Wednesday, October 22, 1975
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Volunteer changes career choice
By Ron Ruggless
Volunteer work helps a student find out what his field
of interest is really like before going into it as a profession,
Brad Nicklas, UNL freshman said.
Nicklas, who does volunteer work at the Chet Ager
Nature Center two to three hours a week, said, "The work
has been good for me because I could get experience in my
wildlife management major and see what it is like."
Working only this semester, Nicklas said the job has
helped him decide to change from a wildlife management
major to art.
He said he is doing the volunteer work as a requirement
for a human relations class.
"The class required either a practicum or a research
project," Nicklas said. "It wasn't like you had to do the
volunteer work, it just interested me more than research."
Explained program
A Community Involvement Service (formerly the Stu
dent Volunteer Bureau) representative explained the pro
gram to his human relations class, Nicklas said.
If students chose the volunteer work option, they went
to the Community Involvement Service office and told
their areas of interest and majors to the director, he said.
They then were referred to an agency best suited to their
interests, he said.
"I had always wanted to do some nature work while in
high school," the former Lincoln Southeast High School
student said, "but I was never old enough."
"The Chet Ager Nature Center really interested me," he
added.
He said he helped with bird banding three times while at
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the nature center and enjoyed it, along with odd jobs and
art work he does for the center.
'A learning experience1
"Bird banding is really a learning experience," Nicklas
said, "You take 6 ft. high, 10 to 15 ft. long fine-threaded
nets and catch the birds.
"You take them to a central location in the field and
they are banded by licensed bird banders," he said.
The job is interesting because the type of bird being
banded has to be determined, as well as its age and whether
it is male or female, he said.
"It relates to the human relations class because you have
to get along with the people you are working with," Nicklas
said.
Volunteers also do odd jobs at the center, such as clean
ing the dirt-filled drainage pipes and clearing paths, he said.
Nicklas currently is doing art work for the nature center
during his volunteer time and while at home. He said this
relates to his interest in art and is good practice. :
"I probably wouldn't have gone into volunteer work if it
weren't for the class I'm taking," he said, "but it has turned
out to be a learning experience.
'Will have reference'
"You also will have a reference when you go into a field
after graduation," Nicklas added.
People in agencies with volunteers are grateful and
appreciate the help, he said.
"They also are very good about working around our
school and activity schedules."
He said he would suggest volunteer work for any stu
dent, in or out of class.
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Brad Nicklas, a volunteer worker at the Chet
Ager nature center, has learned bird banding as
part of his volunteer duties.
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