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Start With Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trio students help at Circle of Concern

 

 

 

 

 

  

Spring 2011 service trip to New Orleans

 

 

 

 

 

College 020 students read to children at Educare

Service Learning

Service learning connects students' work in the classroom with needs in the community, either through hands on class projects, interdisciplinary collaboration for campus-wide events or the extension of one student's course material to fulfill a community need.

Learn about STLCC-Meramec student service experiences. Download the Service Learning Journal. (31.6MB PDF)

Each year over 2,000 STLCC students take part in some form of service learning, serving over 10,000 hours with 40 community partners (See STLCC Community Partners Catalog).

service Learning - STLCC Definition

Service learning is a teaching method which combines community service with academic instruction as it focuses on critical, reflective thinking and civic responsibility. Service learning programs engage students in experiential learning that addresses local needs, while developing their academic skills, civic responsibility, and commitment to the community. --ASL/CE Advisory Committee, Feb. 9, 2009.

Service learning calendar of events

Meramec Calendar

News and notes

Start With Service in 2012
A great way to start the new year is to get in shape and in this case we are talking about getting your insides in shape. Do good – feel good – learn more. During Service Week for faculty, we are offering a new workshop at Meramec, Start with Service, to help faculty get involved in Service Learning. It is Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 9:00 am in BA105. We hope you will join us for presentations by Pam Garvey, Julie High, Karen Olson and Patti Ziegler. If you are a student who wants to get involved in Service Learning, contact Donna Halsband at dhalsband@stlcc.edu.

Thank You for Fall 2011 Service
Service Learning would like to thank all who served during the fall 2011 semester.  Food collected during Hunger Awareness helped Operation Food Search and Circle of Concern kick off their holiday drives.  Thanks to the accounting department for facilitating the drive.  ESL students gave up a Saturday to help make a difference at Laumeier Park by clearing a large area of old growth invasive honeysuckle.  Fifty students from Meramec joined with Hands-On-Kirkwood to help the community with a variety of projects.  The nursing department really stepped up for Cancer Awareness day to inform students about many forms of cancer prevention.  Students from the Outdoors Club worked on the Don Robinson property to burn invasive cedar trees.  Thanks to all!

Service Learning Journal
We are currently taking submissions for the next Service Learning Journal to be published in 2013. If any student, staff of faculty member would like to contribute to subsequent issues of this journal, please forward materials to Pam Garvey in the following formats: Word or RTF for text and JPEG for photos. If you want us to use a caption you have written, please put it in the file name. PowerPoint presentations and videos may also be submitted; any music or image that is copyrighted must have permission to be used. Send all correspondence to pgarvey@stlcc.edu

Service Learning Is a Stepping Stone to Civic Engagement 

When students participate in a service learning project, they often observe major community-wide issues firsthand. While reflecting on their project, they are frequently encouraged to participate at the next level by becoming civically engaged. For example, they may:

• Voice concerns to public officials via emails or letters.
  (See the civic engagement websites for information on contacting local, state, and national representatives)
• Inform their family and friends about public issues and encourage them to take action
• Remain attentive to public problems through the media
• Realize the power of the ballot box.
  (See Project Vote Smart for information on ballots, candidates and elected officials)

The ultimate goal of service and civic engagement is for students to understand the importance of being lifelong, active citizens in their community.