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Service-Learning
AC 1152
503-491-7323 Fax 503-491-6090
Welcome to Service-Learning!
Whether you are a student, faculty member, or community partner, we welcome your interest and invite you to learn more about service-learning at MHCC.
What is Service-Learning?
Service-learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates classroom theory with experience through meaningful volunteer service activities that are in response to real community needs. Characteristics of service-learning include:
- Linkage between academic content and service to the community
- Structured reflection activities used to demonstrate learning
- Mutually beneficial for student and community
What Students Are Saying About Service-Learning…
I learned way more about social problems through service-learning than I would have from the classroom alone. The opportunity to have direct interaction with people effected by an issue made a real difference; not only in the physical act of helping, but also in my own awareness of our connection as humans, and breaking down the illusion of separateness that many of us have
Sociology 206, Spring 2007.
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For more information about Service-Learning, please contact Eric Juenemann in the Career Planning & Counseling Center.
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