sample schedule for the Outreach program may serve as a general outline of the program; the actual schedule is subject to change. OutReach typically occurs the week preceding Welcome Week.

Day 1 - Wednesday

  • 9:00am: Check into assigned NYU housing and move in!
  • 4:00pm: Gather at Kimmel Center for University Life for Project OutReach Welcome
  • 6:30pm: Dinner
  • 7:30pm: Overview and orientation to Project OutReach
  • 8:00pm: Evening Activity
  • 11:00pm: Gather for Evening Check-in and Announcements
  • 11:15pm: Return to the residence halls and sleep

Day 2 - Thursday

  • 7:30am: Meet Leaders in residence hall lobbies and walk over to the Kimmel Center
  • 8:00am: Gather for breakfast
  • 8:30am: Leadership Training!
  • 4:00pm: Return to campus/free time in residence halls
  • 5:30pm: Dinner, reflection, discussion
  • 8:00pm: Evening Activity
  • 11:00pm: Gather for Evening Check-in and Announcements
  • 11:15pm: Return to the residence halls and sleep

Day 3 - Friday

  • 7:30am: Meet Leaders in residence hall lobbies and walk over to the Kimmel Center
  • 8:00am: Gather for breakfast
  • 8:30am: Community Service Project
  • 4:00pm: Return to campus/free time in residence halls
  • 5:30pm: Dinner, reflection, discussion
  • 8:00pm: Group Outing
  • 11:00pm: Gather at the Kimmel Center for Evening Check-in and Announcements!
  • 11:15pm: Return to the residence halls and sleep!

Day 4 - Saturday

  • 7:30am: Meet Leaders in residence hall lobbies and walk over to the Kimmel Center
  • 8:00am: Gather for breakfast
  • 8:30am: Community Service Project
  • 4:00pm: Return to campus/free time in residence halls
  • 6:00pm: All Project OutReach Dinner/Reflection/Celebration!
  • 11:15pm: Return to the residence halls and sleep!

Day 5 - Sunday

  • 9:00am: Outreach is over and Welcome Week Begins!

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