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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
News and notes
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
Meramec Student Philanthropy Grant
Congratulations to June Mercer’s students, who are the recipients of the first Student Philanthropy Grant. Their student-written grant, approved by the Meramec Academic Service Learning/Civic Engagement Advisory Board, resulted in a computer server and memory capabilities for Webster Rock Hill Ministries, which will bring this agency into the computer age. The students created hand-tailored programs to meet their client’s need for reporting grants and tracking donations. The Student Philanthropy Project is funded by a Missouri Campus Compact Grant to help students understand the needs of the agencies they work with and how to write a grant to fund those needs. Grants will be awarded each year to service learning students to help their community partner organization. For more infomration contact Donna Halsband, dhalsband@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:
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Voice concerns to public officials via emails or letters.
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Inform their family and friends about public issues and encourage them to take action
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Remain attentive to public problems through the media
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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.