By Service-Learning Program Assistant and Co-op Henry Finnegan With 50 classes this fall, Service-Learning (S-L) at Northeastern experienced it’s biggest semester yet. S-L courses were offered in every college, ranging from 2 Dimensional Fundamentals in Surface and Drawing to Cornerstones of Engineering, and expanded beyond undergraduate opportunities. Six graduate S-L courses took place this fall, also… Continue reading Service-Learning at Northeastern: Not Just an Undergraduate Experience
By Service-Learning Street Team member Tyler Nicholson With the end of the Fall semester looming, the winter months and holiday season are fast upon us. Winter not only brings a lot of commonly celebrated holidays, it also brings the cold. It REALLY brings the cold. Between runs to class in the frigid weather and dodging… Continue reading Reasons Why Service-Learning is the Gift That Keeps on Giving!
Role within service-learning: Service-Learning Program Assistant and Co-op, S-LTA. Service-Learning course: First-Year Writing Did you find service-learning or did service-learning find you? Describe how you entered this community. I found service-learning. While searching for my first co-op, I came across the job description for my current position. I researched more into what service-learning does and how… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity Henry Finnegan
Role within service-learning: Professor and member of the Service-Learning Advisory Board. Service-Learning course: Three of my courses include service-learning. One is an honors seminar with domestic service--this is the second year that this course has included a service element. The second course is a capstone course in physical therapy that includes an alternative spring break… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity Professor Lorna Hayward
By Joanne Choi Joanne Choi is a student in Education in the Community, a service-learning course. The following is a reflection she wrote about a service experience while volunteering at 826 Boston. *= Name change for privacy purposes What: It was October 27, and I was coming in for a volunteer shift at my Service-Learning site… Continue reading What, So What, Now What: A Service-Learning Experience
By Sara Sang, S-L student in Community Learning Sara is an international student in the America Classroom Program in the College of Professional Studies. She serves as a weekly conversation partner at Morville House. I have gone to community service for several weeks. Every time I have a good time with my conversation partner [at… Continue reading Reflections from NU Service Day
Role within service-learning: Tutor with 826 Boston Service-Learning course: ENGW1111 Did you find service-learning or did service-learning find you? Describe how you entered this community. Service-Learning found me. I went to class on the first day and learned that I would be doing service for my English class. What is one thing everyone should… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity Benjamin Saint-Fort
by Street Team member Tyler Nicholson Before I became a member of the Street Team, I took a Service-Learning (S-L) First-Year Writing course. My classmates and I served at the John D. O’Bryant Math and Science Academy through 826 Boston’s Writer’s Room and worked with students grades 9-12 on their literature assignments. Being in that… Continue reading Revisiting Service
By Street Team Member Ben Sanders With the start of each semester, our Service-Learning family here at Northeastern gets a little bigger with the addition of new community partners. All of these organizations do such amazing work all across Boston’s communities and we are very excited that they have partnered with us. Why not give… Continue reading Fall-ing in Love With Our New Community Partners
by S-L Program Assistant & Co-op Haomu Chen Pictured above: A group of Honors students took a traditional selfie (without a selfiestick) at Villa Victoria. What do I talk about when I talk about Boston? What do I talk about when I talk about Boston? When I applied to Northeastern, I talked about how Boston… Continue reading Community Walking Tours
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