December 21 marks the longest night of the year. Each year in Houston, over 500 homeless people gather to pay homage to the men and women who have passed away living on the street. Volunteers, churches and other organizations chip in to provide food and toiletries for this night-long memorial. Frequent experiences like this continue…

Brett Brawerman, Elon ’12, leads practice for a boys’ basketball team as part of his Peace Corps volunteer experience in the village of Lapusna, Moldova. A phrase on the wall of the gymnasium translates to, “A sound mind, gives a sound body.” Brawerman, who tabled his pursuit of becoming a personal trainer to serve in…

Andrew Weber, Carnegie Mellon ’02, decided that he and his friends, including Carnegie Mellon SigEp brothers Marcus Louie, ’01, Stephen Piercy, ’02, and Michael Schultz, ’03, would have a bachelor party to celebrate his upcoming marriage in 2008 in a way that reflected his deeply held values—an act of community service. That experience came to…