Kennesaw State’s Department of Student Leadership and Service started a new program called Field Trip Fridays to help students learn about how they can be more civically engaged.
Program leaders from the Department of Student Leadership and Service started the new initiative because they wanted to introduce a fun, hands-on way to inform students about civic duties, such as voting and volunteering.
The monthly field trips will allow students to go on tours of various sites around Atlanta to learn about civic involvement.
“By doing this, we are exposing them to different places they can go to learn about the voting process, city counsels, state representatives, the mayor and all these state constituents that make up our civic environment being U.S. citizens,” said Semline Delva, program coordinator for Leadership and Civic Engagement.
The first trip is set to take place Friday, Sept. 7. Students will visit and tour the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta to learn more about the Civil Rights Movement and the people that were involved in it.
Another field trip will take students to the Georgia Capitol where they plan to tour various rooms, get an inside look at the daily functions and learn more about the building’s history.
Delva said that, during these trips, students will have the opportunity to get involved in an organization or initiative they may be interested in.
“If we want to start an initiative, we can see if those exist,” Delva said. “For example, getting involved with ‘Keep Cobb Beautiful’, which works on keeping our environment beautiful and keeping trash off the streets.”
Field Trip Fridays are free for students. Each trip has 22 spots, and transportation is included.
To register for a Field Trip Friday, students can sign up on the Owl Life page for the Department of Student Leadership and Service.
