University of Southern Indiana - Outreach and Engagement: Community Outreach

Outcome for Students

USI's Service Learning Committee has Created Five Learning Outcomes:

1. Enhanced civic and democratic engagement
*Recognize one's civic responsibility
*Develop a richer sense of what it means to be in community

2. Enhanced capacity for difference/change making
*Recognize that one can make a difference
*Envision the future and the ability to find the resources to create that future

3. Enhanced learning through disciplined reflection
*More profound understanding of discipline-based knowledge/skills
*Ability to apply what's learned - skills/knowledge

4. Greater comfort/skills in working with diverse groups and environments
*Gained largely through immersion in the local context

5.Enhanced sense of belonging to the USI community
*Students gain a greater sense of belonging to the USI community

For more information you may contact Anne Statham at (812) 465-1203 or e-mail her at aastatham@usi.edu.

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