Name: Taylor Drysdale Role within Service-Learning: S-L Student, Teaching Assistant, & Alumni College Affiliation: College of Science, College of Professional Studies Major: Psychology (and candidate for Masters in Elementary Education) Minor: Spanish How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? I've always tried my best to keep my life centered around... Continue Reading →
Here’s What You Missed: Spring 2019 Reception & Virtual EXPO
Written by S-L Co-op and Program Assistant Julia Barnes-Brown On Thursday, April 18th, Service-Learning at Northeastern hosted the Spring 2019 Service-Learning Reception & Virtual EXPO. This was the service-learning program’s second showcase of their re-imagined signature event. Over 200 people viewed artifacts from this semester's service-learning collaborations, hosted on the Virtual EXPO website, at viewing... Continue Reading →
Meet the Spring 2019 Service-Learning Student Leaders!
With the start of a new semester comes a new group of our incredible Service-Learning Student Leaders! Learn more about this semester's cohort with a flip through our Spring 2019 Service-Learning Student Leader Lookbook complete with student photos, bios and some insight into what animals they relate to most! Click the link below to see... Continue Reading →
Service-Learning Faculty in the News: Fall 2018
Let’s take a moment to recognize how Service-Learning faculty members have been highlighted throughout the Fall 2018 semester in the news on campus and across Boston! Books Reconceptualizing Faculty Development in Service-Learning/Community Engagement: Exploring Intersections, Frameworks, and Models of Practice July 31st, 2018 Stylus Publishing Becca Berkey- College of Social Sciences and Humanities The Urban... Continue Reading →
#CapturingCommunity: Yao Xiao
Name: Yao Xiao Role within Service-Learning: Center for Community Service Co-op and Program Assistant Major: Informatics Minor: Analytics How are your values expressed through your community engagement and community service work? I was a business student, and all I care was profit and efficiency until I am work with CCS, I start to feel more related to... Continue Reading →
A Weekend at the Boston Book Festival
Written by S-L Street Team Member Kelsie O’Flanagan Earlier this semester, the Street Team promoted the Boston Book Festival - an annual event that allows book-worms across Boston to join together for a day to celebrate both reading and 826 Boston (one of our beloved Community Partners). I had a chance to connect with Executive... Continue Reading →
Join the Team Today!
Join the Service-Learning Team! Applications are now open for Service-Learning Teaching Assistants and Street Team members. Are you interested in joining the S-L family or taking on a student leadership position? Make sure to get your application in by the newly extended deadline of Wednesday, November 7th. Want to learn more about what it means... Continue Reading →
Meet the Fall 2018 Service-Learning Student Leaders!
With the start of a new semester comes a new group of our incredible Service-Learning Student Leaders! Learn more about this semester's cohort with a flip through our Fall 2018 S-LSL Lookboook complete with student photos, bios and some insight on their favorite (or not so favorite) treats! Click the link below to see the... Continue Reading →
I Dare to Communicate with Strangers: Examining International Students’ Communication Goals and Strategy Use during Service-Learning
Congratulations to Service-Learning faculty member, Professor Lucy Bunning for her featured article in the latest issue of The Reading Matrix, an international online journal published semi-annually! The article, co-written with Professor Ilka Kostka, features Professor Bunning's research with The Center for Advanced Teaching and Learning Through Research (CATLR) Faculty Scholars program in 2016-2017 using data... Continue Reading →
Exploring Boston’s Neighborhoods with Education in the Community Students
By Spring 2018 Service-Learning Teaching Assistant for Education in the Community Lauren Silva Exploring Boston's Neighborhoods This spring, students in the Education in the Community Service-Learning course, taught by Polly Attwood, completed a neighborhood walk, individual reflection, and group presentation for their Exploring Boston’s Neighborhoods project. The neighborhoods included Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, South End, The... Continue Reading →