Volunteering

United Services Organization (USO)

Volunteer:

The primary role of a volunteer is to welcome and serve our service members and their families, and to make them feel at home at our USO locations. Some common duties include greeting and checking in guests, assisting with center activities and programs, offering food and beverages, maintaining tidiness in the center, and supporting staff members as needed.

Responsibilities:

  • Greet, welcome, orient, and assist guests
  • Monitor and maintain food and supplies
  • Tidy and clean the center, which can include trash removal and bathroom cleaning
  • Answer visitors’ questions about the USO and the surrounding community
  • Practice safe food handling and storage practices.
  • Assist with the usage of computers, gaming equipment, telephones, or other offerings
  • Help conduct events and programs in the center, such as Welcome Homes and holiday celebrations
  • Document hours volunteered in Volunteers.USO.org
  • Other duties as assigned
This was an event where another and I made hand-made smoothies for the post-9/11 marathon runners on base.
The USO held a Mario-themed tent at the Langley AFB 2023 Trunk or Treat, handing out toys and candy.
This is a post made with a collage of photos from the stated 2023 Trunk or Treat event.

American Red Cross

Red Cross Duty Officer Volunteer:

This is an on-call position. Duties include: Dispatching disaster volunteers to active disaster scenes (i.e., home fires, floods, etc.) Frequent communications with disaster responders in the field, as well as with emergency management partners, other duty officers, and administrative staff.

Responsibilities:

  1. Documents incoming disaster notifications and ensures their assignment as the Duty Officer in the call record in RC Respond.
  2. Manages all DAT calls and activities in RC Respond
  3. Identifies available DAT responders and dispatches a team to ensure appropriate resourcing to meet client needs.
  4. Activates Disaster Health Services, Disaster Mental Health, Disaster Spiritual Care, and Public Affairs when requested.
  5. Maintains ongoing communication with all assigned responders and ensures timely updates are reflected in the RC Respond call record to reflect movement to a status of On Scene and Off Scene.
  6. May be required to monitor activity across multiple DAT responses.
  7. Monitors all active calls while assigned, moving them to a status of Closed upon completion in RC Respond. If an event has not concluded, provide necessary information upon shift change.
  8. Notifies Chapter and Regional staff of significant events and contributes to an Initial Incident Report, when appropriate.
  9. Manages availability by registering for shifts in RC Respond.
  10. Attends regularly scheduled team/DAT meetings as required by Chapter/Region.
  11. Maintains RC Respond Duty Officer user access

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Honor Society and School Association

Honor Society

Tau Sigma National Honor Society

Tau Sigma is a national academic honor society designed specifically to recognize and promote the academic excellence and involvement of transfer students.

This honor is a result of high academic achievement while at ODU. Candidacy for membership in the ODU chapter of Tau Sigma is granted to those students who have transferred to ODU, having completed at least one year at a prior institution and earned at least a 3.5 grade point average at the point when they have completed the number of hours equal to one full term.

In addition to providing formal recognition for high academic achievement, Tau Sigma provides a common bond among transfer students through social activities and involvement in service to the university and charitable organizations. Every year, Tau Sigma awards scholarships totaling $100,000 and hosts an annual leadership conference in which members from chapters across the country are represented.

Student Association

ODU’s Cyber Security Student Association

Cyber Security Student Association (CS2A) aims to raise cyber security awareness in the ODU community to protect themselves from cyber threats. In terms of opportunities in the cyber world, the primary goal of CS2A is informing and encouraging the ODU community and student body of not only technical but also social science disciplines to develop themselves to take advantage of career opportunities in the job market.

Awards and Recognitions

ODU’s Dean’s List Honoree

The Dean’s List is announced at the end of each term. Any undergraduate student taking 12 or more hours of degree credit for grade point credit who attains a grade point average of 3.40 or higher with no grade below C (2.00) is placed on the Dean’s list. The student must also receive a passing grade on any non-degree credit courses in which he or she is enrolled. Students who receive grades of I are not placed on the Dean’s List. An enhanced GPA using the Grade Forgiveness Policy or Adjusted Resident Credit (ARC) does not determine eligibility for the Dean’s List.

I have received the honor of making the Dean’s list each semester I have attended Old Dominion University. Below you can find a breakdown of each semester this honor has been achieved, along with a newsletter from the College of Cybersecurity for the Fall 2023 semester showcasing all individuals who accomplished the achievement for that semester.

  • Fall 2023
  • Spring 2024
  • Summer 2024
  • Fall 2024
Spring-24-Newsletter