Lisa Bowers: Language Learning and Literacy (CDIS 5273)
Meet Professor Lisa Bowers, assistant professor of Communication Disorders. She is teaching a newly-designated service learning course Language, Learning and Literacy (CDIS 5273). By adding a service learning component to Language, Learning and Literacy,...Continue Reading: Lisa Bowers: Language Learning and Literacy (CDIS 5273)
Shelby Johnson: “The biggest benefits of service learning courses include the ability to invent and experience in clinics”
Meet Shelby Johnson, Biomedical Engineering student, from Paris, Arkansas. She took Dr. Jensen’s service learning course BMEG 470V: Clinical Needs Findings for the first time in fall 2018. According to Shelby, this learning experience allows students to...Jean Henry on Public Health Internship
Meet Professor Leah Jean Henry! She is an associate professor of Community Health Promotion at Health, Human Performance and Recreation, College of Education and Health Professions. For the past years, she has been supervising Public Health Internship which has...Andre Figueroa: “Service learning helps improve my problem-solving skill”
Andre Figueroa from Cusco, Peru is currently a student of Biomedical engineering at the University of Arkansas. He took BMEG 3801 Clinical Observations and Needs Finding last semester with Dr. Hanna Jensen. It was his first time taking a service learning...Continue Reading: Andre Figueroa: “Service learning helps improve my problem-solving skill”
The Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center Teaching Awards Ceremony
Professor Tim Cavell, this year’s Service Learning Teaching Award recipient, was recognized at the Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center Teaching Awards Ceremony on September 25th, 2018. The Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center (TFSC) at...Continue Reading: The Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center Teaching Awards Ceremony
High Impact Practice (HIP) 9: Service Learning as a High Impact Practice
Katherine Wilson and Febriyanti Lestari gave a presentation titled “Service Learning as a High Impact Practice” at the HIPs retreat. They discussed the difference between service learning, internships, and community service. ...Continue Reading: High Impact Practice (HIP) 9: Service Learning as a High Impact Practice
Apply now for service learning materials and travel grants
The University of Arkansas Service Learning Initiative is pleased to announce opportunities for faculty and instructors who are engaged in, or looking to become engaged in, service learning on the University of Arkansas campus. These opportunities include: Materials...Continue Reading: Apply now for service learning materials and travel grants
Embedding Service Learning into EAAT Course
Did you know that horse can be great therapeutic partner? Have you heard about Equine Assisted Activities and Therapies (EAAT)? The University of Arkansas Animal Science Department provides documented evidence of the benefits of horse-human interactions through this...Continue Reading: Embedding Service Learning into EAAT Course
U-Rise targeting socially-oriented problems
Meet Professor Kate Shoulders! She is the faculty in Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology at the University of Arkansas. Her class AGED 401V: Undergraduate Researches Improving Student Experiences (uRise) has been newly designated as service learning...Continue Reading: U-Rise targeting socially-oriented problems