- Students from 60 clubs and organizations give more than 25,000 volunteer hours a year to 40 local nonprofit organizations and social service agencies. A few of the many service events organized by student clubs include assisting in local school classrooms, conducting food, gift and clothing drives, sponsoring sports clinics, and volunteering at the local soup kitchen.
- More than 300 Eastern students participated in the 2009 Windham Area Relay for Life. The 24 hour walkathon raises money and awareness for cancer research and support for patients, survivors and caregivers.
- Students living in residence halls participate in service programs that benefit the community including Halloween events for local children, volunteering at local nonprofits, fundraisers and Red Cross Blood Drives.
- The hard work of Eastern volunteers saves the Town of Windham more than $100,000 each year as they share their skills, time, and talents with the community.
- Each April hundreds of Eastern students team up with community members during Town Pride, Town Wide to beautify the space we share. Volunteers split into small groups to work on projects such as planting gardens, painting murals, and beautifying the parks in Windham.
- Eastern faculty Dr. Alex Citurs, Dr. Nanette Tummers, Dr. Lauren Rosenberg, Dr. Denise Matthews and many others help their students apply their academic learning to community needs through service-learning courses. Projects have included database and website development, mentoring and stress management programs with at-risk teens, assisting entrepreneurs with business plan development, and public service film production.
- Eastern students mentor and tutor more than 75 Windham students on weekly basis at projects like Big Brother, Big Sister, Project Academic Advancement, and the Windham Before and After School Program.
- The Senior Design Group, a group of senior graphic designers who do pro bono work as an ongoing service learning project, have developed everything from Willimantic Food Coop billboards to Third Thursday banners to art for the Juvenile Court Building.
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- The Institute for Sustainable Energy provides education and outreach on energy and sustainability throughout Connecticut and the region, and has Energy Star benchmarked more than 230 public schools and municipal buildings and more than 160 state-owned buildings to help improve energy efficiency in the state.
- Eastern employees have donated more than $180,000 over the past six years to the State Employees Charitable Campaign.
- A study by the Connecticut State University System found that Eastern generates $319.4 million in annual economic impact for region and state.
- 20% of employees live in the Windham Region (195 of 972)
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| Dr. Charles Chatterton, associate professor of Health and Physical Education, raised awareness on campus and in the community about issues of poverty by running 41 marathons in 40 months. The Eastern Men’s Lacrosse Team and others joined him in his 36th marathon that took place on the Eastern campus in September 2009. |
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| These Eastern cheerleaders brave the chilly November temperatures to collect non-perishables during the Day of Giving Food Drive. |
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