In the springtime, weather permitting, Community Service Days are held by FYE and coordinated by FYE Assistant Dean Cynthia Smith about once every month. Students involved in the activities, which consisted of primarily park cleaning this past weekend, expressed enjoyment at being able to get some air outside of their dorm rooms and help the community at the same time.

The program was originally started in 1999 to get RPI students out in the Troy community during the spring and fall to help out with various chores and cleanups. Since then, RPI’s Environmental and Site Services Department has allowed student volunteers to get involved in beautifying and landscaping several parts of the RPI campus.