Service | Cazenovia College

Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is a nationwide community service fraternity open to all students. The organization is dedicated to promoting leadership, friendship and service to the College and surrounding community.

Alternative Breaks @ Cazenovia
The Alternative Break @ Cazenovia program (ABC) places teams of students in communities to engage in service and experiential learning during their summer, fall, winter and/or spring breaks. Students perform short-term projects for community agencies and learn about issues such as literacy, poverty, racism, hunger, homelessness and the environment. The objectives of an alternative break program are to involve college students in community-based service projects and to give students opportunities to learn about the problems faced by members of communities with whom they otherwise may have had little or no direct contact. The intensity of the experience increases the likelihood that participants will transfer the lessons learned on-site back to their own communities after the alternative break ends.

Cazenovia Environmental Club
The purpose of this club is to provide a means to further environmental awareness via interactive educational activities, service learning, and development of active conservation practices on campus and abroad.

Certified Peer Educators
Peer educators are students that contribute to the education of Cazenovia College students on diversity issues, prevention and reduction of harmful behavior to oneself. Their purpose is to educate, confront, listen and help peers make healthy lifestyle choices. The Bacchus and Gamma peer education network nationally certify this group of students.

Equine Ambassadors Club
The mission of the Equine Ambassadors Club (E.A.C.) is to contribute to the College and Cazenovia community through the love of horses. Endeavors include adopt-a-highway projects and numerous community service activities throughout the academic year.

Literacy Project
Through the Literacy Project volunteer/Work-study students partner with faculty, staff and the local community to provide tutoring for elementary age students. Tutoring currently takes place at the Cazenovia Public Library. In an effort to increase the reading proficiency among America’s youth, the major objective of the Project is to have all children reading well and independently by the end of the third grade.