Service-Learning

UA Service-Learning is...  Enhancing academic coursework with service Providing resources to the community   Creating unique projects that help students and the community grow.

Check out the new YouTube Video about UA Service-Learning! (Thanks to Lauren Garcia-DuPlain)

             

Reciprocal = Service benefits the provider as well as the recipient

Rigorous = Service helps to achieve  specific academic goals and objectives

Relevant = Structured reflection about the service experience

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Service-Learning 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.

The service-learning office in the Institute for Teaching and Learning exists to foster student engagement and enhance learning through service-learning at the University of Akron.

We offer:

• Assistance integrating service-learning projects into coursework
• Training on the basics of service-learning
• Help building relationships with community partners
• Support through writing and implementing service-learning grant proposals.

For more information contact:

Dr. Theresa S. Beyerle

Associate Director, Institute for Teaching and Learning
Phone: 330-972-2154
Fax: 330-972-5728
tsb4@uakron.edu