S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

Returning to S-L

By S-L Street Team Member Mollie McEvoy When considering the Service-Learning program on campus, many students might not immediately spot the deep-rooted community that has been interwoven between a multitude of disciplines across campus. This lesser known aspect of S-L has been a huge incentive for students to return time and time again to the… Continue reading Returning to S-L

S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

#CapturingCommunity: Sarah Thomas

Name: Sarah Thomas Role in Service-Learning: S-L Student College: Bouvé College of Health Sciences Major/Program of Study & Minor: Physical Therapy major, Psychology minor How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? Service-Learning has given the opportunity to give back to my community, which is something I have always tried to… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Sarah Thomas

S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

#CapturingCommunity: Rebekah Moore

Name: Rebekah Moore Role in Service-Learning: Faculty College: College of Art, Media and Design How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? By engaging alongside students in Service-Learning work through my Music and Social Justice course, I am privileged to uphold my own ethical responsibility—and that I believe all scholars should… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Rebekah Moore

S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

Connecting S-L and STEM

Many students perceive Service-Learning as something for Humanities majors, but little do STEM majors know, S-L is for everyone and is especially important for STEM majors. In this next installment of Connecting S-L and STEM, we will address confidence.  Confidence-- It is not something that can be taught, and it can only be gained from… Continue reading Connecting S-L and STEM

S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

Breaking the NUin bubble through Service-Learning

Written by S-L Street Team member, Cloe Grace Considering that many of Northeastern’s freshmen now start their college experience participating in study abroad, the term “NUin bubble” is becoming more prevalent than ever before. NUin is a Northeastern program, giving freshmen the opportunity to take classes abroad for their first semester with other students before… Continue reading Breaking the NUin bubble through Service-Learning

S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

#CapturingCommunity-Javier Apfeld

Name: Javier Apfeld Role within Service-Learning: S-L Faculty Member College: College of Science Department: Bioengineering How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? I love that my students have a chance to connect the concepts about the new science of aging they are learning in the classroom with the life experiences… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity-Javier Apfeld

S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

Connecting S-L & STEM

Written by S-L Street Team member, Cassandra Barrett Many students perceive service-learning as something for Humanities majors, but little do STEM majors know, S-L is for everyone and is especially important for STEM majors. As a biology major, the core curriculum focuses on building our scientific and technical skillset. Often, our classes fail to explore… Continue reading Connecting S-L & STEM

S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

#CapturingCommunity: Nancy Ho

Name: Nancy Ho Role in Service-Learning: S-L Teaching Assistant, S-L Team Manager Major: Combined Math and Finance Major What is one thing everyone should know about Service-Learning? Service-Learning is beyond "classic" experiential learning. No matter if you are a student or an S-LTA, you are part of the Service-Learning family and you are never alone… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Nancy Ho

S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

#CapturingCommunity: Mollie McEvoy

Name: Mollie McEvoy Roles in Service-Learning: Service-Learning Teaching Assistant. Service-Learning Team Manager Major: Human Services, with a concentration in Family and Child Services What is one thing everyone should know about Service-Learning? Service-Learning is for everyone! When I first started taking Service-Learning classes I thought they only existed in my major. However I soon learned… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Mollie McEvoy

S-L Student & Faculty Reflections

#CapturingCommunity: Shiko Githere

Name: Shiko Githere Role in Service-Learning: S-L Street Team Member Major: Behavioral Neuroscience What is one thing everyone should know about Service-Learning? I think that everyone should know that there are a lot of different sides to Service-Learning at NU and a lot of different ways to get involved! Regardless of whether you have plenty… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Shiko Githere