MOUNT GALILEE, Israel – Rotem Porat (Plantation, Fla.) of the Southern Connecticut State University gymnastics team recently assisted with a volunteer cleanup event while participating in an organized group outing in Israel.

This event is just one example of many community outreach events that SCSU student-athletes take part in on an annual basis. SCSU student-athletes volunteered more than 4,000 hours of their time to numerous outreach efforts, both on-campus and in Greater New Haven, during the 2014-15 academic year.