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Bringing Service-Learning to Student Organizations

Written by Street Team Member Rosa Martinez Service-Learning provides a great opportunity for students to bring materials from their service-learning course into other areas of their lives.  Avery Collard, an undergraduate student studying psychology, began her journey of volunteering back in high school. At Northeastern, she is a service-learning student in a course called Writing… Continue reading Bringing Service-Learning to Student Organizations

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Resilience: Food Access in our Communities

Written by CETR Program Associate, Chelsea Lauder For Community-Engaged Teaching and Research (CETR) at Northeastern, our Spring 2020 semester was interrupted, alongside the rest of the world, by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has highlighted existing issues for food access and security in our Boston communities. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boston Food… Continue reading Resilience: Food Access in our Communities

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An Interview With Dean Sceppa ~ The Dean of Bouvé College of Health Sciences

 S-L Street Team Member Salil KhannaAs a faculty member at Northeastern, you’ve been engaged with service-learning for a long time…. Can you tell me more about the program you organized, Healthy Kids Healthy Future?  A decade ago, in 2009, a group of organizers and I created Healthy Kids Healthy Futures. We worked within Northeastern University… Continue reading An Interview With Dean Sceppa ~ The Dean of Bouvé College of Health Sciences

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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 Exploring Boston’s Neighborhoods with Education in the Community Students