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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

Service-learning is a common pedagogy in disciplines such as nursing, business, and sociology in which community service is combined with the application of knowledge and skills gained from the classroom (Mackenzie et al., 2019; Salam et al., 2019) found that service-learning leads to the “overall betterment of the local community” (p.

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Panel Explores Gun Prevention in Black Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

children rose 50% between 2019 and 2021. He currently facilitates workshops focused on trauma and gun prevention and said that more needs to be done to educate young people about the dangers of firearms. According to the Pew Research Center, gun deaths among U.S. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the U.S.

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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

Ward, president since 2019, will retire at the end of June 2025, the conclusion of Luther’s 2023-25 strategic plan. In her last year as president, Ward looks forward to ramping up community outreach efforts. More from UB: How these colleges successfully de-escalated campus protests Retired Jennifer K.

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Co-created learning and teaching through the lens of the development of a University-wide course

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Delivering: Designing a website, Learn page and final presentation to communicate findings from the consultations, brainstorming sessions and prototypes for the course. Jan 22, 2019

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Speed-date a language student: Raising aspiration and boosting graduate skills

Teaching Matters Academic Support

” Student Awards Engaging in community outreach work enormously boosts students’ graduate skills in areas of communication, problem-solving, personal autonomy and personal effectiveness. May 23, 2019

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Languages beyond University: A course offering community engagement in local schools for academic credit

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

The aim is also to bring the school class to the university to present their cultural experience project, as widening participation and community outreach. Feb 21, 2019 Photo credit: Annette Götzkes. For this initiative to work, effective partnerships are key.

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CCS and Wright Museum Partner for d.Tree Studio Exhibition

College for Creative Study

In 2019, the Wright Museum made a commitment to become a Zero Waste Institution. The goal of this partnership was to use the lumber harvested from the Zelkova trees in a creative endeavor and question how an African American museum and art and design school could set a precedent for climate justice art. “In