April 23, 2025

The CELE Center and Mary Gates Endowment for Students are holding the annual Spring CELEbration on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 4:30-7:30pm in the HUB (Ballroom and beyond!), with pre-event lighting talks scheduled between 3:45 and 4:30pm. Spring CELEbration is a forum for undergraduate students involved in community service and leadership activities to showcase student service, leadership, and activist work conducted in partnership with the community.

We are looking for volunteers for this event and we would love your help at Spring CELEbration! Volunteering during Spring CELEbration directly supports our student presenters. By taking up a shift, you will provide logistical support and deep engagement, empowering students to share their impact and achievements with pride. We invite everyone to volunteer, please share this opportunity with your network of faculty, students, and staff!

Please sign up to volunteer here by EOD April 23, 2025: Spring CELEbration Volunteer Sign-Up

We will send a confirmation email with more information to all volunteers on April 30, 2025!

Volunteer Roles:

  • Materials Prep

Help the day before the event—pinning posters to foam board, organizing supplies, and queuing up all the items that we’ll need in the HUB

  • Shift available: Wednesday, May 7, 10:00am-1:00pm in MGH 171
  • General Volunteer

Readying materials for the event and helping with various event-day needs, such as poster/room setup, signage, greeters, traffic directors, assisting with presentation rooms, etc.

  • Shifts available: Wednesday, May 7, 3:30-5:30pm and 5:30-7:00pm
  • Logistics: Set-up and Break-down

These awesome folks show up early and stay late to help with all the little things that make an event work well.

  • The first shift will help with easel set-up, table prep, and technology details in preparation for the event.
  • Second shift will break things down, put things away, and ensure that we are good stewards of the HUB space at the end of the event!
  • Shifts available: Wednesday, May 7, 2:00-4:00pm and 6:45-8:00pm
  • Participant Engagement Volunteers

Folks in this role will be tasked with active participation as audience members for poster and lighting talk presentations. You may be asked to help with some technical support in the room and/or serve as a timekeeper if asked to be a “room lead”.

  • Shifts available: Wednesday, May 7, 3:30-4:45pm, 4:15-5:00pm, 4:45-6:00pm and 5:45-7:00pm; or, if you are available for an extended shift, 4:45-7:00pm
  • Photo Booth Wrangler

Manage the photo booth line—making sure that the crowd doesn’t block exits or cause havoc! You are a great fit for this role if you don’t mind asking people to follow instructions and/or if you have good boundary setting skills with strangers!

  • Shift available: Wednesday, May 7, 4:00-7:00pm
  • Welcome and Wayfinding Volunteer

This crew will staff the check-in table for students and welcome all guests. You are a great fit for this position if you love connecting with people and helping them orient to a new space!

  • Shifts available: Wednesday, May 7, 3:00-5:00pm and 5:00-7:00pm

More information about the event can be found here: https://cele.uw.edu/about/news-events/spring-celebration-25/

If you have any questions, please contact us at springcele@uw.edu

Thank you for considering this opportunity to support students as they learn and lead together!

Best,

Spring CELEbration 2025 Planning Committee