The final event of the week, run by volunteer centre UniCrew, was a "Good Deed and Feed" at Signal Hill- involving a morning of green-fingered students trying to make inroads into clearing 10 years of weeds from the area, as well as cleaning up rubbish.
University Social Impact Studio manager Sze-En Watts said about 45 students, from all different year levels and academic disciplines, turned up to help.
Present at the working bee were Keep Dunedin Beautiful co-ordinator Allison Wallace, and Doc and Dunedin City Council volunteer projects co-ordinator Catherine Hosted.
Ms Watts said it was a "really nice way to wrap up student volunteer week", which began on April 1.
It included the annual volunteer fair, as well as an afternoon tea at the Blind Foundation, a market day, the Aspire programme, pairing students with "buddies" and a chance for students to meet some of Dunedin's "SuperGrans", a service which shares knowledge of home skills such as cooking, sewing and gardening.
For some people, it was their first time volunteering at university, or in general, she said.
The Signal Hill event in particular tied into the theme of the week, "Kaitiakitanga" - or guardianship, including guardianship of the environment, and there was also a "Garden to Table" session held for primary school pupils earlier in the week, offering hands-on education in all aspects of gardening.
"It's been just a fuller week of activities than we've ever had in the past," Ms Watts said.
"It's something positive, after a couple of weeks of sadness."
The week was something "that contributes to positive social change".
