“Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me and I will understand.” (Chinese proverb)
The goals of the Office for Community-Based Learning are:
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To enhance the students’ learning process through the incorporation of community service within academic courses together with structured reflection upon that experience in the context of the course.
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To enable students to experience personal transformation and a liberation of heart.
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To encourage within the student the development of a spirit of civic engagement that engenders awareness that leads to social action and a desire to participate in systematic change within the community.
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To engage students in an experience of service that benefits the community, the student, and the college.
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To assess the outcomes of the service-learning experience by providing assessment evaluation for students, faculty, and community partners.
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Promoting the development of community-based learning opportunities in a variety of departments and disciplines.
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Providing information to faculty as to how community-based learning and structured reflection upon the academic experience can be integrated into courses.
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Assisting faculty by providing presentations to class about service-learning and organizing the academic experience for the students involved.
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Maintaining a relationship with community organizations and agencies that can benefit from the college’s community-based learning initiatives.
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Participating in professional conferences on service-learning and experiential education.
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Providing for professors information, articles, resources, and sample syllabi pertaining to community-based learning and maintaining a community-based learning webpage.
“Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me and I will understand.” (Chinese proverb)