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 #CapturingCommunity: Yao Xiao
Name: Sophia LaCortiglia Role within Service-Learning: Graduate Assistant Program of Study: JD/MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? I highly value community advocacy and through my work in Service-Learning I can become a better advocate for future clients. What is one thing everyone should know… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Sophia LaCortiglia
Written by Service-Learning Student Morgan Steiner In September when I was assigned my Service Learning Partner, Massachusetts Children’s Alliance (MACA), all I knew about MACA was they worked closely with child abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment programs. After working with in a group with three classmates, we have developed a Strategic Communications Plan to help… Continue reading Reflection from a Volunteer for Massachusetts Children’s Alliance
Written by NU student Rylie Ellam I never thought that I would ever dance the tango with the elderly in Japan. I never even knew that it was an organized activity. But it is, and I did it! On my Dialogue of Civilizations in Japan [with faculty members Lori Gardinier and Thomas Vicino], my group visited… Continue reading Tango Therapy Reflections
Name: Asta MacKie Role within Service-Learning: Service-Learning Program Assistant How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? I believe that it is so important for large institutions, companies, and universities to take accountability for their presence and influence in a community and do what they can to make a positive impact rather than… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Asta MacKie
Name: Shelbe Van Winkle Role within Service-Learning: Service-Learning Team Manager and Service-Learning Teaching Assistant for Becoming a Global Leader What is one thing everyone should know about Service-Learning? I think everyone should know about the fluidity of Service-Learning. It's something of practice, planning, learning, and reflecting, however, the best thing about it is that no… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Shelbe Van Winkle
Name: Amanda Tompkins Role within Service-Learning: Service-Learning Program Assistant & Co-op and Service-Learning Teaching Assistant for Boston in Literature and Writing & Community Engagement How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? I try and look at the world through a social justice lens and my work so far in S-L… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Amanda Tompkins
Name: Emily Mann Role within Service-Learning: Professor for Child Intervention & Treatment What is one thing everyone should know about Service-Learning? Two things! 1. Service-Learning Teaching Assistants are amazing! 2. Students who may feel nervous about jumping into a community organization always find value in their experiences. For most students, these experiences provide a foundation… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Emily Mann
Name: Kelsie O'Flanagan Role within Service-Learning: Service-Learning Program Assistant, Service-Learning Team Manager, and Service-Learning Teaching Assistant for Community Learning How are your values expressed through your community engagement and Service-Learning work? I value working in the community in which I live and study, to ensure I'm stepping outside of the college bubble and interact with… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Kelsie O’Flanagan
Name: Lauren Scornavacca Role within Service-Learning: Service-Learning Teaching Assistant for Cornerstone of Engineering Did you find Service-Learning or did Service-Learning find you? Service-Learning found me! The summer before my freshman year I received an email from Professor Freeman. She is in charge of Service-Learning in the Cornerstone of Engineering course (which would later become the… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity: Lauren Scornavacca
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