Sims Wins 2015 Alden Faculty Award

Sims Wins 2015 Alden Faculty Award

The Service-Learning Program is happy to announce the 2015 Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award winners. The Awards recognize graduating seniors, one faculty member and one community partner for their outstanding commitment to the ideals of service-learning.

Professor Sims has built an enduring relationship with his partner, Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF). Students in the class "Farmworkers in NC" attend marches and rallies with SAF, work in collaboration to produce documentary work, and try to truly understand and share stories about issues that affect farmworkers. The course also deepens the partnership by bringing high school migrant students to Durham to join his class in a discussion and tour of Duke's campus. SAF says that Professor Sims' course "exemplifies the best of what [they] think service-learning in a classroom can be."