1. Significance of Service
“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three
meals a day for their bodies, education and culture of their minds,
and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what
self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Melissa Shehane, Ph.D.
Department of Student Activities
Texas A&M University

2. Why Serve?
This is a huge and challenging question for some to answer and it is easy for many. In between this continuum lies others. Today we want to introduce to you the continuum and have you challenge yourself as you think about your impact on society
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In 2015, the dollar value / hour of volunteer service was $23.56
Independent Sector, 2015
62,8 million Americans, or 25.3% of the adult population gave 7.9 billion hours of volunteer service worth $184 billion in 2014
Corporation for National and Community Service, 2014
Volunteers spent a median of 52 hours on volunteer activities during the period from September 2014 to September 2015
Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2015

3. WHAT IS SERVICE-LEARNING?
“Service‐learning is a form of experiential education in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities for reflection designed to promote student learning and development” (Jacoby, 1996).

4. PRACTICE YOUR PASSION
What is one thing that you love doing and when you are in that moment the time melts away?
If money wasn’t an issue, in what way would you serve others?
How can you find this “sweet spot” during your time at A&M and beyond?
Discuss with a partner your answers to these questions.
Share story about Ms. Smith in MSC Hospitality.

6. PUBLIC GOOD What does the "common good" mean, and why does it matter?
How do people in our community work for the common good?
Why serve?
Why does service matter?
What can we do as engineers to support the common good in our school and community?
What do I have to give? How has the service of others helped me?
How far am I willing to go to make a difference?
As you approach service at TAMU, we want you to have a conversation at your table by answering the quests on the slide. We have put a set of these questions on each table.

7. Prepare, Engage & Reflect
Service 101, The basics of serving

8. What is civic-minded leadership?
Direct: Tutoring, working with the elderly, face to face
Indirect: stocking a food pantry, collecting clothes, donating money, books etc.,
Advocacy: writing letters, holding town meetings, holding a play
Research: finding, gathering or reporting on information. Testing water, Survey?
Direct ● Indirect ● Advocacy ● Research

9. How do you know there is a need? Is the project meaningful?
PREPARE
Prepare:
1. How will you integrate the service into the curriculum?
2. Do students and the community have a voice in selecting and planning the service project?
3. Is there a genuine need for the service project? Does the local community or school community share the same enthusiasm for the project as the students do?
(Cannot view the community as a pocket of need, laboratory) (Bingle, Games, Mallory). The community has to be look upon as a partner for the common good of citizens. City-grown relationships are the heart of service learning.
4. How can the service be designed so that it is a meaningful service experience for students and community members?
Action: Performing the Service Reflection: Evaluation and Understanding Celebration: Recognition and Closure

10. Development genuine relationships
Be Meaningful
Development genuine relationships
Be Collaborative
Have supervision
ENGAGE
Be meaningful
Have academic integrity
Be developmentally appropriate
Provide student ownership
Have adequate supervision
Allow time for observation
Promote problem-solving

11. Group Discussion ● Journal Artistic Expression ● Class Presentation
REFLECT
Reflection is the structured opportunity for students to critically think about their service experience and apply their learning in a broader academic, social and personal context. Reflection activities also provide additional opportunities to link academic work with service activities. There are many different types of reflection activities including:
Discussion
Writing
Reading
Artistic expression
Class projects
Presentations

12. Components of Civic Leadership
Plan in advance
Provide orientation
Develop written documents
Stay on top of the project or stay involved within the community
Take time to reflect and evaluate progress

13. Resources Leadership & Service Center Peace Corp
Stuact.tamu.edu
AggieServe.tamu.edu
Volunteer Opportunities Fair
Peace Corp
Colleges and Universities as Citizens
Learning for the Common Good
By: Thomas Jeavons
Service-Learning and Learning Communities: Tools for Integration and Assessment
By: Karen K. Oates and Lynn H. Leavitt

15. Societal/Community Values
SOCIAL CHANGE MODEL
Group Values
Collaboration
Common Purpose
Controversy with Civility
CHANGE
Consciousness
of Self
Congruence
Commitment
I want to introduce to you quickly, the Social Change Model of Leadership
Established in 1994 by a consortium of Student Affairs professionals, the Social Change Model
approaches leadership as a purposeful, collaborative, values-based process that results in positive social
change. The Model was built upon the following assumptions:
- Leadership is socially responsible, it impacts change on behalf of others.
- Leadership is collaborative.
- Leadership is a process, not a position.
- Leadership is inclusive and accessible to all people.
- Leadership is values-based.
- Community involvement/service is a powerful vehicle for leadership.
Ramona
The Individual: What personal qualities are we attempting to foster and develop in those who participate in a leadership development program? What personal qualities are most supportive of group functioning and positive social change?
The Group: How can the collaborative leadership development process be designed not only to facilitate the development of the desired, individual qualities (above), but also to affect positive social change?
The Community/Society: Toward what social ends is the leadership development activity directed? What kinds of service activities are the most effective in energizing the group and in developing desired personal qualities in the individual?
Give academic examples of service
Citizenship
Societal/Community Values
Individual Values

16. Visible Service-Learning Not Visible
Service Performed- (picking up trash, planting tree, etc.)
Change in attitudes, values, perceptions, beliefs, knowledge
Critical Thinking
Communication
Teamwork
Civic Responsibility
Problem Solving
Service-Learning
Not Visible