Duke Service-Learning in partnership with Office of Civic Engagement and Social Science Research Institute has piloted a module which seeks to have students participating in service-learning think more deeply about: Positionality and Social Identity- Who am I as I go out to serve the community? Partnership- How should I go about service and creating partnerships? Root Cause Analysis- What gives rise to this need for service in the first place? Is my service an appropriate response? Faculty and Instructors interested… read more about New! Service-Learning Training Sessions Offered! »
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. read more about What Is Service-Learning? »
Dane Emmerling, Ryan Nilsen, and Laura Fieselman's book review published in Partnerships: A Journal of Service-Learning and Civic Engagement! Read it here. read more about Dane Emmerling, Ryan Nilsen, and Laura Fieselman Book Review Published in Partnerships! »
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. North Carolina Campus Compact is a collaborative network of 37 colleges and universities committed to educating students for civic and social responsibility, partnering with communities for positive change, and strengthening democracy. From 2018-2020, Joan will be providing guidance,… read more about Joan Clifford to Chair NC Campus Compact Advisory Council! »
Celebrate the Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award winners, student leadership and service at Duke and beyond at In the Spotlight on April 17th! Duke Service-Learning will be at In the Spotlight to recognize Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award winners Michaela Stith, Katie Hyde, Calvin Allen and Carolyn Colsher! Stop by to congratulate the students, organizations, faculty and staff who have been nominated to receive Duke's most… read more about 2018 Alden Award Winners Announced! »
Friday, April 20th, from 3:00 to 4:30pm at Penn Pavilion, Garden Room: Join fellow Duke students, alumni from the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, faculty and administrators in exploring how the Duke student experience has changed through time. We will reflect on the Latino student experience at Duke which is one to be shared and embraced. All are welcome to join in an interactive conversation facilitated by Nelson Camilo Bellido A.B.’89, past DUHLAA Chair & Managing Lawyer of large minority-owned law firm (Miami, FL… read more about Diversity at Duke: The Evolution of the Latinx/Hispanic Experience »
Are good intentions enough? Is service the best response? How prepared are you to make the changes you want to see in the world? On March 25, Duke Service-Learning, the Duke Office of Civic Engagement, and the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) will offer an interactive and challenging workshop for students doing community engagement work. This interactive and challenging session will examine issues to deepen community engagement, explore issues around identity and positionality, power and… read more about Thinking Deeply About Community Engagment »
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". David Malone, Director of Duke Service-Learning, facilitated the conversation which featured Dean of… read more about Duke Students & Faculty Brainstorm on Strategies for Engaging Difference »
Duke junior Kalif Jeremiah is a big believer in service-learning. He's taken three service-learning classes, all with Program in Education at Duke University. “Service-learning is paying it forward," he says. "That’s something that Big Mike, a bus driver on Duke campus, says all the time. Giving to the next person, and hoping they do the same, and just keeping the cycle going.” read more about VIDEO: Kalif Jeremiah on Service-Learning »
A former student from Dr. Kenneth Lyle's course, "Chemistry Outreach: Sharing Chemistry with the Community" (CHEM180) got in touch with him to let him know that her passion for sharing chemistry with the community still burns strong. "This past weekend I hosted my first big event as Head of School," she wrote. "It was so fun stepping back into my Science Teacher shoes as I put on a science show for my future students and their families (an audience of 200!). I owe so much of what I know to Dr. Kenneth Lyle and to Duke… read more about Former CHEM180 Student Continues to Share Her Knowledge in Schools »
Kevin Caves, biomedical engineering professor and service-learning faculty fellow, talks about a 3-D snap-on casing that turns a doorbell into a potentially life-saving alert system. Caves teaches the service-learning course Devices for People with Disabilities. Read the DukeToday article here. read more about Kevin Caves Featured in DukeToday! »
Service-Learning is a signature program of the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and is a fantastic way of fulfilling Duke’s commitment to knowledge in the service of society. Students who participate in the courses regularly report that they find the service component to be intellectually stimulating and to give them a sense of positive impact on the local community. You may request the service-learning label as early as you like, but to insure that your request in processed before book… read more about Request a Service-Learning Label for Your Course! »
The Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Awards recognize one graduating senior, one faculty member, and one community partner for their commitment to the ideals of service‐learning. Each Alden award recipient receives $250 to further develop his/her community-building and leadership skills. Graduating seniors, faculty members, and community partners who have participated in at least one service-learning course are eligible. read more about Betsy Alden Awards: Call for Nominations! »
David Malone, Director of Duke Service-Learning, is on Dean's Leave during the 2018 spring semester. The focus of David’s leave is to develop throughout the undergraduate experience more intentional ways of fostering student-centered conversations about meaning and purpose. The hope is to help students develop the awareness and skill sets needed to engage in authentic, thoughtful, respectful, and inclusive dialogue – inviting students to think more deeply about ways we can speak with each other about our most challenging… read more about David Malone on Dean's Leave »
Joan Clifford, Duke Service-Learning Faculty Consultant and the Director of Community-Based Language Initiatives, was just published in the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement (JHEOE). Congratulations Joan! Read the article, “Talking About Service-Learning: Product or Process? Reciprocity or Solidarity” here. read more about Joan Clifford's "Talking About Service-Learning: Product or Process? Reciprocity or Solidarity?" Published in JHEOE! »
Congratulations to Professor Dominika Baran for the release of her new book "Language in Immigrant America"! Professor Baran has been teaching a service-learning course by the same name for several years now as a way of helping students connect in a deeper and more meaningful way to class material. When students began engaging and developing relationships with community partners such as Church World Service, Durham Public Schools, Durham Public Libraries, El Centro Hispano and GANO (at Duke), class concepts were… read more about Professor Dominika Baran's "Language in Immigrant America" Published! »
Martha Morales, InSteppe, Inc. "We recently partnered with the Duke Service-Learning Program, and I would like to explain the immeasurable support we gained from working with Dr. Ana Fernandez (Spanish 308S) and her students. "InStepp, Inc. is a Durham-based nonprofit organization that helps at-risk women in the Triangle become self-sufficient through gender-responsive education, training, and prevention programs. One of our programs, Nueva Vida ("New Life") helps Latino women who are survivors of domestic… read more about Testimonial - InSteppe, Inc. »
Our 2016-2017 Annual Spotlight is an overview of our programming for the past year, featuring stories of people who have made a difference in our community, photos that tell the service-learning story, and our hopes for the future. We at Service-Learning welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions, and look forward to collaborating with you in our continuing efforts to strengthen the Duke experience. read more about Spotlight on our 2016-2017 year »
Graduating senior and Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award winner Christina Williams shares what service-learning has meant to her during her four years at Duke. read more about A Perspective on Service-Learning »
Duke Service-Learning co-sponsored the May 11th Engagement Retreat along with the Duke Academic Advising Center. Read this DukeToday story about the engaging day here. read more about Engagement Retreat, 2017 Edition »
It is such a pleasure to celebrate with our Alden Award winners each year, who exemplify the ideals of service-learning. Left to right, Christina Williams, student, Jehanne Gheith, professor, Denise Waters, community partner, Betsy Alden herself, Laurie Hays Coffman, community partner, and Kristen Larson, student. Christina Williams was recognized for the ways she has demonstrated that community-building and serving the public good are principles that she holds close to her heart through her many co-curricular and… read more about 2017 Alden Award Winners »
Professors Deb Reisinger and Mohamed Mwamzandi's class Voices in Global Health, Swahili gave students a meaningful semester, meeting with Swahili-speaking immigrants to help advance the students' Swahili and the Swahili-speakers' English. According to the service-learning assistant in the class, "It has been a challenging, but very fulfilling journey." Students and families are pictured here. read more about Voices in Global Health, Swahili Outreach »
Duke Service-Learning is delighted to announce our Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Award student winners for 2017. Kristen Larson (second from left) and Christina Williams (second from right) were chosen for their extraordinary community engagement during their Duke careers. (Others in the photo are Dane Emmerling, left, Betsy Alden, center, and David Malone, right.) Kristen's nominator, Ana Fernandez, stated, “Kristen’s genuine, generous and committed service is a common trait that she has displayed during her… read more about Two Stellar Students »
Duke Service-Learning invited Rhonda Fitzgerald from the Sustained Dialogue Institute (SDI) to campus in April to lead two workshops, with more than 90 faculty, staff, and students in attendance. The Institute defines dialogue as “a process of genuine interaction through which human beings listen to each other deeply enough to be changed by what they learn." She further explained that dialogue is collaborative, towards a sense of community understanding, as opposed to discussion, which is more … read more about Sustained Dialogue at Duke »
Professor Deb Reisinger's French 270T S-L course recently spent time translating the "know your rights" deportation document for their community partners. The Swahili class worked up a version in Swahili as well that will be sent to Church World Services to distribute to their clients. They also wrote postcards to elected officials about the new refugee cap. According to Reisinger, it was a great exercise in content and language as they discussed the new caps (from 110,000 to 50,000), and how the new order might affect… read more about Service-Learning Students Help Immigrants Learn Their Rights »
The S-L team had a big presence at the Gulf-South Summit in Greensboro March 23rd. Joan Clifford (pictured here with l to r Professor Yan Liu, student Makda Habtom, Church World Service staff Jourdi Bosley, and student Karla Beltran) led a panel, "Working in Solidarity with Language Communities." David Malone, Dane Emmerling and student researcher Michaela Stith spoke about a self-assessment tool for S-L faculty they are developing. And Amy Anderson shared her experiences with co-organizing and co-leading… read more about Service-Learning Team Participates in Gulf-South Summit 2017 »
Tania Mitchell, assistant professor of higher education at the University of Minnesota, and researcher in the field of service-learning, came to campus in February to offer workshops to more than 75 faculty, staff, and students on critical service-learning. Mitchell engaged attendees in a conversation about critical service-learning pedagogy, which attempts to foster a critical consciousness, allowing students to combine action and reflection in classroom and community to examine the historical precedents of social problems… read more about Tania Mitchell Comes to Campus »
Students from David Malone and Jan Riggsbee's Education 111 freshmen seminar worked with students at George Watts Elementary. Here are some photos of the projects the Duke/Watts teams of "buddies" produced. read more about Education Students Work with Elementary School Children »
Students from Deb Reisinger's Issues in Global Displacement: Voix Francophones class partnered with Church World Service to work in a beginning ESL class. They also participated in a workshop on teaching ESL. At another event, Duke students tried learning Thai to help destabilize them a bit and increase their understanding of how their community partners might feel as they attempt to communicate in English. In the fall they hosted a picnic for over 40 French-speaking immigrants, offering face painting, soccer, and pumpkin… read more about "Issues in Global Displacement: Voix Francophones" Students Partner with Church World Service »
Professor Joan Clifford's Spanish 308 student mentors work with Latinx 8th graders in the Enlaces program at Durham School of the Arts with a focus on facilitating conversation around politics. The photo with adults is from Urban Ministries. Students here led Spanish classes to help volunteers and staff communicate with Spanish-speaking clients. read more about Spanish 308 Students Mentor 8th Graders »