By Service-Learning Program Assistant Asta MacKie Throughout the years, the Center of Community Service (CCS) has been so lucky to have so many amazing Program Assistants and Co-ops, so this semester we reached out to a few of them to see where they now! Read on to learn more about their time working in the office… Continue reading Where Are They Now? Reflections from Former Center of Community Service Co-ops
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More Than Just a Co-op
By Service-Learning Program Assistant Asta MacKie Our Service-Learning Team Managers go above and beyond in their roles within the program, and many have brought their passions for leadership and social justice beyond the Northeastern realm and into their co-op experiences. Read on to learn more about the professional experiences of Tyler Nicholson, Chelsea Lauder, and… Continue reading More Than Just a Co-op
S-Love Your Roommates!
By Service-Learning Program Assistant Asta MacKie Did you know that there are five pairs of roommates within the Service-Learning Student Leader Program this spring and summer? While some of these pairings were coincidental, others have known each other for years, and several even met through their positions at Service-Learning! Read on to learn more about… Continue reading S-Love Your Roommates!
Travel the World with Service-Learning: The United Kingdom
By Service-Learning Program Assistant Asta MacKie Northeastern University is well known for encouraging students to gain learning experiences abroad, and Service-Learning plays an important role in this opportunity. Read on to learn from some of the faculty members and past and present Service-Learning Student Leaders in our network about their own experiences participating in Service-Learning… Continue reading Travel the World with Service-Learning: The United Kingdom
Travel the World with Service-Learning: Ecuador
By Service-Learning Program Assistant Asta MacKie Northeastern University is well known for encouraging students to gain learning experiences abroad, and Service-Learning plays an important role in this opportunity. Read on to learn from some of the faculty members and past and present Service-Learning Student Leaders in our network about their own experiences participating in… Continue reading Travel the World with Service-Learning: Ecuador
Travel the World with Service-Learning: Greece
By Service-Learning Program Assistant Asta MacKie Northeastern University is well known for encouraging students to gain learning experiences abroad, and Service-Learning plays an important role in this opportunity. Read on to learn from some of the faculty members and past and present Service-Learning Student Leaders in our network about their own experiences participating in Service-Learning… Continue reading Travel the World with Service-Learning: Greece
Service-Learning Course Spotlight: Human Services Professions
By Haomu Chen, Street Team Member It doesn’t matter if you have just finished celebrating the greatest comeback in the history of all sports, or you have just got through another draining day in the office of your first co-op, or you are about to go into another 100-page-long journey of reading or writing. Let us… Continue reading Service-Learning Course Spotlight: Human Services Professions
Service-Learning at Northeastern: Not Just an Undergraduate Experience
By Service-Learning Program Assistant and Co-op Henry Finnegan With 50 classes this fall, Service-Learning (S-L) at Northeastern experienced it’s biggest semester yet. S-L courses were offered in every college, ranging from 2 Dimensional Fundamentals in Surface and Drawing to Cornerstones of Engineering, and expanded beyond undergraduate opportunities. Six graduate S-L courses took place this fall, also… Continue reading Service-Learning at Northeastern: Not Just an Undergraduate Experience
First-Year Writing: Science, Technology, & Human Values
By Ruthanne Bandy & Suzie Kim For Dr. Sarah Finn, incorporating service-learning into one of her courses has been a goal for many years. Finn has a doctorate in Composition and Rhetoric Studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where she completed her dissertation research on student activism and writing. Finn examined how student… Continue reading First-Year Writing: Science, Technology, & Human Values
Wednesday Nights with Service-Learning Student Leaders
Service-Learning Teaching Assistants, Team Managers, and Street Team Members gain professional development in workshops at weekly meetings. By Lisa Randall “What’s good in life?” At the start of each large group Service-Learning student leader meeting, Assistant Director of Service-Learning at Northeastern Lisa Roe begins by posing this question to the group. Street Team members, Service-Learning… Continue reading Wednesday Nights with Service-Learning Student Leaders