<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2022/special-olympics-florida.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>06/23/2022</pubDate><title>Volunteering at Special Olympics Creates a ‘Once in a Lifetime Opportunity’ for Students</title><description>Several members of the University community – including a group of Pompea College of Business students – recently represented the University at the Special Olympics USA Games in Florida. There, they had meaningful opportunities to interact with athletes and their coaches while gaining hands-on experience at a large-scale sporting event.</description><hide-description/><author>Renee Chmiel, Office of Marketing and Communications</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>June 23, 2022</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2022/so-day-1.jpg" alt="Left to right: Mackenzie Evans ’22, ’23 M.S., Laura Duncan ’18 M.S., Gabriela Garcia-Perez ’24, Emily Bogdanowicz ’23, Abby Reynolds ’23 M.S., and Avery Alessi ’23."/></image><image-caption>Left to right: Mackenzie Evans ’22, ’23 M.S., Laura Duncan ’18 M.S., Gabriela Garcia-Perez ’24, Emily Bogdanowicz ’23, Abby Reynolds ’23 M.S., and Avery Alessi ’23.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2022</tag></tags></item>