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Freshmen at GSU volunteer right away
Students participate in BUILD program
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Trimmed out in blue after a spontaneous paint fight, BUILD leaders Emily ALlen, 20, of Kennesaw, right, and Shannin Wright, 19, of Augusta brighten up the office at the Kiwanis Ogeechee Fairgrounds Wednesday as part of the Georgia Southern community service program. The two juniors participated when they were freshmen and now see themselves as continuing a tradition of service.
Incoming freshmen to Georgia Southern University have four years to make an indelible mark on the community they’ll soon call home. Though, why wait? That is the mindset of 80 future students who have decided to spend a week this summer bolstering their new city through work with the university’s BUILD (Building Undergraduate Involvement and Leadership Development) program.
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