Family Day brings out SOE volunteers

Jason Sandahl, an M.T. student in early and elementary education, helps one of the children from the Child Development Center with an activity. — Jason Sandahl, a Master of Teaching student in early and elementary education, helps one of the children from the Child Development Center with an activity.

Jason Sandahl, a Master of Teaching student in early and elementary education, helps one of the children from the Child Development Center with an activity.

School of Education alumni and students helped VCU’s Office of Alumni Relations host a successful Family Day recently at James Branch Cabell Library.

The event was part of VCU Alumni’s ELEVATE Tour, a 23-city international trek that’s offering some new experiences for alumni. The Richmond event featured games, reading time for children, and pictures with Rodney the Ram for alumni and their families.

Preparation began in December when SOE students met with professor Lisa Cipolletti to plan activities, prepare supplies and select books for reading. On the day of the event, the students set up activity stations and led many of the activities. Children from the Child Development Center, which is affiliated with the School of Education, attended.

More ELEVATE events are planned through December 2019.

View more photos from Family Day in our Flickr album. (All photos courtesy VCU Development and Alumni Relations)

Activities at the VCU Alumni Family Day at James Branch Cabell Library. — At left, Robyn Klatt, M.T. student in early and elementary education, explains one of the activities to children from the CDC while Rodney the Ram looks on. At right, Ann Witthoefft (M.Ed '94), a member of the SOE Alumni Council, reads the book “No Yeti Yet” to children from the CDC. (SOE student volunteers not pictured are Emily Kerscher and Joann Patterson, both in their first semester of the Teacher Preparation program.)