The Service Learning Faculty Fellows Program for Academic Year 2014-2015 has been redesigned by the Office of Public Engagement and the Institute for Teaching and Learning. This enhanced fellowship opportunity is designed to intentionally and consistently align with OPE’s philosophy of Relevant, Responsible, Reciprocal community engagement. The fellowship will begin with immersion training in mid-January followed by monthly two-hour workshops during the spring semester. Faculty who are accepted must commit to teaching a new or existing modified course with a service learning component in the fall of 2015. Faculty will receive continued support from the Office of Service Learning (OSL) and ITL throughout the fall, in addition to a monetary stipend or contribution to their department. Faculty Fellows are expected to mentor their colleagues in service learning as appropriate.

The Service Learning Faculty Fellows Program is open to all faculty on all campuses. Courses may be undergraduate or graduate, domestic or global.

The Office of Service Learning, as part of the Office of Public Engagement, supports academic and program-focused service learning at the University. The OSL is a resource for students, faculty, staff and community partners interested in the pedagogy of Service Learning which “is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities.” – Carnegie Foundation Definition of Service Learning

Required Fellow Orientation

Thursday and Friday, January 15 and 16 with a snow day on Monday, January 19 of 2015

Timeline for Fellow Application  

Deadline for submission: Monday, September 29^th

Notification from OSL: Friday, October 10^th

Faculty response to OSL:  Friday, Oct. 17^th

Application will be available, Tuesday, September 2.   

Christine Cress, PhD, professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Department at Portland State University, will visit UConn Storrs on Wednesday, September 17.  This event will focus on the institutionalization of service learning resonating with UConn’s newly adopted Academic Vision.  Dr. Cress will discuss how UConn and other institutions of higher education can meet stated academic goals through the pedagogy of service learning.

“Dr. Cress is a nationally renowned scholar for community-based learning across academic disciplines.  She has co-authored and published the best selling textbook, Learning through Serving: A Student Guidebook for Service-Learning Across the Disciplines (2nd edition, 2013). Her most recent book, Democratic Dilemmas of Teaching Service-Learning: Curricular Strategies for Success (2011), focuses on teachable moments and pedagogical strategies in the midst of democratic value and belief conflicts.”

Please join us on Wednesday, September 17th. This is an open event to other CT Campus Compact colleges and universities.

Please register below.

‘Vision’ to Reality: Institutionalizing Service Learning

9:30 to 11:00 – Institutionalizing Service Learning from Epistemological and Ontological Perspectives: Past, Present & Future

This presentation will include a small panel response in addition to a Question & Answer session.

Location: UConn Storrs Campus, Konover Auditorium, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center 

Please note that the presentation will be streamed live for UConn.  Please click here to access it.