Take Ten program receives Serve Indiana 2016 Award of Excellence | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Take Ten program receives Serve Indiana 2016 Award of Excellence Take Ten program receives Serve Indiana 2016 Award of Excellence Published: November 30, 2016 Author: William G. Gilroy The University of Notre Dame’s Take Ten program has received an Award for Excellence from Serve Indiana, the state’s volunteer service agency. The Awards for Excellence are Indiana’s most prestigious annual awards celebrating the accomplishments of dedicated volunteers and service members. Take Ten is a research-based conflict resolution curriculum designed at the University of Notre Dame and headquartered at the University’s Robinson Community Learning Center. Take Ten’s mission is to provide youth with positive alternatives to violence and build their capacity to make more informed choices when faced with conflict. Take Ten volunteers work on a weekly basis with schoolchildren of all grades to teach them the skills needed to resolve conflict peacefully. Serve Indiana’s award citation noted: “Take Ten is a conflict resolution, violence/bullying-prevention program that began as a slogan campaign and developed at the University of Notre Dame into a successful curriculum serving schools and other sites throughout the greater Michiana area. Take Ten reaches, indirectly, 8,000-10,000 youth during an academic year with 120 volunteers who total 7,700 hours per academic year in direct service to local schools and non-profit community sites.” “We are very proud to be recognized by the State of Indiana for the commitment to service learning that we make with the Take Ten program,” said Ellen Kyes, Take Ten program director. “Over the years that we have served local schools, we have worked to ensure that the college students who participate gain in knowledge and experience while serving the community. Thanks to these wonderful, committed students for their work that made this award possible.” Serve Indiana, a division of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, strives to be a statewide public champion for service, a strong local, regional and national partner, an efficient grant maker and a broker of federal and state resources allocated toward service and volunteerism. Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn