1. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership SERVICE-LEARNING and University/Community Relations Jan Shoemaker Director, Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership jshoema@lsu.edu Deborah Normand, Jean Rohloff Assistant Directors

2. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Questions for Today  What is/isn’t service-learning and CCELL?  How can University Relations and the Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership (CCELL) help each other?

3. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership (CCELL) Program Vision “As a model for 21 st century land grant institutions, CCELL will provide a structured approach to community engagement that advances learning outcomes and develops leaders who practice their discipline with the highest sense of ethics and civic responsibility.”

4. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Service-Learning and LSU’s Civic Mission “Service-Learning will be a cornerstone of the academic culture and elevate LSU to national flagship status in strengthening and renewing the civic mission of research universities.”

5. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Service-Learning Scales the Walls to Reaffirm LSU’s Mission

6. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership What is Service-Learning?  Credit-bearing student learning experiences  University course learning goals  Organized service activities that benefit common good  Community-identified service goals  Civic responsibility enhancement  Rigorous structured reflection to connect service and learning

7. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Service-Learning Is Not……  Not just community service or volunteerism  Not add-on  Not just ‘feel good” experience  Not internship or practicum Please help us to avoid misconceptions.

8. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Pure Service Pure Learning SERVICE-LEARNING Service-Learning Benefits both Community and Student Learning Service-Learning Spectrum

9. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Service-learning Is Learning by DOING.

10. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Service -Learning Integrates Civic and Academic Goals. Critical thinking skills Problem posing and problem solving skills Course-specific skills and knowledge Learning how to learn (active learning, application, collaboration,etc.) Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. Service-Learning Course Design Workbook 2001 Diversity Leadership Root causes of social problems Ethical issues connected with discipline Citizenship and social responsibility

11. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Service-Learning Models Projects, placements, or combination models This year: 68 faculty 137 sections in 35 departments

12. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Math and English Placements  English and math students tutoring in 18 area public schools.  Nicholson Elementary credits math tutors for 100% of 4 th graders passing LEAP exams. The LSU - Volunteers in Public Schools Partnership has received the “Creative Collaboration Award” from the Gulf South Service- Learning Summit.

13. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Women and Gender Studies & Sociology Placements Students provide companionship to seniors and record oral histories for family records.

14. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Chemistry and Kinesiology Projects  Chemistry students do lab demonstrations in high schools. (Stanley awarded Alumni Professorship.)  Kinesiology students do brain function presentations in elementary schools. (Hondzinski won $3,000 grant for project.)

15. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Student proposals resulted in $50,000 grant to build playgrounds for physically challenged children. Technical Writing Project (Normand won Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award)

16. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Biological Engineering Project Students design and build playgrounds to accommodate human and environmental constraints. (Lima won $1,000 TIAA-CREF Award)

17. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership How can we help each other? Use SL to distinguish LSU among other flagships Share stories and pictures Dispel misconceptions about service-learning Promote CCELL and SL for faculty and student recruitment and funding Mention SL and Center contact info in articles Emphasize reciprocity: benefits to students, community, LSU Others?

18. © LSU Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership Helpful links http://www.cas.lsu.edu/ Click “Service-Learning” http://www.compact.org/ LSU HighlightsLSU Highlights: http://multimedia.lsu.edu/media/STUDENT.ram