University of Southern Indiana - Extended Services: Community Outreach

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Service Learning is an academic pedagogical approach to university education that incorporates community projects into courses. There are two equally important goals of service learning:
1) enhancing student learning and 2) providing a valuable service to the community. For a service learning project to be successful, both goals must be met simultaneously. Ideally, students learn what courses are intended to teach, supplementing classroom instruction with “real world” experience, while also contributing something valuable to the community.

Typically, successful projects are done with community partners, where relationships are developed between an academic institution and a community group over time. At USI, we are in the process of setting up a Service Learning Program that will provide assistance in identifying and supporting learning projects. Many different departments on campus are participating in a planning process this academic year, while also providing support for a limited number of projects. This work will enable us to support many additional projects in the future.

Click here for: Service Learning Summer Institute Application
Click here for: Service Learning Course Schedule

For more information on Service Learning at USI, contact Anne Statham at 812/465-1203.

8600 University Boulevard - Evansville, IN 47712-3596 - 812/464-8600

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