Academic Service-Learning

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What the S?!

As you look through the many class choices for the Spring 2012 semester, you might have come across a course where an ‘S’ followed the Course ID and Section.  You probably asked yourself, your friends and your advisor, “What does that ‘S’ mean?”

Did you get an answer?  If the answer was “Service-Learning,” you’re correct!  Now what’s service-learning?

Service-learning combines academics with community services.  It a new approach to teaching and learning that provides you with the highest academic standards and delivers meaningful service to improve our community.  Through service-learning course, you’ll learn about current local issues and how these issues relate in a global context. 

Best of all, service-learning classes relate to your major!  They can be about anything.  Need to take Juvenile Justice?  Take it with Dr. Monahan and mentor students at Common Ground High School.  Interested in Creative Writing?  Enroll in Dr. Horton’s course and gain first-hand experience leading poetry workshops!   Do you want to use your dental skills to help the public? Then, Professor Prajer has just the course for you with Dental Hygiene Concepts IV!

Think about it.  What if instead of just sitting behind a desk, you could actually go out into the community and work with an organization that relates to your interests?  What if instead of just writing a term paper based on something you read in a book, you could reflect on your own personal experiences?  Thanks so service-learning, you can do just that!

Enrich your academic experience.  Give back to your community.  Gain real world experience in the field that interests you.  Register for a service-learning course! 

For additional information about academic service-learning courses, contact Sally Anastos at 203-479-4588 or sanastos@newhaven.edu.