I’ve received this request from the SSD office at Virginia Tech:
If you take good notes and would like to provide a community service, please consider being a volunteer notetaker for a student in this class with a disability. A volunteer notetaker takes a few minutes after each class to scan and upload notes to a secure Scholar site. Please sign up so you can be contacted by an employee of the Virginia Tech Services for Students with Disabilities office. The student understands the notes are for their personal use to break down a barrier caused by a disability, are not to be shared or posted, and that class attendance is mandatory.
I’m sorry to say that this is an unpaid position, but the hours you volunteer can be counted as service hours for a student organization, and can also be listed as volunteer work on your resume.
If you are interested, you can e-mail me and I’ll send you more information about the position — e-mailing me doesn’t obligate you; you’ll still have an opportunity after that to decide whether you want to commit to this position.