August 2011 Archives
Posted August 29, 2011 1:13 PM
The Center for Community Engagement prioritizes academic community engaged initiatives that promote sustainability and multicultural competence/diversity with a focus in Roseland. Dr. Chris Castagna of Sonoma State University's Department of Geography and Global Studies and the local non-profit organization, LandPaths, in partnership with the City of Santa Rosa, collaborate on a project that provides green space to people in Roseland. This project demonstrates an ideal example of what a reciprocal experience in service-learning should be -- that is, both the...
Continue reading Spotlight: Community & University Partnership Chris Castagna & LandPaths.
Posted August 28, 2011 1:18 PM
"I've sort of lucked out in being able to get into the field that I've always envisioned myself to be in, right after school," says Kara Doolin, 2010 graduate.Doolin, Environmental Studies and Planning major, visited the Estero Americano Land Trust property with Dr. Caroline Christian's service-learning Restoration Ecology class to collect data in the fall of 2009. She also met and worked with stewardship project manager Shanti Wright, and the partnership was a nice fit. She applied for and got...
Continue reading Community Engagement Through ENSP Service-Learning.
Posted August 22, 2011 1:19 PM
by Merith Weisman So, you have an event that you want to spread the word about? Or maybe you're looking for something to do this weekend? The SSU CCE hosts the Sonoma County Community Calendar and Twitter Feed! Here's how to use these resources: • Check out the Sonoma County Community Calendar or www.twitter.com/ssucceevntlstng • Subscribe to the calendar by clicking on the Google icon on the bottom of the calendar. It looks like this: • Follow www.twitter.com/ssucceevntlstng • To...
Continue reading How to Use the Sonoma County Community Calendar and Twitter Feed.
Posted August 15, 2011 1:20 PM
Academic service-learning is a pedagogy, or teaching method, that utilizes community service projects within the context of an academic course. Academic service-learning distinguishes itself from internships and other credit-bearing community experiences in several ways. First, the community experience is a component of an academic course, used as a "text" for student learning. Second, service-learning projects are designed in partnership with community to meet an expressed community need. Third, a structured reflection activity is utilized to help students understand how their community...
Continue reading What is Academic Service-Learning?.
