
MLK Week of Service
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This 4th annual event aims to be Stevens' largest community service initiative yet. We encourage all students, faculty, staff, and alumni to join in celebrating Dr. King’s lasting impact through action and service.
Visit www.stevens.edu/MLK for more information
Agenda
Past Events
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join us for Drop-In Service Activities, where you can make a difference on your schedule. Donate and sort items for our campus donation drive and SOUPer Bowl Can Drive, help repair and clean computers for community use, or write thoughtful letters to hospice patients and the elderly. Whether you have 5 minutes or a few hours, your time and efforts will make an impact. All are welcome—no registration required!
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Assist in the cleaning, sorting, and organizing of the books and facility. Meet in the UCC Lobby.
12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
Facilitate a STEM activity to the local students at Hoboken Charter School. STEM lesson and materials provided.
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM
Stevens Women in Business and Stevens Women in Computer Science are hosting a panel for high school students to discuss college and academics.
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Learn a new skill as you create hats, scarves or gloves to be donated to the Hoboken Shelter.
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Take a few minutes out of your day to create a hygiene kit to be donated to the local shelter with the Wellness Peers!
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join us for Drop-In Service Activities, where you can make a difference on your schedule. Donate and sort items for our campus donation drive and SOUPer Bowl Can Drive, help repair and clean computers for community use, or write thoughtful letters to hospice patients and the elderly. Whether you have 5 minutes or a few hours, your time and efforts will make an impact. All are welcome—no registration required!
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Facilitate a STEM activity to the local students at Elysian Charter School. STEM lesson and materials provided. Meet in UCC Lobby.
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Hear from NJ Senator Angela McKnight in conversation with Adrian Oakley '26! Enjoy live DJ entertainment and light refreshments provided. Angela McKnight is New Jersey State Senator representing the 31st Legislative District. Senator McKnight was elected to the Senate in November 2023 and previously served in the Assembly, also representing the 31st District from 2016-2024.
- Undergraduate Student
- Graduate Student
- Faculty
- Staff
- Alumni
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Join Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority, Inc. in decorating and packing bags with notes and snacks to be donated to local non-profit Heart of Dinner, "Nourishing NYC’s Asian Elders with love and food every week".
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Take time out of your day to prepare a meal for members in the Hoboken community with Theta Phi Alpha!
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join us for Drop-In Service Activities, where you can make a difference on your schedule. Donate and sort items for our campus donation drive and SOUPer Bowl Can Drive, help repair and clean computers for community use, or write thoughtful letters to hospice patients and the elderly. Whether you have 5 minutes or a few hours, your time and efforts will make an impact. All are welcome—no registration required!
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Facilitate a STEM activity to the local students at Hoboken Charter School. STEM lesson and materials provided.
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Sandwich making and uplifting letter writing for the Hoboken Shelter with Student Health Services.
3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Write letters of encouragement for elderly members of the LGBTQ community while conversing with a few SAGE elders in Chelsea, Manhattan. Then provide dinner service and engage with members at SAGE. We will meet in the UCC Lobby at 2 pm and head over to the PATH train together.
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Assist in the cleaning, sorting, and organizing of the books and facility. Meet in UCC Lobby.
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Prepare and serve dinner at the Hoboken Shelter with the Black Student Union!
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Take time out of your day to prepare a meal for members in the Hoboken community. Meet in the UCC Lobby.
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Facilitate a STEM activity to the local students at Hoboken Charter School. STEM lesson and materials provided. Meet in UCC Lobby.
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join us for Drop-In Service Activities, where you can make a difference on your schedule. Donate and sort items for our campus donation drive and SOUPer Bowl Can Drive, help repair and clean computers for community use, or write thoughtful letters to hospice patients and the elderly. Whether you have 5 minutes or a few hours, your time and efforts will make an impact. All are welcome—no registration required!
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Opening remarks, student performance, oratorical contest awards and keynote by Jonathan L. Allen, JD, MTS. Jonathan is Co-Founder and Director of Development at Leadership Brainery, a Boston-based company closing wealth gaps by ensuring underrepresented communities have equitable access to master's and doctoral degrees and workforce leadership.
Lunch provided.
- Undergraduate Student
- Graduate Student
- Faculty
- Staff
- Alumni
- Guest
- Oratorical Contest Winner
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Create winter care packages of socks, gloves, scarves, blankets, chapstick, and lotion for those in need through Bridges Outreach.
2:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Help the Hoboken Public Library get organized in the New Year! Projects will include clean up, organizing, and shelf reading. Meet in the UCC Lobby.
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Using two pieces of fabric and scissors, make easy fleece blankets (no sewing required) to donate to Project Linus!
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Join Sigma Delta Tau make sandwiches to donate to the Hoboken Shelter.
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Prepare and serve dinner at the Hoboken Shelter with Sigma Phi Epsilon! Meet up location: Sigma Phi Epsilon house.
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Take time out of your day to prepare a meal for members in the Hoboken community. Volunteer meet-up location: UCC Lobby.
9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Help the Hoboken Public Library get organized in the New Year! Projects will include clean up, organizing, and shelf reading. Meet in the UCC Lobby.
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Package care items for Friends of Chervonohrad, and organizations that sends aid to Western Ukraine to improve the conditions of people impacted by the invasions/war. Hosted by the School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences.
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Parents of new born infants in critical care are not always allowed to touch their babies. Cuddle Hearts are cloth pieces that parents wear and then place in the baby's crib to start creating a bond. Join us as we make cuddle hearts to donate to the locate NICU hospital.
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Join us for Drop-In Service Activities, where you can make a difference on your schedule. Donate and sort items for our campus donation drive and SOUPer Bowl Can Drive, help repair and clean computers for community use, or write thoughtful letters to hospice patients and the elderly. Whether you have 5 minutes or a few hours, your time and efforts will make an impact. All are welcome—no registration required!
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Facilitate a STEM activity to the local students at Elysian Charter School. STEM lesson and materials provided. Meet in the UCC Lobby.
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Celebrate the opening of the exhibit and gain insights from the archivists and librarians.
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Prepare and serve dinner at the Hoboken Shelter with Graduate Student Council!
Fri, Jan 31, 2025 7:00 PM
Stevens' College of Online and Professional Education presents AI WORKSHOP AND HACKATHON. This 24-hour coding marathon brings together the brightest minds in tech to create innovative solutions in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy.
1/27: AI LITERACY WORKSHOP BASIC, 5-6 P.M. ONLINE
1/28: AI LITERACY WORKSHOP ADVANCED, 4-6 P.M. ONLINE
1/30: HACKATHON KICKOFF, 5 P.M.
1/30: HACKATHON, 6 P.M. THROUGH 1/31 6 P.M. (24 HOURS)
1/31: CLOSING AND PRIZES, 7 P.M.
Compete for amazing prizes while using your skills to make a lasting impact in your community and beyond.