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Flathead Valley Community College Library Archives

Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) was established in 1967 as a result of collaborative efforts by local citizens supporting area students and employers by providing higher education without leaving the valley. FVCC promotes excellence in lifelong learning, focused on student success and community needs. The MCNCE AmeriCorps Summer Member will assist in the FVCC Archives to support and encourage college attendance and perseverance by gathering FVCC history and working to preserve items of historical importance to showcase the 55+ years of college attendance in Flathead County. Montana Campus Network for Civic Engagement (MCNCE) serves as the intermediary for this project. MCNCE is a coalition of colleges and universities dedicated to fostering civic engagement, service learning, and volunteerism across Montana. Led by CEOs from participating institutions, MCNCE works to improve community life and educate students on civic and social responsibility, preparing them to be thoughtful, compassionate, and engaged leaders.

Member Duties:

Summer service member will process and organize photos, negatives, documents and other materials. These efforts will increase findability and will build a more cohesive vision of the FVCC history. In the processing and organizing, member will highlight student success stories and communicate these materials with FVCC Marketing Dept. to showcase a history of student successes. Member will create a presentation and supplemental materials to encourage local preservation of meaningful personal/family items and then host monthly community workshops focused on preservation of such items. Member will work with Director of Library Services to identify materials to showcase student life at FVCC over the years, in an effort to encourage post-secondary education and its long-term impacts on the local community; including creating materials for social media posts, flyers and displays.

Program Benefits:

Education award upon successful completion of service, Childcare assistance if eligible, Living Allowance.

Terms:

None

Service Areas:

Education, Veterans, Community and Economic Development, Community Outreach.

Skills:

Community Organization, Team Work, General Skills, Teaching/Tutoring, Communications, Computers/Technology, Education.