Dane Emmerling Pursuing PhD at UNC's Health Behavior Program!
Dane Emmerling, Assistant Director of Duke Service-Learning, has been accepted into UNC’s Health Behavior Doctoral Program at Gillings School of Global Public Health. Dane will be studying interventions to eliminate health disparities and critical consciousness raising programs to help students and community members to develop skills, commitments, and efficacy around working toward social change.
2018 Alden Award Winner Michaela Stith Reflects on Service-Learning
Duke’s service-learning courses have allowed me to reflect on the real-world impacts of systems and institutions in ways that neither service nor classroom learning could have achieved alone. I completed three service-learning courses and participated in the Service Opportunities in Leadership Program during my first two years at Duke.
2017-18: Highlighting Community-Engagement
Our Adobe Spark multimedia story highlights just a few of the over 65 service-learning and community-engaged courses that Duke Service-Learning has supported this 2017-18 academic year. Click on the link to learn how faculty, students and communities worked together in 2017-18 to promote social equity and social change!
Joan Clifford to Chair NC Campus Compact Advisory Council!
We are excited to announce that Joan Clifford, Faculty Consultant and Director of Community-Based Language Initiatives, has accepted a nomination to serve as Chair of the North Carolina Campus Compact’s advisory council.
What Is Service-Learning?
Duke Service-Learning connects academic curriculum to communities to foster enriched learning and engagement in ethical collaborations. In this video, Duke students and faculty talk about the impact that service-learning has had on their lives.
Duke Students & Faculty Brainstorm on Strategies for Engaging Difference
What are the specific skills we need to develop in order to communicate thoughtfully, respectfully, and inclusively with the people we don't always agree with? Duke students and faculty shared their experiences, questions and strategies during a student-centered conversation entitled "Sustaining Dialogue Around Values, Beliefs, Meaning and Purpose in a Time of Polarization".Featured Courses
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This course is based on experiential service-learning. Students partner with Student Action with Farmworkers, a non-profit that places students with migrant farmworkers in North Carolina. The focus is on those who bring food to our tables, particularly those who labor in the fields of North... read more about Farmworkers in North Carolina: Roots of Poverty, Roots of Change » -
"It's a very odd thing that we've decided as a culture that the one thing we know is going to happen to all of us, which is we're going to die someday, we don't talk about," says Professor Gheith, who teaches Medical Ethics, Aging, and End of Life Care in the US. "And if we don't talk about it, it... read more about Medical Ethics, Aging, and End of Life Care in the US » -
Course Overview: This course explores the construction of Latinx identities and the formation of community voices by examining cultural, political and social issues at local and national levels. You will be asked to deepen your role in the community as an advocate, activist, and/or ally. You will... read more about Latino/a Voices in Duke, Durham, and Beyond » -
Course Overview: This course explores the global migration and resettlement of Francophone refugees. Through historical, political, and literary perspectives, we examine the current state of refugees and asylum seekers in Western host societies, with a particular focus on Central African refugees... read more about Global Displacement: Voix Francophones » -
Course Overview: Few experiences are more vital than childhood! Using digital photography and a documentary approach, this course will explore one of Durham's public schools. Each Duke student will produce a semester-long project that speaks to the heart of the school, the teachers, the students... read more about Digital Documentary Photography: Education, Childhood, and Growth » -
Course Overview: Service-Learning course exploring the history, theories, and strategies behind activist sexual health education theater as it has been used locally and globally. Intensive training on sex, sexuality, HIV/AIDS, and history of artists interventions to open urgent dialogues.... read more about Performing Sexual Health » -
In this course, students designed software for real clients such as Duke Hospital and the NC Maritime Museum, and they developed programs including a CPR app and Tiny Tastes to encourage a healthy diet in sick children. In addition to learning new technical skills, students learn teamwork, social... read more about Delivering Software: From Concept to Client » -
Course Overview: Design of custom devices to aid disabled individuals. Students will be paired with health care professionals at local hospitals who will supervise the development of projects for specific clients. Formal engineering design principles will be emphasized; overview of assistive... read more about Devices for People with Disabilities »
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Duke Service-Learning connects academic curriculum to communities to foster enriched learning and engagement in ethical collaborations. We provide consultation, training, research, and advocacy for the work of faculty, staff, students, and communities to support academic programming that joins communities in promoting social equity and social change.