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
By Suzie Kim If there’s one characteristic Northeastern University students share, it’s that we are very busy people. Very busy. Being involved in at least two student organizations outside of classes, plus part-time jobs/work-study jobs seems to be an underlying standard for us Huskies. Service-Learning has always been an integral part of my experience here… Continue reading A Reflection on the Street Team
By Noa Golan As a freshman, I was lucky enough to find myself in Dr. Begley’s biology service-learning class. Initially, I didn’t quite understand what community service had to do with cell and molecular biology- that changed as soon as I started serving. I was a part of a group that was tasked with creating… Continue reading A Reflection from the Street Team: Noa Golan
By Ben Sanders This week, I had the pleasure of being able to sit down and chat with Professor Attwood, a long-time member of the Service-Learning Program, about the way service-learning melds with her course: Education in the Community. Professor Attwood graciously described the course to me, as someone who hasn't taken it before, and… Continue reading Catching up with Professor Polly Attwood and Education in the Community
A snippet of some things I have learned in my role as a first-year mentor for the Civic Engagement Program. By Harumi Harakawa First semester of freshman year was, to say the least, eventful. It was exhausting, exciting, cringe-worthy on so many levels, yet also filled with extremely memorable moments. Last year, I found my… Continue reading Musings of a (CEP) Mentor
Click through the lookbook to learn more about this semester's student leaders! http://issuu.com/nuservicelearning/docs/binder1?e=0/33848184
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
By Benjamin Sanders Will you be spending some time tutoring this semester as part of your service-learning class? Check out former S-L student-turned Street Team member Ben Sanders' PROTIPS for tutoring. As an added bonus for S-L students serving with 826 Boston this semester, register now for their tutor training taking place tomorrow from 6:30-7:30pm!… Continue reading #PROTIPS from an S-L Tutor
By Jessica Iocca I have been engaged in service in the Boston community since the start of my Northeastern career, first through Strong Women Strong Girls during my first semester on campus and later through the Service-Learning program. These two programs in particular have been cornerstones of my time at Northeastern and given me just… Continue reading Integrating Service in the Post-Grad World
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
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