By Kristopher Fernandez As any middle-school teacher will attest, teaching twelve-year olds is challenging. Commanding respect and attention is difficult under any circumstances, and it is even more difficult if they speak a different language. It is this situation in which I found myself when tutoring at the Wang YMCA. My task was seemingly very … More Practicing Language in the Community
By Carmen Costa I help serve at the Boston Rescue Mission on Kingston Avenue. About three weeks ago when I volunteered on October 12th, I got a behind-the-scenes look at the ways in which the Mission truly saves people that are close to or have hit rock bottom. There was another volunteer there that day … More My Experiences at the Boston Rescue Mission
Fall 2015
On Tuesday, November 17th, Becca Berkey, director of Service-Learning at Northeastern, Lisa Roe, assistant director of Service-Learning at Northeastern, Hilary Schuldt, associate director of the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning through Research at Northeastern, and Gail Begley, director of the University PreHealth Program, presented their preliminary research on the second day of the International … More S-L at NU goes to IARSLCE
Jaclyn Hunter knows S-L at NU from all sides. By Jaclyn Hunter Over the past few years, I have had the pleasure of getting to know the Service-Learning program at Northeastern inside and out. In my first semester with Service-Learning, I applied to be a Service-Learning Teaching Assistant and then found out that one of … More From S-L student, to S-LTA, to the Street Team
By Mackenzie Montgomery Before I entered Northeastern University I had never heard of service-learning. But as a freshman I learned that I would not only be studying abroad my first semester in London through the N.U.in program, but I would also be doing something known as service-learning. Little did I know that this part of … More My Service-Learning Journey
By Dilan Kurt Last week, as I was trying to get used to the weather of Boston, I got really sick and missed my shift at the Writer’s Room. My sickness made me realize one thing, one thing only: tutoring at the Writer’s Room is an indispensable part of my life! I never would have … More Week 4 in the Writer’s Room
By Noa Golan As a Service-Learning Street Team member, I had the chance to accompany some students from Seeing Theater with an Enlightened Eye to their first day of community service at the Yawkey Club of Roxbury. It happened to be a few days before Halloween, and the kids at Yawkey set up this amazing … More My Trip to the Yawkey Club of Roxbury
