NU Serves

by Adam Glanzman

August 31, 2016

Organized annually by the the Center of Community Service, nuSERVES is a weeklong program in which 65 incoming freshmen and transfer students explore the neighborhoods surrounding campus by participating in a range of service projects that benefit these communities. Here students work on a community garden at the Old West Church in Boston on Aug. 30, 2016. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

Students work on a community garden on Tuesday at the Old West Church in Boston as part of nuSERVES, an annual program by the Center of Community Service during which new students participate in a range of service projects and explore the neighborhoods around Boston. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

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