Jui-Chi Huang, assistant professor of economics at Penn State Berks, has been incorporating service learning into his curriculum this semester. With the support of the Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy at the Berks campus, Huang was able to establish a mutually beneficial relationship for the students and a community organization in need. (more)
For the past six weeks, 11 Penn State students and two faculty members have been working, studying and conducting research in Tanzania as part of a study abroad and service-learning initiative established by the H. Campbell and Eleanor R. Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The interdisciplinary program, developed by Brian Orland, professor of landscape architecture, and Larry Gorenflo, associate professor of landscape architecture, has taken students to the most remote parts of the East African country, where they are addressing issues of population growth versus environmental conservation. (more)
As college students across the country head to sandy beaches and other vacation destinations to create spring break memories this month, 22 Penn State Lehigh Valley students will spend March 8 to12 in the Texas cities of Port Neches and Texas City, where they will work with a local aid group to rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Ike in 2008. (more)
As college students across the country head to sandy beaches and other vacation destinations to create spring break memories this month, 22 Penn State Lehigh Valley students will spend March 8 to 12 in two Texas cities, Port Neches and Texas City, where they will work with a local aid group to rebuild homes destroyed by Hurricane Ike in 2008. (more)
Penn State's Office of Student Activities is sponsoring 2010 Alternative Spring Break, a seven-day, six-night service learning trip to Benton, W.V. This service learning trip is designed as an immersive and experiential opportunity for students to learn more about themselves, others and the world around them through service experiences in rural Appalachia. Applications are available now in 209 HUB-Robeson Center and are due by 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, in 209 HUB. (more)
Registrations are open for Penn State students to attend the Harrisburg Service experience on Saturday (March 28). Space is limited, and the group will leave at 7 a.m. from the HUB-Robeson Center, returning no later than 7 p.m. Harrisburg Service Experience is a day of service learning in Pennsylvania's capital. This service learning trip is designed as an immersive and experiential opportunity for students to learn more about themselves, others and the world around them through service experiences in a setting outside of the University Park and State College area. (more)
Applications are being accepted now through Feb. 13 for Penn State students to partake in Alternative Spring Break, March 7-13 at the Appalachian South Folklife Center in Pipestem, W.V. The trip is service learning experience designed as an immersive and experiential opportunity for students to learn more about themselves, others and the world around them through service experiences in Rural Appalachia. While performing basic home repairs and maintenance for low-income families, students will learn about issues affecting rural areas suffering from poverty. Students also will explore cultural, historical and recreational aspects of Rural Appalachia through excursions and educational programs. (more)
Penn State and the Rethinking Urban Poverty: the Philadelphia Field Project, headed by Professor Lakshman Yapa, were recognized as the 2008 recipients of the C. Peter Magrath University Community Engagement Award presented by NASULGC, a Public University Association, at its annual meeting. The project, an outreach program of Penn State, is a unique service-learning course that has generated more than 60 student-run projects addressing critical needs in areas as diverse as credit cooperatives, transportation and nutrition. (more)
