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C. Building Student Leadership for Service-Learning Programs
In addition to the need for managerial oversight, one of the goals of
faculty members is to strengthen the leadership skills of students—some
of whom will comprise the next generation of community activists, business
leaders, and educators. Many of these future graduates are likely to be
instrumental in building new internships and other community-oriented
opportunities. The networking experiences they gain from leading activities
while on campus can pay important dividends for the institution as well
as for students.
- Allegheny College - Center for Economic
and Environmental Development
Student interns conduct energy sessions with homeowners and tenants,
give presentations to community groups, write lesson plans for schools,
collect energy data, develop outreach materials, and learn the fundamentals
of energy auditing.
- Assumption College - Community Service-Learning
Program
Students are linked to the community while introducing youngsters to
various cultural opportunities.
- Berry College - Hunger and Homelessness
Outreach, Programs, and Education
Student leaders created this program and have served as educators and
activists in arranging to distribute a complex web of food resources
on behalf of an impoverished community. These student leaders raise
awareness of poverty issues and avenues for eradicating hunger and homelessness.
They coordinate volunteer efforts being made by various campus groups.
- College Misericordia - The Service
Leadership Center
Students who participate in service-learning are recognized through
a series of graduated acknowledgements including letters of recognition,
bookmarks, and t-shirts. All students received certificates documenting
the number of service hours provided, and their transcripts denote those
courses with a service-learning component.
- New England College - Project
Pericles
Work-study students recruited through Americorps and Campus Compact
are grant-supported student leaders for the Center. These students,
with widely different backgrounds, help maintain the website; make connections
with partner agencies; work with faculty members to include service-learning
in the curriculum; coordinate special events; staff long-term projects;
and document, collect, and assess data. Many of the Center's activities
are student directed.
- Otterbein College - The Community
Service Learning Center
Student coordinators' leadership skills are developed from the time
they enter the program. They recruit and organize other students who
are delivering services and work with admissions staff members to help
identify political candidates for scholarship opportunities. They are
involved in planning, including preparations for one-time events and
volunteer recognition activities. Many become student leaders in campus
organizations, clubs, and special interest groups. Some students lead
training services for peers who tutor and mentor. They may also plan
workshops and opportunities for reflection.
- Presbyterian College - Communities
Helping, Assisting, and Motivating Promising Students
College students learn to mentor, counsel, and tutor in little brother/little
sister programs and in various service-learning projects.
- Rhodes College - Rhodes Service
Scholars Programs
Student leaders are empowered to develop and implement community-based
programs that address specific community needs.
- St. Ambrose University - Marketing
for Mississippi Valley Growers Association
Undergraduate students of the University created interview teams to
learn from business owners and other sources about the problems they
were facing. The students designed interview guides for focus groups;
recruited focus group members; conducted group sessions; followed up
with a survey; and reported results to the business owners.
- Tougaloo College - Partnership in
Excellence
Community service and service-learning activities provide opportunities
for students to interact with community partners on a one-on-one basis.
Under the Center for Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility infrastructure,
the resources of the Delta Leadership Institute will be used
to enhance the activities of the Partnerships in Excellence Advisory
Council. The goal of the Leadership Institute is to develop a new cadre
of grassroots leaders possessing the knowledge, skills, and expertise
to engage in strategic planning and to effect positive change of socioeconomic
disparities within their communities.
- Wartburg College - Community Builders:
Fostering Intergenerational Civic Engagement
Student leaders visit neighborhoods to lead discussions about texts
with themes that are pertinent to civic engagement, current events,
and projects that engage neighbors who offer acts of service. These
student leaders help create "a virtual time capsule" that
portrays the meaning of community and civic engagement in each neighborhood.
- William Woods University - Rosa
Parks Center
Students are given the chance to mentor youth and be supervised by Center
staff.
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