Month: March 2014

Fall 2014 Service Learning Designated Courses

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The following courses have been approved by the Service Learning Committee based upon these criteria that make up a service learning course.

1 – Collaborative partnerships consisting of the following aspects:

  • Need identification
  • Project development
  • Engagement in project
  • Evaluation of partnership and project and sharing of results with community partners
  • Willingness to share results

2 – Integration of course content and service

3 – Ongoing critical reflection/analysis

 

Fall 2014 SL Designated Courses

Course Name Number Credits Title Faculty email
LLAS/HIST 1570 4 Migrant Worker Mark Overmeyer-Velazquez mark.velazquez@uconn.edu
PT   5465 1 Public Engagement in Prevention, Health Promotion, Fitness and Wellness Susan Sullivan-Glenney susan.glenney@uconn.edu
EVST 1000 3 Introduction to Environmental Studies John Andrew Jolly-Ballantine andy.ballantine@uconn.edu
NUSC 1161 1 Introducing Food and Nutrition to Children through Reading Ann Ferris aferris@uchc.edu
EKIN 1160 1 Lifetime Sports Program, Topic: Health & Education in Urban Communities Ann Ferris aferris@uchc.edu
NUSC  3171 3 Husky Nutrition I Ann Ferris aferris@uchc.edu
NUSC 3172 3 Husky Nutrition II Joshua Clauser clauser@uchc.edu
NUSC 4295 3 Special Topics in Nutrition: Healthy Aging Catalina Quesada quesada@uchc.edu
EDLR 5518 3 Introduction to Sport Based Youth Development Jennifer Bruening jennifer.bruening@uconn.edu
URBN 2000 3 Introduction to Urban Studies Ruth Glasser ruth.glasser@uconn.edu 
EDLR
 3547 and 3547 W 3  Introduction to Sport Based Youth Development Jennifer Bruening jennifer.bruening@uconn.edu

New Service Learning Course Designation in Peoplesoft

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As of spring of 2014 Service Learning courses are designated in Peoplesoft. We ask all faculty who teach service learning to complete this submission process in order to get your course designated.  Having courses designated will allow the University and the Office of Service Learning have accurate service learning course information for reporting and quality control purposes.

 Application is below.  

Once submitted, your application will go to the Office of Service Learning and will be reviewed by the Service Learning Committee.

 

In completing this form and upon receiving the service learning designation you can anticipate several benefits:

 

1 – Students will have clear expectations of service learning activities and participation when they sign up for your class.

2 – Academic Advisors will have the ability to communicate about service learning specific courses with students.

3 – You will have access to support from the Offices of Public Engagement and Service Learning in addition to the Institute for Teaching and Learning for your course.

4 – Service Learning courses can be reported in Digital Measures self-evaluation at the end of the year under categories such as “Teaching Innovations and Other Pedagogical activities”; “Other Instructional Activities”; “Public and Community Service”; “Other Industry/Faculty Collaboration”.

5 – You can contribute to a growing group of engaged scholars.

 

If you are submitting this form for Fall 2014 designation, you will receive a response within a week from your submission.  Courses will be reviewed on a rolling basis and you will be further notified of specific deadlines.

 

If you have any concerns or challenges in completing this form, please contact Julia M. Yakovich at julia.yakovich@uconn.edu for technical support.

 

Service Learning Community Partner Interest From

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The Many Flavors of Service Learning ITL Seminar

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The Many Flavors of Service Learning: Three examples from Geography at UCONN
John-Andrew Jolly-Ballantine, Anji Seth and Carol Atkinson-Palumbo, Geography Department

Monday, March 31, 2014

11:15 am – 1:10 pm

John W. Rowe Center for Undergraduate Education (ROWE), Room 321

There are several ways in which service learning exercise can be use to support the objectives of a class, create links to the community, and provide students with an enriching and interactive experience. The experiences of three service learning faculty fellows from Geography illustrate several ways in which service learning can be applied in different classes.

Students in Dr. Anji Seth’s (GEOG 4300/5390 Advanced Physical Geography) class designed and implemented a community survey on knowledge of climate change science and then presented their results, along with climate science information at a community forum in Tolland.

Dr. Andy Jolly-Ballantine used service learning to have a group of students from Introduction to Environmental Studies perform research and hands-on work to find solutions to several problems at the WAIM Community Garden in Willimantic.

Dr. Carol Atkinson-Palombo’s class (GEOG/URBN3200, Urban Geography) is in the process of working with community partners to map population trends in Hartford neighborhoods and evaluate the impacts on local tax base; research and map changes in housing vacancies across Hartford neighborhoods over time; assess the potential in a variety of neighborhoods in Hartford for historic preservation to revitalize communities; and evaluate the potential that Union Station in Hartford has as a major transit center.  Findings will be shared with community partners at iforums.. While these are just three approaches to creating service learning activities for classes, the speakers will present information on the diverse challenges and successes of these projects that will help those currently using, or who are considering using, service learning in their own courses. Click here to register

The seminars are available to faculty, graduate students, and professional staff. Reservations are required and are accepted on a first-come-first serve basis. If you have signed up and are not able to attend, your colleagues would appreciate it if you let us know, as we often have waiting lists. Feedback from you is also important. It will help us focus as well as plan a more diverse program.

For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at stacey.valliere@uconn.edu

A boxed lunch will be provided.  If you have special dietary needs (vegetarian, gluten free, or both) please e-mail Stacey Valliere.