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What is Service-Learning?
"Service learning combines service objectives with learning objectives with the intent that the activity change both the recipient and the provider of the service. This is accomplished by combining service tasks with structured opportunities that link the task to self-reflection, self-discovery, and the acquisition and comprehension of values, skills, and knowledge content."
National Service Learning Clearinghouse, Learn and Serve America, Corporation for National and Community Service
“During your Service Learning experience you will learn about the ‘others,' finding out about their lives, thoughts, and struggles, and finally, discovering who you are.”
Sarah Blusiewicz, Sondheim Scholar
Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars have served with:
| Best Buddies Students and persons with mental retardation form friendships |
My Sister's Place Working with homeless women and children |
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| Choice Tutoring Assist at-risk youth ages 6-16 with academics and developing positive social skills |
MS Swim, Catonsville YMCA Physical therapy in swimming pool for multiple sclerosis patients |
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| College Gardens Community Center After school program with impoverished children or adolescents, tutoring and other social activities |
North Bend Elementary School Assisting teachers in Baltimore City classrooms |
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| Education Based Latino Outreach Tutors are paired with youth of Latino ethnicity |
Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents Working with emotionally disturbed adolescents |
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| English Language Center Conversation partner with international students new to UMBC |
The Learning Bank |
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| Int'l Rescue Committee's Refugee Youth Project Mentoring newly arrived refugee children |
US Veterans Medical Center Visiting with patients, recording oral histories |
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| Jewish Family Services Friendly visiting to enhance self-sufficiency |
You Are Never Alone (YANA) Assisting at a drop-in center for prostitutes |
Further Information
The Shriver Center at UMBC promotes service learning, civic engagement, and community-based service delivery through internships, service learning, and community involvement opportunities.
National Service Learning Clearinghouse America's premier website supporting the service-learning efforts of schools, higher education institutions, communities, and tribal nations.
Campus Compact A national coalition of close to 850 college and university presidents committed to the civic purposes of higher education by creating a supportive campus environment for the engagement in community service and a great source for service learning information.