Category: Service

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Recent Grads Service Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Anne Green ’22 Takes Civic Engagement to a New Level

An invitation to take part in a panel discussion by global health advocate Chelsea Clinton is just one of the many distinctions that Anne Green ’22 enjoys. Community service is required of all Stony Brook University...

September 16, 2020

6 min read

Diversity Featured Story Service Student Spotlight

Students Unite to Support Black Lives Matter Movement

In response to the deaths of George Floyd and countless other victims of violence and systemic racism, Stony Brook University cultural organizations have banded together to raise money for the Black Lives Matter (BLM)...

June 18, 2020

5 min read

Community COVID-19 Featured Story Long Island Service

Caring Through the Crisis

Stony Brook Child Care Services Steps Up to Assist Frontline Workers When New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the New York State on PAUSE executive order, providing guidelines on which businesses could remain open...

May 29, 2020

10 min read

Service Student Spotlight

Stony Brook is Again Recognized for Voter Engagement Efforts

SBU has again been nationally recognized for its commitment to student voter engagement, ranked by Washington Monthly as one of the top schools for student voting.

February 21, 2020

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Student Spotlights Featured Story Recent Grads Service Social Sciences Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Peony Tse ’20 Leverages Scholarships to Make a Difference

The first-generation college student says earning scholarships is her way of thanking her parents for their support and taking ownership of her future.

February 19, 2020

4 min read

Faculty/Staff News Highlights Service

Robin DeLuca-Acconi Teaches Human Rights

She is one of thousands of social workers who shape policy and curriculum at the ground level, working tirelessly to support the mission of prominent human rights defenders.

January 27, 2020

4 min read

Featured Story Long Island Research Service

Stony Brook Experts Tackle Issues Raised by “Aging in Place”

In 2020, the last wave of Baby Boomers turns 55 years old. That generation is fortunate to have aged in the era of the greatest medical advances mankind has ever seen. The result is longer and better health, and with...

January 10, 2020

7 min read

Community Long Island On Campus Service Student Spotlight

First “Seawolves for Service” Event Highlights Campus Service Organizations

On November 21, 2019, the campus community came together to participate in the first Seawolves for Service. Supported by the Center for Civic Justice, Student Engagement and Activities, Fraternity and Sorority Life, and...

December 4, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Featured Story Recent Grads Service Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Elif Onay ’21 Gets Out the Vote

The simple act of registering voters pushed Elif Onay ’21 out of her comfort zone, and she’s grateful for that. Now the team leader for Stony Brook’s Center for Civic Justice, the 20-year-old from Staten...

October 24, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Student Spotlights Giving Back Recent Grads Service Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Hayley Rein ’19 Channelled Personal Loss Into Service

Imagine being a sophomore in college and losing your father — just a year after your mother died. That was Hayley Rein’s reality. The Stony Brook University psychology and sociology double major, who will graduate in...

July 16, 2019

4 min read

Community On Campus Service Student Spotlight

University Fundraising for Pedals for Progress Triples in Third Year

Throughout the 2018-19 academic year, Stony Brook University students and staff collected 125 bicycles and $1,250 for transportation costs and donated them to the charity organization Pedals for Progress (P4P). In three...

June 7, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories News Highlights Service Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

Two Stony Brook student leaders are devoting their whole summer to cycling more than 4,000 miles across the country to raise awareness and funds for their respective charities. Justas Klimavicius ’19, President of...

May 14, 2019

3 min read

News Highlights Service Student Spotlight

“SUNY’s Got Your Back” an Overwhelming Success at Stony Brook

Stony Brook University, in collaboration with State University of New York (SUNY), hosted the SUNY’s Got Your Back at SBU event on Monday, March 11. SUNY’s Got Your Back initiative provides SUNY campuses across the...

April 23, 2019

3 min read

Academics Alumni Chapters & Groups Alumni Hottest Stories Community Dental alumni Medicine School of Dental Medicine Service Stony Brook Matters

Dental School Team Staffs Pop-up Clinic in Rural Tennessee

Outside of a temporary pop-up clinic at a Cookeville, Tennessee high school, patients had been sleeping in cars and waiting upwards of 24-hours for medical, dental, and vision care. This level of need is pervasive in...

April 10, 2019

3 min read

Community Diversity Service Student Spotlight

Operation Prom Brings Formal Wear to Low-Income Teens

Members of Stony Brook University’s Student African American Sisterhood (SAAS) rolled up their sleeves to help low-income teens at the Operation Prom Wear Giveaway in Brooklyn on Saturday, March 30. From morning until...

April 8, 2019

3 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Entrepreneurialism Service Student Spotlight Sustainability

Stony Brook’s Student Entrepreneurs are Growing and Glowing

For most students, going to college is a stepping stone to greater things, a means of reaching their professional goals and aspirations. But a growing number of Stony Brook students are getting a head start on...

March 22, 2019

8 min read

Community Service Student Spotlight

SBU Catholic Ministry Students Volunteer for Little Sisters of the Poor

A group of nine students and Felicia Viscusi, the Catholic Campus Minister, visited Little Sisters of the Poor Queen of Peace Residence on February 23, 2019 to engage with the elderly and assist with their daily...

March 21, 2019

1 min read

Faculty/Student Spotlights News Highlights Service Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

It’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Service-Minded Student

Few freshmen arrive at Stony Brook with the life experience that Allison Shaw has accrued. The Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey native, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Engineering degree in chemical and molecular...

December 17, 2018

3 min read

Category: Service

Anne Green ’22 Takes Civic Engagement to a New Level

Students Unite to Support Black Lives Matter Movement

Caring Through the Crisis

Stony Brook is Again Recognized for Voter Engagement Efforts

First “Seawolves for Service” Event Highlights Campus Service Organizations

Elif Onay ’21 Gets Out the Vote

Hayley Rein ’19 Channelled Personal Loss Into Service

University Fundraising for Pedals for Progress Triples in Third Year

Students Leaders to Cycle Across the Country for a Cause

“SUNY’s Got Your Back” an Overwhelming Success at Stony Brook

Dental School Team Staffs Pop-up Clinic in Rural Tennessee

Stony Brook’s Student Entrepreneurs are Growing and Glowing

SBU Catholic Ministry Students Volunteer for Little Sisters of the Poor

It’s ‘Mission Accomplished’ for Service-Minded Student

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