Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship

The Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship is sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and the Volunteer & Service-Learning Center. The goal of the Service-Learning Faculty Fellow program is to train and support faculty in designing or modifying courses that integrate service-learning into the course curriculum. The Fellowship is facilitated by the Academic Service-Learning Director. As part of the fellowship, faculty will receive the following:

• Readings and resources to assist with the design and development of service-learning courses
• Assistance forming community partnerships, orienting students to service-learning, and structuring syllabi and appropriate reflection exercises

Fellows are awarded a stipend of up to $750, $100 for each session attended and $150 for submitting the paperwork for designating a service-learning course. Each faculty member awarded a fellowship will agree to do the following:

• Attend and participate in six fellowship sessions
• Revise a syllabus for at least one course to include an academic service-learning component
• Commit to incorporate service learning in at least one class for the following semester

*Please note that only full-time faculty are eligible to participate in the fellowship.

Objectives

Participants who successfully complete the Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship will:

• recognize the differences between civic engagement through service-learning vs. community volunteerism
• develop partnerships with community entities engaged in work related to their course objectives
• apply strategies to engage students in meaningful reflection about authentic learning through service
• complete a syllabus outlining and implementing a new or revised course that utilizes service-learning principles