{"id":4962,"date":"2017-10-11T09:50:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T13:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2025-08-23T16:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T20:07:33","slug":"the-americorner-spotlights-chenoa-jackson-exemplary-volunteer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/2017\/10\/11\/the-americorner-spotlights-chenoa-jackson-exemplary-volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"The AmeriCorner Spotlights Chenoa Jackson,  Exemplary Volunteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/10\/Chenoa-Picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4963 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2017\/10\/Chenoa-Picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0This month\u2019s Student Spotlight features UMPI student Chenoa Jackson. Chenoa is a social work major from Wilton, Maine. This is her third year at UMPI. Chenoa is on the UMPI Cross-Country Team and the Track and Field Team. She is the secretary of the Pageturners Book Club and the secretary of Campus Crusade for Christ.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Chenoa is an active volunteer.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She attended UMPI\u2019s Alternative Spring Break last school year.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She assists with middle-school races and the Labor Day race in Caribou.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She works the Campus Crusade snack table during finals week.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She recently volunteered for the second annual 9\/11 service project, Game Night at the Caribou Veterans Home.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She intends to attend the second annual UMPI Alternative Spring Break (a free event) in March of 2018. Chenoa\u2019s favorite memories of last year\u2019s Alternative Spring Break are hiking through the woods trying to find the ghost house and team-building while painting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Chenoa thinks that UMPI is a great place to be a student and get involved.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She said, \u201cIt is not too busy, but still has exciting things to do in your spare time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Furthermore, Chenoa is a student worker in the university library (CIL). Library Specialist Michelle Greene said of Chenoa, \u201cShe always has a smile on her face. I enjoy having her. Other staff and students enjoy being around her. She is supportive of the campus, community, athletic teams and clubs she is involved in. Chenoa is an asset to the campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Asked why she volunteers and why she thinks it is important for others to volunteer, Chenoa said, \u201cI do it because there is no greater feeling than knowing that I helped someone out. It is a great experience to get out in the community and learn more about the community you\u2019re in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>UMPI is lucky indeed to have Chenoa Jackson as a student here.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The AmeriCorner commends her for her achievements and for her commitment to volunteerism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This month\u2019s Student Spotlight features UMPI student Chenoa Jackson. Chenoa is a social work major from Wilton, Maine. This is her third year at UMPI. Chenoa is on the UMPI Cross-Country Team and the Track and Field Team. She is the secretary of the Pageturners Book Club and the secretary of Campus Crusade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8789,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions\/8789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}