Judson Students Take to the Streets for Marion Matters

On Aug. 26, Judson College students participated in the seventh annual Marion Matters, a communitywide service blitz that culminated the college’s Welcome Week for its 174th academic session.

Twenty-three teams of students traveled throughout the area for three hours of volunteer work. “The main purpose of Marion Matters is to encourage the new students to get involved in the community and to set the tone for service-learning,” said Susan Jones, Judson’s director of faith-based service-learning. Jones said the incoming freshmen get a new interaction that they don’t get inside a classroom and the community is helped. Judson President David Potts thanked the students for their work at the wrap-up session at the Marion Depot.