On August 15th, we are celebrating our freshman with a huge block party during their introductory to college life. Not only do we have a huge amount of nonprofit organizations participating and sharing their wealth of knowledge, but we have all different members of the community engaging with our university students. It's a beautiful thing! During this celebratory evening, students have the opportunity to learn about the nonprofit organizations where they can volunteeer, to play bike polo, and race on tricycles! Could it get any better than that? So, why I'm sharing this? I think it's exciting to see two cities and the university working collaboratively together to make sure our students feel invited and engaged in our community. I encourage all communities to do this. However, this is a huge undertaking! We have several business representatives, city representatives, and members of our university that have decided to dedicate their time and energy into making our students and city great. I'll report on how successful this event is. Hopefully, students will learn about the value of service-learning as well, and reflect about how they can make