This year I had the honor and privilege of being a facilitator for the LAS Learning Service Trip in Detroit. It is a tradition for all LAS freshman to attend this service trip, and it really brought my experience full circle going back and facilitating it my junior year. They had adjusted the trip since [...]
The Leadership Safari Program is an incredible program run through the Leadership Institute at CMU. Over 2,000 incoming students are acclimated to campus and college life through this week-long adventure. I participated myself as a Freshman in 2016, and applied to work the conference the following fall as a part of the 2017 C-Team staff. Through [...]
For my third alternative break, I spent a week volunteering in Boston, MA on the Food Insecurities and Homelessness social justice issue. I was able to take time during my winter break to travel with eleven passionate women. In the weeks leading up to the break, we had 8 meetings to learn about each other, [...]
The alternative breaks program is one of my absolute favorites on CMU's campus. The summer before my junior year at school I traveled to Singer Island, FL with twelve passionate women to volunteer on behalf of animal endangerment. At this time in my life, I was in desperate need of some positivity in my life. [...]
In high school, I was very active in an organization called, "Northern Michigan DecoTec". Deco-Tec is an ecumenical renewal movement created by the DeColores community. It is a weekend that supports and thrives on peer ministry, and works with teens transitioning into adulthood. TEC in DecoTec stands for "Teens Encountering Christ". The weekend team members consist of adults [...]
Makenna Hogerheide 