SL update to BOT - Fall 2014

2. Center for Community Engagement & Service-Learning
Mission Statement: The Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning
stands for learning through service that produces students who are civically
engaged and graduates who are active, global citizens.
Vision Statement: A sustained, engaged relationship with the community through
the Geneva Partnership that promotes positive community change and enhanced
student learning.

3. Community Service
“To end hunger in our lifetime by providing
food and life-saving aid to the world's most
vulnerable and by creating a global
commitment to mobilize the necessary
resources.”
60,000 meals were packed by First-year
students over Orientation.
Backpacks for Geneva’s “Back to
School Program” were packed and
Community Gardens were tilled.

4. Service-Learning: Definition
• SL is a pedagogy that faculty use to incorporate service
into their courses. Students benefit through
experiential learning and reflection and the community
benefits through the students' service.
• SL is a credit-bearing educational experience in which
students
(a) participate in an organized service activity that meets
identified community needs, and
(b) reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain
further understanding of curricular content, a broader
appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of
personal values and civic responsibility" (Bringle and Hatcher, 1996).

5. SERVICE-LEARNING BENEFITS STUDENTS…
Student Reported Benefits
1. Develop real world
experience & skills
2. Critical thinking skills
3. Communication
4. Teamwork
5. Civic responsibility
6. Problem solving
7. Public speaking
8. Computer skills
9. Research skills
10. Analytical skills
10 Top Skills Employers
Seek
1. Written & Verbal
Communication skills
2. Interpersonal Skills
3. Motivation/Initiative
4. Strong work ethic
5. Teamwork skills
6. Analytical skills
7. Flexibility/Adaptability
8. Computer skills
9. Leadership skills
10. Organizational Skills

6. Service-Learning:
A High Impact Practice

7. Service-Learning: Reported Outcomes
• The most frequently reported value of service-learning
was the opportunity to interact in
meaningful ways with people from diverse
backgrounds. Service-learning creates
opportunities for social integration (promotes
retention).
• Studies indicate graduates who’ve volunteered or
taken SL classes have positive gains with regard to
civic leadership, charitable giving (including with
alma mater), and overall political engagement.

8. Service-Learning @ HWS
• Annually 400-500 students are enrolled in
approximately 20-25 Service-Learning classes
• 35 active community partnerships
• Examples:
– FY Seminar – Consuming Our World
– Intro. To Sociology
– Economics of Caring
– Life Cycles in History
– Public Policy

9. Community Based Research @ HWS
• Undergraduate Research = High Impact
Practice
• Annually Celebrated at Community Engaged
Research Forum
• Often a continuation fr
from a seed
planted in a SL class

10. Social Justice Studies Program
Interdisciplinary look into social, cultural, and
institutional responses to inequality and oppression.
~Social Justice Minor
~Civic Engagement and Social Justice Minor
Example – Explore social justice by delving
into topics such as distributive justice,
egalitarianism, libertarianism, resource and
welfare-based approaches, feminist and
capabilities approaches, and desert
approaches. Then, enroll in ECON 213 Urban
Economics to take a look at the basic
problems of urban areas today

11. National Discussion-
Value of Higher Education and Impact on Communities
Economic Impact of
HWS on Geneva: $83.3
million. An impact that would not have
existed if the Colleges were not located
in the city of Geneva.
Civic Impact of student +
Employee Time: The total
community service contribution of
students and employees or the
Colleges to the Geneva area is
estimated to be 190,419 community
service hours = $4, 180,000

12. How else do we know SL is effective?
• Alums come back and tell
us…
• 5 Semesters with Teagle
Foundation Funded
Scorecard
• CBR projects are archived
on City of Geneva’s
website

13. Questions?

14. Some demographics of Geneva…
• According to the 2010
census, the City of
Geneva had a population
of 13,261.
• The population of
Geneva comprises
approx. 12% of Ontario
County.
• The federal poverty level
for a family of 4 is
$23,550.
• The median income
in Geneva is $45,190
which is $12,00
below the county
average

15. Global workshop with 2nd graders – where are you from? “Whales!”
Finger Lakes Medical Associates – Geneva 2020 books @ 1st Well Child Visit

16. Ninth-grade students from Geneva High School had the opportunity to learn
about careers from community members who are engaged in Geneva 2020. This
was 'collective impact' in action, students finished the job shadowing
experiences knowing more about prospective careers, and equally important,
that their success in school is important to all of us.
Inaugural Job
Shadowing
Program

17. Geneva 2020 is included on NY State Cradle to Career Website
http://www.suny.edu/cradletocareer/