Event Title
Location
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Start Date
1-5-2014 1:00 PM
End Date
1-5-2014 2:00 PM
Project Type
Poster- Restricted to Campus Access
Description
Volunteering has been such an integral part of my time at Colby that I decided to take this opportunity to expand my knowledge on the subject. I want explore two dimensions of volunteering at Colby. The first is what kinds of students volunteer at Colby. I will look at the role of gender, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, religion, athletics, clubs, campus job, and class year. More generally, I also wanted to determine what proportion of people actually volunteer, for how long each week, month, semester, and year, and what kinds of volunteer activities people are doing at Colby. The second dimension of my research question is why people volunteer or, in other words, what motivates students to volunteer? Are people motivated by altruism, a sense of social responsibility, social pressures from ones friends or family, a desire to get some experience in a field of interest, rsum building, a class requirement, a sense of pleasure or enjoyment, or something else?
Sponsoring Department
Colby College. Sociology Dept.
CLAS Field of Study
Social Sciences
Event Website
http://www.colby.edu/clas
ID
147
The Sociology of Volunteering at Colby College 2013-2014: A Study Examining Who Volunteers at Colby and Why
Parker-Reed, SSWAC
Volunteering has been such an integral part of my time at Colby that I decided to take this opportunity to expand my knowledge on the subject. I want explore two dimensions of volunteering at Colby. The first is what kinds of students volunteer at Colby. I will look at the role of gender, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, religion, athletics, clubs, campus job, and class year. More generally, I also wanted to determine what proportion of people actually volunteer, for how long each week, month, semester, and year, and what kinds of volunteer activities people are doing at Colby. The second dimension of my research question is why people volunteer or, in other words, what motivates students to volunteer? Are people motivated by altruism, a sense of social responsibility, social pressures from ones friends or family, a desire to get some experience in a field of interest, rsum building, a class requirement, a sense of pleasure or enjoyment, or something else?
https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/clas/2014/program/204