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Prom Dreams Turn to Reality Thanks to the Student African American Sisterhood

The Student African American Sisterhood (SAAS) completed their most recent charitable endeavor on Saturday, April 28, as the young women headed to Operation PROM in Brooklyn, NY, with bins full of prom garments donated...

May 9, 2018

5 min read

Awards and Honors Community Leadership News Highlights Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Undergrad Emily Withers Chosen as an Oxfam CHANGE Leader

Stony Brook student activist Emily Withers has been selected as one of international anti-poverty organization Oxfam America’s CHANGE leaders for the 2018-2019 academic year. She is one of only 30 students chosen among...

April 23, 2018

3 min read

Community Student Spotlight

Rebuilding Homes and Restoring Communities: Just Another Day’s Work for ASBO

What did you do on your Spring Break? Visit family and friends, catch up on homework, or simply unwind and clear out your DVR? Alternative Spring Break Outreach (ASBO) used their week off to altruistically aid those...

April 12, 2018

4 min read

Community Student Spotlight

Catholic Campus Ministry Students Engage in a Spring Break Mission Trip

Ten students from the Catholic Campus Ministry Center at Stony Brook University travelled to Wyoming County in West Virginia for a Spring Break Mission Trip March 10-17. A part of the Appalachia region, Wyoming County...

March 30, 2018

2 min read

Student Spotlight Wellness

Fraternity and Sorority Trained in Suicide Prevention

Twenty-seven brothers and sisters from Pi Lambda Phi and Theta Phi Alpha came together March 2 to be trained in Question, Persuade, and Refer Gatekeeper Training (QPR), a program designed to give people the skills to...

March 23, 2018

2 min read

Diversity University Wellness

Stony Brook Marchers Rally in Support of #MeToo

An estimated 225 members of the Stony Brook University community marched outside of the Student Activities Center on Wednesday, Feb. 28 in support of the national #MeToo movement and raised their voices in solidarity...

March 8, 2018

3 min read

Student Spotlight University

Five Years On, Stony Brook’s Food Pantry Nourishes and Sustains

With food pantries now proposed as a requirement on all state- and city-run campuses, Stony Brook University’s food pantry heads proudly into its fifth year of feeding students struggling to balance the cost of an...

January 5, 2018

4 min read

Community News Highlights On Campus Service

Stony Brook Celebrates a Year of Giving and Service with ’31 Days of Giving Back’

Each year, Stony Brook University students, faculty, staff and alumni share their time and talent through thousands of community service hours, and each year that effort is celebrated with ‘31 Days of Giving Back...

December 13, 2017

1 min read

Academics College of Engineering & Applied Sciences Global News Highlights Student Spotlight

Where Problems Meet Solutions: Global Innovation Team Takes Hands-On Approach to Kenya

Bringing bold new ideas and undergraduate enthusiasm to the world, the Global Innovation Study Abroad program kicked off with a Summer 2017 mission to Kenya. Created by the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences...

December 1, 2017

10 min read

Medicine Medicine Today Service Stony Brook Matters Wellness

Puerto Rico Relief Team Returns Home

There were hugs and happy tears all around, when 23 Stony Brook Medicine staff members returned home on November 8 after more than two weeks of treating patients in Puerto Rico. Family and friends were waiting in the...

November 10, 2017

5 min read

Main University Medicine Medicine Today Service Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook Medical Staff Brings Healthcare and Supplies to Devastated Puerto Rico

As the sun was rising over Long Island, a Stony Brook Medicine task force left for Puerto Rico on October 24 to help people still struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria. Twenty-three Stony Brook staff members...

October 26, 2017

3 min read

Community Events Featured Story Main University Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook Community Pioneers Technology-Based Response to Puerto Rico Crisis

“In theory I would be on a plane heading for Puerto Rico, but I am a graduate student without much money — so I am glad to be helping the Red Cross with their relief efforts any way I can,” said Ian Bonnell ’16...

October 13, 2017

3 min read

Social Sciences Student Spotlight Wellness

“Failure Was Not an Option”: Social Welfare Students Bring Clean Water to Flint Residents

Six students in the Stony Brook University School of Social Welfare got a taste of experiential learning the weekend of April 14. They parlayed their classroom lessons into a way to help the stricken community of Flint...

May 20, 2016

6 min read

Tag: Volunteerism

Prom Dreams Turn to Reality Thanks to the Student African American Sisterhood

Undergrad Emily Withers Chosen as an Oxfam CHANGE Leader

Rebuilding Homes and Restoring Communities: Just Another Day’s Work for ASBO

Catholic Campus Ministry Students Engage in a Spring Break Mission Trip

Fraternity and Sorority Trained in Suicide Prevention

Stony Brook Marchers Rally in Support of #MeToo

Five Years On, Stony Brook’s Food Pantry Nourishes and Sustains

Stony Brook Celebrates a Year of Giving and Service with ’31 Days of Giving Back’

Where Problems Meet Solutions: Global Innovation Team Takes Hands-On Approach to Kenya

Puerto Rico Relief Team Returns Home

Stony Brook Medical Staff Brings Healthcare and Supplies to Devastated Puerto Rico

Stony Brook Community Pioneers Technology-Based Response to Puerto Rico Crisis

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