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Teaching Note - Yes, We Can Make A Difference: Bsu Alumni Light The Way For Service Learning, Marybeth Tobin

Bridgewater Review

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Ouachita's Annual Spotlight On Arkadelphia Set For Aug. 25, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

Ouachita Baptist University's annual Spotlight on Arkadelphia community and service fair is set for Tuesday, Aug. 25, the first day of the 2015 fall semester. It will be held from 8 to 9:30 p.m. on Heflin Plaza and the Student Village Circle.

Oral History Interview With Ruth Chiang: Growing Smu, Ruth Chiang

Oral History Collection

The interview covered: first involvement with SMU, first batch of SMU students, student creed, CIRCLE values, student community service, finishing touch program, career services including OnTrac, internship, graduate employment service, Dato’ Kho Hui Meng Career Centre.

Biography:

Director of the Office of Student Life and the Office of Career Services, SMU, 2000-2015

Ruth has a Master Degree in Communications Management from the University of South Australia; a graduate Diploma in Business Administration from NUS and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Economics from Singapore University. She is also an accredited administrator of personality inventories like MBTI, DISC, MAPP, Proscan, …

Ouachita's Tiger Serve Day Volunteers Top 70,000 Service Hours Since 1997, Ouachita News Bureau

Press Releases

A total of 586 Ouachita Baptist University students, faculty and staff gathered April 11 for the university's 37th consecutive Tiger Serve Day, a semi-annual community service emphasis that stretches back 18 years to 1997.

What Are You Doing For Others?, Traci Pearl, Sasha Elias

Progressive Education in Context

Discusses the community service projects, an important component in the curriculum of the School for Children.

Improving High School Service-Learning To Increase Long-Term Impact On Volunteerism, Tracey Boldemann Tatkin

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Passage of the Kennedy Serve America Act in 2009 led to wide support for service-learning programs in high schools. The effectiveness of these programs on future volunteerism in college, however, has not been established. In the absence of research clarifying the variables that might influence programming effectiveness, it is difficult to design and adapt such programs to increase their impact. This study explored how high school service-learning programs could be improved to encourage greater student participation and to motivate continued volunteerism in college. A multiple case study methodology was used that included face-to-face interviews with 7 teachers and service-learning coordinators …