By Xin Sheena Zhou The organization I chose is Vibrant Boston. Vibrant Boston (VB) is a community-based non-profit organization; they offer many programs in art, education, sports and wellness that influence youth to become well-rounded, educated, and productive citizens by exposing them to positive after-school activities. Their mission is to engage the youth and their… Continue reading Learning Skills through Service
Working with Vibrant Boston
I am fortunate that my group was assigned Vibrant Boston because not only do we have a lot to offer them, but also they have a lot to offer us. By Alexina Prather For the Strategic Communications for Non Profit Organizations course, I am currently partnered with Vibrant Boston as a service-learning organization. Vibrant… Continue reading Working with Vibrant Boston
Friends of the Children, Boston
By Madeline DuBois When I was given my service-learning assignment, I was very excited to be taking on a challenge. That excitement has not diminished, but my expectations have been adjusted. I initially thought the position would be very structured with specific tasks to be accomplished each time, but there is actually a lot of freedom… Continue reading Friends of the Children, Boston
Getting in the Zone
By Kyle Rossini I am writing my reflection for my service-learning with Boston Scholar Athletes as I sit on the Red Line on the T, coming back from my first tutoring session, because I have so much stuff fresh in my mind that I wouldn’t want to hold off the reflection and forget it all. … Continue reading Getting in the Zone
Service-Learning and the Real World
By Claire Bergsten I am currently working with Hostelling International, an organization that runs hostels worldwide and has one in downtown Boston by the Theatre District. By the end of the semester, my service-learning group and I will have designed a strategic communications plan as our project. We are focusing on increasing attendance at their… Continue reading Service-Learning and the Real World
Practicing Language in the Community
By Kristopher Fernandez As any middle-school teacher will attest, teaching twelve-year olds is challenging. Commanding respect and attention is difficult under any circumstances, and it is even more difficult if they speak a different language. It is this situation in which I found myself when tutoring at the Wang YMCA. My task was seemingly very… Continue reading Practicing Language in the Community
My Experiences at the Boston Rescue Mission
By Carmen Costa I help serve at the Boston Rescue Mission on Kingston Avenue. About three weeks ago when I volunteered on October 12th, I got a behind-the-scenes look at the ways in which the Mission truly saves people that are close to or have hit rock bottom. There was another volunteer there that day… Continue reading My Experiences at the Boston Rescue Mission
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Fall 2015
S-L at NU goes to IARSLCE
On Tuesday, November 17th, Becca Berkey, director of Service-Learning at Northeastern, Lisa Roe, assistant director of Service-Learning at Northeastern, Hilary Schuldt, associate director of the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning through Research at Northeastern, and Gail Begley, director of the University PreHealth Program, presented their preliminary research on the second day of the International… Continue reading S-L at NU goes to IARSLCE
From S-L student, to S-LTA, to the Street Team
Jaclyn Hunter knows S-L at NU from all sides. By Jaclyn Hunter Over the past few years, I have had the pleasure of getting to know the Service-Learning program at Northeastern inside and out. In my first semester with Service-Learning, I applied to be a Service-Learning Teaching Assistant and then found out that one of… Continue reading From S-L student, to S-LTA, to the Street Team
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