Volunteer opportunities and events will be added to new or existing entries in the community engagement application. Anyone who has access to TUportal can enter activities in the application. It will then be approved through the school/college/unit community collaborator approver and posted. A full list of approvers is available in the application for review.
Once approved, please email [click-for-email] and indicate that you would like this event to be included in the Owls for Philly volunteer program. Please provide all the required information including the date, time, location, description of the opportunity, the populations you would like to have volunteer (faculty, staff, students and/or alumni) and how many volunteers you need. If there are children under 18 present at your event without their parents, be sure to indicate this on the form so that only those individuals with minor clearances can apply. Once all relevant information is entered, submit your opportunity. A Community Gateway team member will review and approve and then post the opportunity which will then be visible on the TUportal homepage under upcoming events.
The system will generate a list of volunteers, allow you to easily communicate and send reminders, allow individuals to cancel their involvement up to 48 hours in advance, and will allow for a waitlist so that it is easy to fulfill your obligations to your community partner. Because the system is through single sign on, all relevant data about your volunteers will be available, including faculty and staff with minor clearances for events requiring it. Registering through the system will also provide the unit and the university with detailed data that can be used for reporting volunteer activities and hours.
