Spotlights

Gulf South Summit..................... 2

Faculty Gems ............................. 2

Faculty Fellows Program ............ 3

Student Profile ............................ 3

A Peek Inside Spring 2016 ......... 4

Service-Learning Symposium…..5

Honor Roll Recognition………...5

A Familiar Face joins the Center for Service-Learning Team

In July 2015, the Center for Service-Learning announced

the appointment of Interim Director of Service-Learning

and QEP Director, Kimberly Kinsey Mannahan. She re-

mains an Assistant Professor of Psychology within the

School of Arts and Sciences as well.

Dr. Mannahan joined the CCGA faculty in 2011. Since

then, she has implemented five service-learning cours-

es, partnered with over 25 community partners, and

been an avid supporter of the service-learning peda-

gogy. Dr. Mannahan received an Excellence in Service-

Learning Outstanding Faculty Award in 2014.

We are very excited to have her leading the team!

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January 19, 2016 Volume 2, Issue 2

What IS Service-Learning? Envision service-learning as an enhancement of the traditional classroom experience. Students who sign up for service-learning courses should expect to engage in traditional classroom lec-tures, presentations, etc. But they should also expect to engage in a relevant, meaningful service project that will enhance their academic classroom learning. Through critical reflection on the service and classroom experiences, students will make significant connections between course concepts in a real world setting.

Service-learning is intended to enhance academic learning, provide opportunities for personal and professional growth, and allow for civic learning through service activities.

We interviewed service-learning educators on our campus and asked them to share

the strategies that worked well for their respective disciplines.

“Being able to integrate this service-learning project into our lab, we have this extra

time because it gives us the opportunity to go out in the field and do these hands-on

class projects. We can build off the needs of our partner projects and cater to helping

those agencies.” - Dr. Tate Holbrook

“I found that I have to give up some control over the design of my course in order to

effectively implement service-learning. The projects seem to run more smoothly if I

don’t overschedule and don't over-plan. I listen to my students and allow the projects

to develop organically.” - Dr. Kimberly Mannahan

“The hands-on helping and the sense of community and doing something that

matters. Students seeing that they can use these dull, boring statistics and research

methods to answer questions and get answers that matter, and get answers that are

feasible to improving the quality of life for not just the animals, but the people.”

-Dr. Karen Hambright

“Getting students involved their freshman or sophomore year in the tutoring aspect

(relevant to math major courses and students interested in education) so they know

whether it is something that they really want to pursue in their future careers.”

-Dr. Laura Lynch

Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement through Higher Education

Faculty Gems: Words of Advice

The 2016 Gulf South Summit will be held in Savannah, Georgia from April 13th to April 15th. The mis-sion of the Gulf-South Summit is to promote research, ethical practic-es, reciprocal campus-community partnerships, sustainable pro-grams, and a culture of engage-ment and public awareness through service-learning and other forms of civic engagement (gulfsouthsummit.org).

We would like to congratulate our faculty and students who will be presenting at the Summit. We will highlight their projects in our next newsletter. Faculty and students who would like to attend the Summit are en-couraged to apply for funding. Please contact us at servicelearning@ccga.edu. Application deadline: Friday, February 5, 2016.

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Above: Marsh Cleanup Project

Below: Students working with

HOPE Community Development

Agency service project

“Service-learning theory begins with the assumption that experience is the foundation for learning; various forms of community service are employed as the experiential basis for learning.” - Morton &Troppe, 1996

“Service-learning theory begins with the assumption that experience is

the foundation for learning; various forms of community service are

employed as the experiential basis for learning.”

- Morton &Troppe, 1996

Revised QEP Objectives

and Service-Learning

Outcomes (S-LOs)

GOAL

To integrate and enhance stu-

dent-learning and develop-

ment through service-learning

activities and experiences that

also meets community needs.

OBJECTIVE 1

Civic Learning

Enable community engage-

ment and promote leadership

OBJECTIVE 2

Academic Enhancement

Link service experience to

course content utilizing critical

thinking and reflection skills

OBJECTIVE 3

Personal Growth

Promote openness to global

and diverse perspectives.

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Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Program

The goal of the Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship Program is to create opportunities through which a faculty member can share his or her successful service-learning teaching strategies, assist faculty peers in their service-learning education and implementation, and contribute to the overall development of the service-learning program. To be eligible to apply for the Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship, faculty members must be employed full-time at the College, have successfully taught a minimum of three (3) service-learning courses, and must complete an application and review process. The 2016 Faculty Fellows are Dr. Sarah Hartman and Dr. Lydia Watkins.

Dr. Sarah R. Hartman is an Assistant Pro-fessor in the School of Education and Teacher Preparation, and has been a ser-vice-learning faculty member since 2012. Dr. Hartman is a past recipient of the Excel-lence in Service-Learning Outstanding Fac-ulty Award in 2014. Last fall semester, Dr. Hartman taught two service-learning courses – Effective Instruction: Social Stud-ies and Effective Instruction: Language Arts. In the social studies course, teacher

candidates created lesson plans to teach on-site at the local cemetery to middle school students. The lessons integrated social studies benchmarks in a real-world classroom setting. Dr. Hartman hopes “to see service-learning become more impactful in the every-day lives of K-12 students; thus helping to excite and expose more folks to the notion of service-learning.” Dr. Lydia Watkins, Assistant Professor of Nursing, has been a service-learning professor almost as long as she has been a professor at CCGA. Since completing the training in sum-mer 2012, Dr. Watkins has taught four service-learning courses at the College. She is also a recipient of the Excellence in Service-Learning Outstanding Faculty Award in 2015. She has attended and presented at the Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning & Civic Engage-ment through Higher Education the last two years. She would like to assist other faculty in developing and executing service-learning courses and helping them tie projects to course learning outcomes. Dr. Watkins expressed that she has “a passion for service-learning” and understands the “importance of it as we help model civic engagement for our stu-dents.”

Student Profile: Shawn Knowles

Shawn Knowles (pictured on right) is a Senior at the College majoring in Psychology with a concentration of Human Services. Shawn is also a Student Assistant with the Center for Service-Learning. He enjoys his position at the College because he has the opportunity to work with faculty members, students, and community partners. His experience working with the service-learning office has carried over into his life off the campus. Shawn recently initiated a recreation program called Royal Inner City Athletics (RICA). At RICA, Shawn and his team provide recreational activities for inner city youth working with “At Risk “ children. The RICA program provide recreation/sports, tutoring, and mentoring opportunities for economically disadvantaged children and to youth considered to be below grade-level aca-demically. Shawn has a passion for helping others and it shows in his work at the College and in the community.

“We Rise By Lifting Others” - Robert Ingersoll

Shawn Knowles

Student Highlight

Nursing Major Holly Hammer

generously shared insight on

the value of service-learning

courses with The Compass

contributor Na’Chanelle

Brown:

What do you enjoy about the

service-learning experience?

“Learning about different or-

ganizations in the community

that I didn’t know about. “

How do you think service-

learning courses are different

than regular courses?

“It’s hands-on. You get to im-

plement what you learned in

class more than if you just

researched something and put

together a PowerPoint.”

What have you learned about

yourself in completing service-

learning classes?

“I’ve learned that I really want

to do work that’s substantial

and helps someone, and not

(schoolwork) that just gets a

good grade.”

A Peek Inside Spring Semester 2016

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Spring 2016 Service-Learning Course Listings

School of Arts & Sciences

Course

Biological Research David Stasek, PhD

Biology Senior Seminar David Stasek, PhD

English Composition II Rebecca Sharpe

U.S. History I Patrizia Stahle, PhD

Calculus I Treg Thompson, PhD

Infant & Child Psychology Carla Blumh, PhD

Social Psychology Kimberly Mannahan, PhD

Self & Social Existence Orsolya Kolozvari, PhD

School of Education & Teacher Preparation

Course

Integrated Practicum II Sharon Sellers-Clark, PhD

Capstone Integrated Internship Sharon Sellers-Clark, PhD

Explore Measurement & Geometry Courtenay Miller, PhD

Middle Grades Practicum II Sharon Sellers-Clark, PhD

Capstone Internship in Management Sharon Sellers-Clark, PhD

Prescriptive Literacy Institution Ronald Reigner, PhD

School of Nursing & Health Sciences

Course

Community-Focused Nursing Nicole Masano, RN, MSN, CNM

Nursing II Dawana Gibbs, RN, MSN;

Beverly Rowe, MSN; and

Donna Turner, RN, MSN

School of Business & Public Management

Course

Special Topics-Grant Writing Mary Eleanor Wickersham, PhD

The spring of 2015 culminated with a

remarkable Service-Learning Symposi-

um & Award Ceremony. There were

over 50 Service-Learning Showcase

posters presented by over 120 stu-

dents, faculty, and community part-

ners.

The 2016 Symposium will be held on

April 20 in the Southeast Georgia Con-

ference Center. The Poster Showcase,

the main event of the Symposium, will

take place from 11 am to 1 pm.

Students and faculty members are

invited to share their work via poster

presentation. The poster showcase

provides an opportunity for those

who have completed service-learning

projects to share their experiences

with fellow students, faculty, staff,

community partners, and other inter-

ested members of the community.

Poster presentations make great final

project for students. They are also an

a valuable professional development

experience. The Center for Service-

Learning covers the cost of printing.

Faculty members who would like to

incorporate a poster into their cur-

rent courses are asked to contact the

Center for Service-Learning for addi-

tional details and support at

ServiceLearning@ccga.edu

For the third year in a row, the Corporation for National and Community Service has named the College of Coastal Georgia to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary community engagement initiatives. The Honor Roll “recognizes higher education institutions whose community service (and service-learning) efforts achieve mean-ingful outcomes in their communities.” This is a proud achievement for the Center for Service-Learning, Division of Student Affairs, and the College as a whole. For further information about the President’s Honor Roll, visit: http://www.nationalservice.gov/special-initiatives/presidents-higher-education-community-service-honor-roll/2014-presidents-higher

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The Service-Learning Symposium & Award Ceremony 2016

CCGA Earns a Spot on The President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll . . . Again!

“The Best Way to Find Yourself is to Lose Yourself in the Service of Others”

- Mahatma Gandhi

The mission of the Center for Service-Learning at the College of Coastal Georgia is to

initiate and support curricular and co-curricular activities that enhance student learn-

ing and respond to the critical needs of our community. Our mission can be achieved

through the development of effective, collaborative campus/community partnerships

of service and learning.

Among the Center's tasks are to:

1.) Undertake a broad assessment of community needs and meet with local communi-

ty agencies to discuss potential and ongoing partnerships;

2.) Provide incentives, support, and training for faculty interested in the integration of

service-learning into teaching and research;

3.) Help build community and campus awareness of service-learning and its virtues/

benefits; and

4.) Support and assess current and future service-learning courses.

Our Mission Center for Service-Learning

College of Coastal Georgia

One College Drive

Brunswick, GA 31520

Have something you’d like to

contribute to this newsletter?

Please, send us an email with

your ideas and/or information

and let us know!

ServiceLearning@ccga.edu

For more information contact:

Kimberly Kinsey Mannahan, Ph.D.

Interim Director of Service-Learning

& QEP Director

Phone: (912) 279-5716

E-mail: KMannahan@ccga.edu

Cody M. Cocchi, M.Ed.

Asst. Director of Service-Learning

Phone: (912) 279-5976

E-mail: CCocchi@ccga.edu

http://www.ccga.edu/

servicelearning/

Newsletter Contributors:

Shawn Knowles

Writer & Student Assistant

ServiceLearning@ccga.edu