The Service-Learning staff and Advisory Board would like to extend their thanks to all who joined us for our inaugural event Publicly Engaged Scholar-in-Residence: A Discussion Series featuring Dr. Timothy K. Eatman. This event took place from Thursday, January 31st to Friday, February 1st, 2019. A special thank you to the incredible Dr. Eatman for... Continue Reading →
The countdown is on! Only three days until our inaugural Publicly Engaged Scholar-In-Residence event featuring Dr. Timothy K. Eatman. The Northeastern community welcomes Dr. Timothy K. Eatman for our inaugural two-day Publicly Engaged Scholar-in-Residence discussion series. Hosted by the Northeastern University Service-Learning Advisory Board (S-LAB), this event will take place from Thursday, January 31st, 2019 and Friday,... Continue Reading →
Written by S-L Graduate Assistant, Sophia LaCortiglia For the past few years, members of Northeastern's Service-Learning community have attended an annual Service-Learning conference hosted by Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Using the knowledge and information they learned from these conferences, a group of Service-Learning faculty hosted a Service-Learning workshop. This workshop centered on the research... Continue Reading →
T'was the Night Before the Virtual EXPO Written by S-L Street Team Member, Kelsie O'Flanagan T’was the night before the EXPO, when all through our network, Not a poster was present, not even just one. The site was set up by Program Assistant Chelsea with care, In hopes that the students projects will soon be... Continue Reading →
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 Director... Continue Reading →
Each semester the Service-Learning Program hosts its signature event – the Service-Learning EXPO. This year it is getting a face lift! The Service-Learning Program is excited to announce the launch of the Virtual EXPO. The EXPO now includes two components: A website where service-learning students, faculty, and community partners can submit digital artifacts of their... Continue Reading →
Written by Sophia LaCortiglia, Service-Learning Graduate Assistant On Tuesday, October 9th, Dr. Becca Berkey, Director of Service-Learning at Northeastern kicked off this semester's Faculty Author Talk series with a vivacious description of her latest publication “Reconceptualizing Faculty Development in Service-Learning/Community Engagement,” a book that delves into the intersection between educational/faculty development professionals and service-learning/community engagement... Continue Reading →
By Service-Learning Program Assistant Kelsie O’Flanagan As the Spring 2018 semester wraps us, many of the pieces of our Service-Learning puzzle had a chance to come together to celebrate another successful semester at our Spring 2018 Service-Learning EXPO! To see details on presenters, Spring 2018 community partners, and more, explore our Spring 2018 Service-Learning EXPO... Continue Reading →
By Service-Learning Program Assistant Kelsie O'Flanagan On a very rainy evening in early April, community partners and faculty members came together to network and discuss what keeps them up at night. This event consisted of networking and guided discussion for the purposes of exploring potential connections around what drives us in our work and the... Continue Reading →
