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Stephanie Wolter, Project SHINE Coordinator

315-859-4879 or 315-272-6021
315-859-4477 (fax)
Project SHINE
Project SHINE ("Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders") offers Hamilton students the opportunity to help local refugees & immigrants.  Student participants work one-on-one or in small groups with adult learners in English or citizenship classes at the Utica BOCES ACCESS Site and the Adult Learning Center at MVRCR. While Hamilton students provide a much needed service to the Utica area, many find that they learn just as much as they teach.  Students generally participate in Project SHINE through an academic course.  Click to see a list of current and past courses... 


National Affiliation:
Hamilton is one of 18 Colleges and Universities in 14 cities participating in Project SHINE.  Project SHINE began in 1997 at the Intergenerational Center for Learning at Temple University, which initiated the program to combat the challenges faced by older immigrants & refugees.  
 


History at Hamilton:
In 2004 Project SHINE was brought to Hamilton through the efforts of the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center with support provided by a grant from Temple University's Center for Intergenerational Learning and Learn & Serve America.  Here at Hamilton, Project SHINE continues to engage students in the local community, as students, and immigrants & refugees build intercultural and intergenerational relationships.

 


"When I decided to do Project SHINE, I did not realize that I was becoming a part of something that would forever change my outlook on refugees."
 
-SHINE Volunteer '08