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First-Year Students Serve Northeastern Through Activism: Feminist Student Organization

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Introduction By Grace Di Cecco, Service-Learning Teacher Assistant This spring, freshman honors students in Professor Sarah Finn’s First-Year Writing course “Science, Technology, and Human Values” have participated in Service-Learning by joining on-campus activist groups that relate to course themes of science, technology, and human values. Their service work has informed their learning in the course as… Continue reading First-Year Students Serve Northeastern Through Activism: Feminist Student Organization

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First-Year Students Serve Northeastern Through Activism: Slow Food

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Introduction By Grace Di Cecco, Service-Learning Teacher Assistant This spring, freshman honors students in Professor Sarah Finn’s First-Year Writing course “Science, Technology, and Human Values” have participated in Service-Learning by joining on-campus activist groups that relate to course themes of science, technology, and human values. Their service work has informed their learning in the course as… Continue reading First-Year Students Serve Northeastern Through Activism: Slow Food

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First-Year Students Serve Northeastern Through Activism: Behind the Smile

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Introduction By Grace Di Cecco, Service-Learning Teacher Assistant This spring, freshman honors students in Professor Sarah Finn’s First-Year Writing course “Science, Technology, and Human Values” have participated in Service-Learning by joining on-campus activist groups that relate to course themes of science, technology, and human values. Their service work has informed their learning in the course as… Continue reading First-Year Students Serve Northeastern Through Activism: Behind the Smile

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#CapturingCommunity Haomu Chen

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Role within service-learning: Program Assistant (co-op) and S-LTA Service-Learning course: ENGW 1111 first-year writing Did you find service-learning or did service-learning find you? Describe how you entered this community. I found S-L because I found out about this job on nucareer while applying for my first co-op. I was then officially welcomed to the community… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity Haomu Chen

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#CapturingCommunity Benjamin Saint-Fort

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  Role within service-learning: Tutor with 826 Boston Service-Learning course: ENGW1111 Did you find service-learning or did service-learning find you? Describe how you entered this community. Service-Learning found me. I went to class on the first day and learned that I would be doing service for my English class. What is one thing everyone should… Continue reading #CapturingCommunity Benjamin Saint-Fort

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Revisiting Service

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by Street Team member Tyler Nicholson Before I became a member of the Street Team, I took a Service-Learning (S-L) First-Year Writing course. My classmates and I served at the John D. O’Bryant Math and Science Academy through 826 Boston’s Writer’s Room and worked with students grades 9-12 on their literature assignments. Being in that… Continue reading Revisiting Service

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My Place to Contribute: A Reflection on First-Year Writing

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As an outsider, I must respect the space that has already been created while recognizing my place to contribute. By Akiro Duey Service-Learning has provided me with a different view of my learning in the classroom, especially based on my own placement. During my work with Boston Scholar Athletes, I have gained a significant amount… Continue reading My Place to Contribute: A Reflection on First-Year Writing

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Dr. Sarah Finn’s First-Year Writing Students Partner with on-campus Groups

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By Emma Clouse This semester, students in Dr. Sarah Finn’s First-Year writing course, Science, Technology, and Human Values, have been serving on-campus student groups advocating for change ranging from local to global action. The course is structured to bring fresh and current perspectives from these groups on campus into the classroom discussions and assignments, while… Continue reading Dr. Sarah Finn’s First-Year Writing Students Partner with on-campus Groups

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Six Semesters of Service-Learning with Professor Bret Keeling

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By Megan Fowler Street Team member Megan Fowler sat down with First-Year Writing faculty members Bret Keeling and Chris Featherman to talk about how Service-Learning is integrated into two different sections of the same course. Professor Keeling's students are partnered with seven community-based organizations (826 Boston, X-Cel, BalletRox, Boston Scholar Athletes, Let's Get Ready, the Hurley School, and EMK), while… Continue reading Six Semesters of Service-Learning with Professor Bret Keeling