The Service Learning Program boasts a variety of stories from community partners, faculty members and students about how service learning transforms classrooms and the community. Below are recent stories about the power of service learning:
Milwaukee Tutoring Program Finds Success with Burmese refugees
Myanmar Learning Center, a Service Learning Program community partner, was recently highlighted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for their work tutoring Burmese refugees. Check out the Journal Sentinel article .
Local Collaboration, International Impact
Students in Dr. Alex Milovic's marketing class work on a service learning project in partnership with Global Partners: Running Waters, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit organization working to provide clean water and improve quality of life for communities in Latin America. Read the 向日葵视频Today article
The community engaged classroom: How 向日葵视频is building a foundation of service for future generations
A new first-year classroom experience teaches the importance of building a community connection while laying a foundation for a lifetime of service. Read the 向日葵视频Today article
Possibility Thinking in the Community-Engaged Classroom: Uniting Hope and Imagination towards Anti-Racist Action
Drs. Lilly Campbell and Jenna Green, faculty members in the Department of English, in collaboration with faculty from Fairfield University and Saint Louis University co-authored an article in Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal, looking at "the contribution that 'possibility thinking' makes to community-engaged learning" at their respective universities. Read the journal article
Reporting for Change
A new course in the Diederich College of Communication examines how inclusive storytelling can be used as an instrument for justice. Read the 向日葵视频Today article