Prior to this year, Kallie Madler began volunteering at the
Boys and Girls Club of Dawson County with Montana Campus Corps over the summer
of 2010, between graduating from high school and coming to Dawson Community
College for a degree in Education. At the beginning of this year, then, she was
an ideal student for a second term of service. Little did her recruiters know
that she would go on to become one of only a few 2012 Campus Compact Newman
Civic Fellows in the state of Montana.
Last year, after completing 300 hours of service in a short
three months before beginning college, Kallie continued volunteering as a
general student rather than an MTCC member. To list a few things, she volunteered
at events like Harvest Festival and Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service at
Washington Middle School. She also participated in the Walk to Read program at
Jefferson Elementary School. In all of these things, she managed to accrue 130
hours of service through her own initiative while playing basketball for DCC’s
Lady Bucs.
This year, her schedule is even more hectic with a full-time
class schedule, with her second year of basketball and with student government.
In spite of that, she still found time for another term of service with Montana
Campus Corps at the Boys and Girls Club, where she is in charge of Power Hour,
helps with the mentoring program and helps with arts and crafts. She also still
listens to first graders read at Jefferson every Monday for the Walk to Read
program.
Newman Civic Fellows are recognized for outstanding public
involvement and motivation to create lasting change. Regarding student
leadership through servitude, there is no better role model on campus. Kallie
Madler continually impresses the people she encounters off of campus as much as
on campus. She serves as a good reminder of what volunteerism looks like for a
full-time student. Dawson Community College is very proud to celebrate her
success as a student, as a volunteer and as an alumnus in May.
This blog post was submitted by Jacob Kilgore, Campus Corps Leader at Dawson Community College
I don’t know Kallie personally, but I’ve heard about her achievements and I think she’s a wonderful student. She’s a rare gem; whatever recognition she receives, I know it is well-deserved.
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