ALICE VARNADO HARDEN CENTER FOR SERVICE & ALICE VARNADO HARDEN CENTER FOR SERVICE & COMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNINGCOMMUNITY ENGAGED LEARNING

Division of Student Life: Jackson State UniversityDivision of Student Life: Jackson State UniversityDr. Gisele Gentry, Regina Clay, Eltease Moore, Dr. Gisele Gentry, Regina Clay, Eltease Moore,

Kimberly Harris, and Whitney MenoganKimberly Harris, and Whitney Menogan

““Everybody can be great because Everybody can be great because everybody can serve”everybody can serve”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

HistoryHistory The Center for Service and Community The Center for Service and Community

Engaged Learning was founded in Engaged Learning was founded in October of 2002, to support campus-October of 2002, to support campus-wide volunteer outreach and co-wide volunteer outreach and co-curricular service to the community and curricular service to the community and to enhance student learning, promote to enhance student learning, promote civic responsibility, and respond to the civic responsibility, and respond to the critical needs in the community through critical needs in the community through collaborative campus and community collaborative campus and community partnerships. In 2012, The Center for partnerships. In 2012, The Center for Service and Community Engaged Service and Community Engaged Learning was renamed to The Alice Learning was renamed to The Alice Varnado Harden Center for Service and Varnado Harden Center for Service and Community Engaged Learning (A.V.H) Community Engaged Learning (A.V.H) after the passing of Sen. Alice Varnado after the passing of Sen. Alice Varnado Harden. Harden. Sen. Harden graduated from JSU Sen. Harden graduated from JSU (B.S.,M.S.,Ed.D) and served as a (B.S.,M.S.,Ed.D) and served as a classroom teacher for over 14 years. classroom teacher for over 14 years. Serving three consecutive terms as Serving three consecutive terms as president of the Mississippi Association president of the Mississippi Association of Educators, Harden was at the forefront of Educators, Harden was at the forefront of the first teacher’s strike where she of the first teacher’s strike where she fought for better pay and working fought for better pay and working conditions. conditions.

HistoryHistory

During the 24 years in the Mississippi Senate, During the 24 years in the Mississippi Senate, Sen. Harden served as chair of the Senate Sen. Harden served as chair of the Senate Elections Committee, the Senate Education Elections Committee, the Senate Education Committee and the Universities and Colleges Committee and the Universities and Colleges

CommitteeCommittee. . Her reputation as a progressive leader and Her reputation as a progressive leader and

relentless advocate of education still lives on relentless advocate of education still lives on today.today.

Mission & GoalsMission & Goals Our mission is to engage faculty, Our mission is to engage faculty,

staff, students and community staff, students and community partners in an endeavor that partners in an endeavor that combines community service with combines community service with academic learning.academic learning.

““The University believes in an The University believes in an experientially enhanced learning experientially enhanced learning environment where teaching, environment where teaching, research and service are research and service are integrated and mutually integrated and mutually reinforcing.”-University’s mission reinforcing.”-University’s mission includes service & learning.includes service & learning.

The University responds to the The University responds to the needs of society to the best of its needs of society to the best of its ability and expects its graduates ability and expects its graduates to do likewise.to do likewise.

To assist students in developing To assist students in developing the skills necessary to be civically the skills necessary to be civically responsible citizens and to take responsible citizens and to take action on social issues that are action on social issues that are important to them.important to them.

Goals ContinuedGoals Continued The A.V.H Center for Service The A.V.H Center for Service

& Community Engaged & Community Engaged Learning seeks to inspire and Learning seeks to inspire and facilitate meaningful facilitate meaningful partnerships among faculty, partnerships among faculty, students and community students and community organizations that foster:organizations that foster:

* Experiential learning* Experiential learning * Real world problem solving* Real world problem solving * Faculty and student * Faculty and student scholarshipscholarship * Awareness of diversity and * Awareness of diversity and

multi-cultural issuesmulti-cultural issues * Broadened global * Broadened global

perspectivesperspectives

Core ValuesCore Values Civic EngagementCivic Engagement Academic AchievementAcademic Achievement Service-LearningService-Learning Social and Educational Social and Educational

PartnershipsPartnerships Community InvolvementCommunity Involvement Compassion and concern Compassion and concern

towards otherstowards others LeadershipLeadership Active citizenshipActive citizenship Social consciousness for Social consciousness for

improving the worldimproving the world

A.V.H. CSCEL-??A.V.H. CSCEL-?? Service requirement for all Service requirement for all

undergraduate studentsundergraduate students Students provide valuable Students provide valuable

services to agencies on local, services to agencies on local, national and international national and international levels.levels.

Students are introduced to Students are introduced to service during freshmen service during freshmen orientation & new students orientation & new students welcome week.welcome week.

All freshmen university of All freshmen university of success classes conduct success classes conduct orientation for community orientation for community service placement. (A.V.H. service placement. (A.V.H. CSCEL orientation and site CSCEL orientation and site orientations are conducted).orientations are conducted).

Clubs, organizations, athletic Clubs, organizations, athletic teams and faculty/staff also teams and faculty/staff also provide services to the provide services to the community.community.

A.V.H CSCEL-Student A.V.H CSCEL-Student ResourcesResources

Placement InformationPlacement Information Service Experience Service Experience

(Reflection)(Reflection) Site SelectionSite Selection Site Evaluation FormsSite Evaluation Forms A.V.H. CSCEL student A.V.H. CSCEL student

handbookhandbook Community service hours Community service hours

on transcriptson transcripts

A.V.H CSCEL-Student A.V.H CSCEL-Student ResourcesResources

Placement InformationPlacement Information Site SelectionSite Selection Community service hours Community service hours

on transcriptson transcripts

Future ResourcesFuture Resources Service Experience Service Experience

(Reflection)(Reflection) Site Evaluation FormsSite Evaluation Forms A.V.H CSCEL student A.V.H CSCEL student

handbookhandbook Electronically view service Electronically view service

deadlines, download deadlines, download community and service community and service learning forms.learning forms.

Alternative Spring Break Alternative Spring Break informationinformation

National Student National Student Exchange InformationExchange Information

Service-Learning Planning Service-Learning Planning CalendarCalendar

A.V.H CSCEL-Community A.V.H CSCEL-Community ResourcesResources

Information on how to Information on how to become an approved become an approved community partnercommunity partner

Guidelines for community Guidelines for community partnerspartners

OrientationsOrientations Service applications and Service applications and

other formsother forms Service and service-Service and service-

learning project learning project development.development.

Alternative Spring BreakAlternative Spring Break Students travel the region and Students travel the region and

nation during weekend and week-nation during weekend and week-long breaks learning about social long breaks learning about social and cultural issues and performing and cultural issues and performing community service that address community service that address the issues of those areas.the issues of those areas.

2010: New York, NY: Hunger Project2010: New York, NY: Hunger Project 2009: Mississippi Delta Beautification 2009: Mississippi Delta Beautification

ProjectProject Hurricane Gustav ResponseHurricane Gustav Response 2008: Chicago, IL: Chicago Cares 2008: Chicago, IL: Chicago Cares

Project Project 2007: Washington, D.C: Homeless 2007: Washington, D.C: Homeless

ProjectProject 2006: D’Iberville, MS: Hurricane 2006: D’Iberville, MS: Hurricane

ReliefRelief 2005: Jacksonville,FL: Hurricane 2005: Jacksonville,FL: Hurricane

ReliefRelief 2004: Gullah Islands, SC: Historic 2004: Gullah Islands, SC: Historic

PreservationPreservation 2003: Break-A-Way Leaders Training-2003: Break-A-Way Leaders Training-

KansasKansas

Alternative Spring BreakAlternative Spring Break

2011: China?2011: China? 2012: Hattiesburg, MS and New 2012: Hattiesburg, MS and New

Orleans, LA: Disaster ReliefOrleans, LA: Disaster Relief 2013: Washington, D.C and New York2013: Washington, D.C and New York 2014: Atlanta, GA: Hunger Project2014: Atlanta, GA: Hunger Project

Community Service & Student Community Service & Student Service AmbassadorsService Ambassadors

These students work and These students work and serve as liaisons from the serve as liaisons from the center to the agency. They center to the agency. They coordinate on-site coordinate on-site orientations, sign-in orientations, sign-in sheets, surveys and sheets, surveys and promote community promote community service projects for their service projects for their assigned site. assigned site.

Ambassadors are required Ambassadors are required to have student leadership to have student leadership training.training.

National Student Exchange National Student Exchange

This undergraduate program permits full This undergraduate program permits full time enrolled students to exchange within time enrolled students to exchange within the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico or the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands. Students can study up U.S. Virgin Islands. Students can study up to one calendar year at nearly 200 to one calendar year at nearly 200 participating colleges and universities.participating colleges and universities.

Students who participate in NSE to take Students who participate in NSE to take advantage of the unique geographical, advantage of the unique geographical, cultural and academic characteristics of cultural and academic characteristics of institutions in other U.S. regions.institutions in other U.S. regions.

Service-LearningService-Learning

“… “… a teaching and learning approach a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service that integrates community service with academic study to enrich with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.and strengthen communities.

-National Commission on SL-National Commission on SL

The Difference Between Service-The Difference Between Service-Learning and Other Forms of Learning and Other Forms of

Student OutreachStudent Outreach

1.) Service-Learning is distinct from 1.) Service-Learning is distinct from other forms of student outreach other forms of student outreach because it attributes equal weight to because it attributes equal weight to both service and learning goals.both service and learning goals.

2.) The service is performed as a way 2.) The service is performed as a way of learning about concepts in a of learning about concepts in a course or discipline.course or discipline.

ReflectionReflection Reflection is the key by which Reflection is the key by which

service experiences are service experiences are transformed into learning.transformed into learning.

Helps to promote Service-Helps to promote Service-Learning Campus-wide.Learning Campus-wide.

Faculty Fellows ProgramFaculty Fellows Program

Effective reflection:Effective reflection:• links service objectives by links service objectives by

integrating the service integrating the service experience with course experience with course content.content.

• occurs regularly within occurs regularly within course.course.

• Includes components that can Includes components that can be evaluatedbe evaluated

Benefits from community service Benefits from community service and service-learningand service-learning

College students: Apply concepts from the College students: Apply concepts from the classroom to the service at community agencies.classroom to the service at community agencies.

Learn to work with diverse communities.Learn to work with diverse communities. Gain knowledge and expertise from the Gain knowledge and expertise from the

community.community. Evaluate, question and reformulate civic value.Evaluate, question and reformulate civic value. Prepare for participation in internships and Prepare for participation in internships and

research.research. Explore career optionsExplore career options Provide worthwhile assistance to the community .Provide worthwhile assistance to the community .

Benefits for Faculty MembersBenefits for Faculty Members Assist in the development of innovative Assist in the development of innovative

approaches to instruction.approaches to instruction. Provide support for Service-Learning courses Provide support for Service-Learning courses

(student orientation, site monitoring and (student orientation, site monitoring and reflection activities)reflection activities)

Sponsor programs, speakers and symposia on Sponsor programs, speakers and symposia on service-learning.service-learning.

Support faculty members’ efforts to disseminate Support faculty members’ efforts to disseminate information through conference presentations information through conference presentations and publications.and publications.

Provide opportunities for collaborative community Provide opportunities for collaborative community research and project development.research and project development.

Benefits for Community and Benefits for Community and Community PartnersCommunity Partners

Give access to the services of university Give access to the services of university students.students.

Increase volunteer diversity in gender, age Increase volunteer diversity in gender, age and race.and race.

Allow agencies to identify needs and meet Allow agencies to identify needs and meet those needs through the development of those needs through the development of service projects.service projects.

Build ongoing relationships between the Build ongoing relationships between the university and the community partner.university and the community partner.

Benefits for Jackson State Benefits for Jackson State UniversityUniversity

Drive the university as an Drive the university as an active, engaged partner in active, engaged partner in the community.the community.

Further the goals of the Further the goals of the strategic plan and the strategic plan and the mission of the university.mission of the university.

Facilitate university Facilitate university teaching, research, and teaching, research, and program development.program development.

Increase student retentionIncrease student retention..

CSCEL-Faculty ResourcesCSCEL-Faculty Resources Training/FacilitationTraining/Facilitation Curriculum DesignCurriculum Design Reflection AssistanceReflection Assistance One-on-One ConsultationOne-on-One Consultation Faculty handbookFaculty handbook Service-Learning Planning CalendarService-Learning Planning Calendar Service-Learning Course EvaluationService-Learning Course Evaluation