Nazareth College Center for Service Learning

Nazareth community members lifting a wooden frame

Examples

Education | English | Biology/Ecology
Nursing | Psychology | Social Work

Leading the Way In Connecting Community Service to Classroom Experience. Faculty in the Undergraduate Inclusion Program in the Education Department at Nazareth are leading the way in linking curricular efforts to community service. The following programs are site-based. Courses are taught in local public schools.

Introduction to Literacy
Differentiated Learning
Learning Theory and Curriculum for Diverse Learners
Developmentally Appropriate Strategies for Reading in the Content Areas
Inclusive Practices in the Construction of Meaning in Mathematics/Science/Social Studies.
Planning and Assessment for Differentiated Learning/Field Work in Inclusion

ENGLISH:

ENG 102 College Writing contains a component where students can participate in a project with the Monroe County Jail.

BIOLOGY / ECOLOGY:

Community Education: The Importance of Trees. Nazareth College has a long tradition of acquiring and maintaining interesting trees.

Beverly Brown's Plant Biology class and William Hallahan's Ecology class developed a detailed map of the unique trees on campus. As part of the project, undergraduates established a walking tour of the campus highlighting our special trees and discussing the important role of trees in the environment. This tour is available on the web as a virtual tour or as a self-guided tour with an informative brochure. Student led tours of the tree walk are also available to the public. (Submitted by Dr. Beverly Brown, Assistant Professor of Biology)

NURSING:

In the capstone or senior seminar course, HEALTH, NURSING & SOCIETY: A Multidisciplinary Perspective:

Students are required to engage in 24 hours of community service, verbally share their experiences with peers periodically during the semester, and write a reflective paper about their service-learning project.
Students are encouraged to choose the type of community service that interests them. In the past, students have elected to engage in service-learning projects with a wide range of agencies including hospices, the Red Cross, Planned Parenthood, St. Joseph's Neighborhood Center, and many others.
In some instances, students' Service-Learning occurs outside the confines of a particular agency.
- After collecting used health-related books and journals, one student made arrangements to send the items to the Library at the Sioux's Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
- In an effort to address the nursing shortage, Nursing students designed and implemented a recruitment campaign to inform high school students about careers and educational requirements related to the Nursing profession.

PSYCHOLOGY:

AGING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE: Combining Service With Learning. This Liberal Arts course PSY340 assists students with integrating a hands-on community placement with some of the major theories and facts related to biological, psychological and social aspects of the older person, as well as with the research concerning various ways in which older persons influence and are influenced by their surroundings.

Dr. Ladrigan's philosophy about Aging and Community Service course is this: Aging & Community Service not only assists the community, but also creates citizens who have a positive attitude toward service, are more knowledgeable about social problems and issues, who are experienced in skills necessary for effective service, and who learn to understand significant concepts and subject matter as they develop their abilities to study and learn in an active way.

SOCIAL WORK:

Several of the social work courses include a Service-Learning component.

Agencies that we work with include the Baden Street Settlement House, and the Adams Street Recreation Center. Courses include the Introduction to Social Work (SWK222).