Congratulations to NICE February 2013 Volunteer of the Month, Sarah Burke! Sarah is the Employment Intern for Spring 2013, in addition to being a full time student at Belmont University and working two jobs!  She helps the employment team exponentially by completing various administrative tasks, such as filling out paperwork and keeping the program’s [...]

Congratulations to NICE January 2013 Volunteer of the Month, Hattie Duplechain! From Day one Hattie worked tirelessly to help the Development Department. During her first week at NICE, and in Nashville, Hattie volunteered to drive to Murfreesboro and represent NICE at an evening international fair after interning all day! She did this even though she [...]

The staff of NICE will usually have a variety of opinions to proffer on our work environment but one thing we all agree on is that we have a tightly infused team spirit. Indeed, it is so obviously and intrinsically interwoven in our collective tapestry that often role boundaries are deliberately blurred. Virtually everyone is [...]

The defining mark of a genuine vounteer is to be truly and selflessly willing to assist. That said, not everyone who engages in volunteerism is hugely motivated by purely unselfish intentions. As unpalatable as it sounds, there really are volunteers who are in it for reasons that have little to do with philanthropy. We are [...]