In addition, as you apply to graduate school, fellowships, and other opportunities, you will often need to
report on your extracurricular activities and be asked to indicate the number of hours you spent on these
various projects. By keeping a record of your service through Track it Forward, you will be able to
access this information instantaneously. In addition, the records will be much more accurate than they
have been previously. Furthermore, by having access to this information, the Center for Social Concern will
be better able to respond quickly and accurately to requests for verification of participation in student
groups and service. Lastly, with the launch of the new Service Challenge, logging your service hours through
Track it Forward will streamline the process of being able to determine who is eligible for this honor.
Other Electronic Resources
Student groups often have other electronic resources, including email addresses, Facebook groups,
Instagram accounts, Twitter handles, and websites. Many of these accounts can connect to your Hopkins
Groups page to keep everything in sync. In some cases, such as with the Hopkins Groups file storage
feature and email list feature, the Hopkins Groups site can replace some of these other accounts.
In any case, if you choose to use non-JHU accounts, please make sure the login information is clearly
documented! These accounts are often full of incredibly valuable information, and it is far too easy to lose
access to them if they are solely maintained by one student who graduates or otherwise leaves the group.
Don’t lose that institutional memory! Write the logins down!
MAKING YOUR ORGANIZATION RUN SMOOTHLY
CSC Group Management Resources
Attend, host, or present a workshop
Throughout the semester, the CSC group management team offers workshops on a variety of topics
designed to help strengthen your student group so that you can spend more time on service and less time
managing your group. Workshop topics include:
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Volunteering 101
Using Hopkins Groups
Recruiting and retaining volunteers
Event Planning
Working with Community Partners
Budgeting
Reflection
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