{"id":506,"date":"2021-04-26T16:48:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T20:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/?p=506"},"modified":"2025-02-20T10:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T15:26:27","slug":"stephanie-ellis-isap-student-building-confidence-and-finding-purpose-through-volunteering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/2021\/stephanie-ellis-isap-student-building-confidence-and-finding-purpose-through-volunteering\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephanie Ellis-ISAP Student Building Confidence and Finding Purpose Through Volunteering"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Stephanie Ellis-ISAP Student Building Confidence and Finding Purpose Through Volunteering\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Serving the community is a vital part of Carleton University\u2019s mission, and it\u2019s one that students Stephanie Ellis and Hannah Whale have embraced. From Ellis making meals at a homeless shelter and playing games at a camp for children with autism to Whale supporting students living in residence and mentoring first-year students, their goal is to give back and make a difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stephanie Ellis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA big part of it is that I love to learn new things,\u201d explains Ellis, a student in the Interdisciplinary Science and Practice Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve met so many amazing people with incredible stories who have gone through something. Those experiences have changed my perceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Both Ellis and Whale signed up for Carleton\u2019s Campus to Community Days<\/a> as first-year students. The half-day sessions enable Carleton students to collaborate with Ottawa partners who need a helping hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History student<\/a> Hannah Whale found that early volunteering had a clear impact, giving her the confidence to pursue additional leadership positions, both on and off campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThings kicked off for me when I became a residence fellow in my second year,\u201d she explains, adding that that opportunity allowed her to connect with like-minded peers and help others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In her fourth year, Whale expanded her involvement on campus by taking on various roles within student affairs\u2014and at the same time discovering her passion for helping others.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThis is an age where you\u2019re expected to be adults for the first time,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big transition and all those scary life questions are coming at you at once. Being able to help people navigate through that and offer support is my driving force.\u201d  Continued…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Serving the community is a vital part of Carleton University\u2019s mission, and it\u2019s one that students Stephanie Ellis and Hannah Whale have embraced. From Ellis making meals at a homeless shelter and playing games at a camp for children with autism to Whale supporting students living in residence and mentoring first-year students, their goal is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions\/507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}