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服務研習通訊第十六期 Office Of Service-Learning Newsletters, Volume 16, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

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如果沒有明天

今期通訊以「如果沒有明天」為主題，與您探討「生死」這個看似遙遠，實為貼身的課題，但願您能藉此體會到生命的終極意義和價值！

If there were no tomorrow

With the theme of “If There Were No Tomorrow”, we discuss “life and death”, an importance topic that appears to be distant from us. In this issue, you will be inspired to find the ultimate meaning and value of life eventually!

Moving To A New Paradigm: A Reflection On Ethics, Sara Bajor '15

Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics

No abstract provided.

Mislp : Be A Change Maker = Mislp : 蛻變, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

OSL Book / Book Chapter / Manual 書刊/文章/教材冊

This is a booklet all about Mainland and International Service-Learning Program (MISLP) offered by the Office of Service-Learning (OSL). OSL colleagues and our MISLP participant, Jessie NG (Graduated in 2014) spent countless hours on this book to let you know what MISLP participants have learnt and how joyful they feel about this program.

Homeless For One Winter Night: A Nursing Student's Perspective, Hannah Alewett

A with Honors Projects

For an A with Honors project for Parkland College, the student reflects on her overnight volunteer experience with CU@Home's One Winter Night, an event to raise funds for the cause of homelessness. As a nursing student, the author also reflects on homelessness from a health care perspective.

A Critical Assessment Of Spu’S Urban Plunge: A Proposal For The John Perkins Center, Scott D. Jackson

Honors Projects

This paper is written as an organizational report on the Urban Plunge Program for consideration by the John Perkins Center at Seattle Pacific University. I review Urban Plunge offering a critique and recommendations for re-imagining the program in its future development. I argue that the program needs to be clearly defined as an educational program, grounded in a conceptual framework, given a clarified and expanded mission, and guided by informed curriculum. Beyond critique, I create a proposal for programmatic content and organization to meet these identified needs.

Physician As Teacher: Promoting Health And Wellness Among Elementary School Students, Jill E. Stefaniak, Victoria C. Lucia

STEMPS Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Every day, physicians engage in teaching during their patient encounters. It may be that medical students who are introduced to the principles of teaching and learning are more likely to become good communicators and learners. Service-learning may be an effective way for medical students to practice skills in teaching and communication in a real-world setting, while also filling a need within the community. The purpose of this study was to identify common themes within medical students' reflections on what they learned through participating in a teaching exercise with local elementary school children.

METHODS: As a required component of a …

Food Landscapes: A Case Study Of A Cooking And Art- Focused Program For Teens Living In A Food Desert, Jessica R. Norris

Theses and Dissertations

This study constructs themes and propositions about the experiences of youth participants in the fall 2013 Food Landscapes program at the Neighborhood Resource Center in Richmond, Virginia. During the program, youth participated in cooking-based volunteerism with adults with disabilities and created short videos about their experiences. In this study, I analyzed pre- and post-program participant interviews, twice-weekly program observations, and facilitator reflections to understand how Food Landscapes affected youths’ conception of community engagement and communication strategies. This case study offers insight into how youth experience after-school programming of this design. Based on my findings, youth develop and rely upon a …

A Double Case Study Of Latino College Presidents: What Younger Generations Can Learn From Them, Sara Aymerich Leiva

EWU Masters Thesis Collection

This double case study examines the academic journeys of a Latino university president and a Latina college president of Mexican descent. The aim of this study was to discover how they overcame barriers and become successful in a career where only 3.8% are Latino/a presidents. In order to come to learn about their lives and career paths, the researcher interviewed each president face-to-face, asking 26 open-ended questions related to their experiences growing up and being educated in bilingual families. The researcher is a bilingual Latina who teaches high school ESL, and as she taught for her first few years, she …

Challenging Homelessness, Elizabeth D. Marshall

SURGE

I had been homeless for about 28 hours. I sat on a sidewalk in Georgetown with a friend holding a cardboard sign that read, “Put a Smile on Our Faces” with a Dunkin Donuts cup at our feet. In the two and a half hours we sat there, hundreds of people passed, hundreds of people avoided eye contact, hundreds of people detoured around the lamppost on the street side of the sidewalk. A few people glanced at our sign. [excerpt]

The Primacy Of Context: An Exploration Into The Causes Of Food Insecurity In Kitere, Kenya., William O. Aludo

Capstone Collection

The purpose of this study was to explore the specific reasons why households in Kitere village, Kenya experience persistent food insecurity every year while the region enjoys the advantage of two planting/harvest seasons in a year. Kitere village lies within the lakeside region of Nyanza Province in Kenya, generally considered to be one of the more agriculturally productive parts of the country. The Participatory Rural Appraisal method was employed to gather qualitative data on the causes of food insecurity in Kitere village. The data sources were focus groups and a self-administered, one-time survey of random and non-random samples of key …

Ua41 University College Connection, Dennis K. George, Dean, Wendi Kelley, Editor, University College, Western Kentucky University

UC Publications

No abstract provided.

Ua23 Progression Through Partnerships, Aurelia Spaulding, Editor, Leah Ashwill, Director

ALIVE Center Publications

No abstract provided.

Reading The Community: Helping Students Learn The Process, Judith A. Ramaley

Higher Education

Colleges and universities in the 21st century will thrive through extensive collaborations with other higher education institutions and with communities with which they have special affinities. These relationships will create an educational environment that promotes deeper learning and student success, while generating knowledge that can be put to good use in improving the sustainability of local and global communities, and the diversity and strength of the economy. This paper will explore ways to engage students in the life of their communities while they take an active role in addressing challenges that affect local culture, health, economic stability and the environment. …

Faculty Newsletter (2nd Issue), Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

Faculty Newsletters 教職員通訊

No abstract provided.

服務研習通訊第十五期 Office Of Service-Learning Newsletters, Volume 15, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

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和我們一起改變世界!

夢想, 站起來

今期通訊以「夢想，站起來」為主題，藉憶述50年前一個為人權帶來進步的夢想，說明改變世界並不是遙不可及。現在就讓我們懷著熱誠，一起踏上實踐夢想的道路吧！

Let's Change the World ... Together!

WAKE UP, DREAM ON!

With the theme of “Wake up, Dream On!”, we highlight a dream has brought major advances to civil rights 50 years ago and point out that changes in the world can be within our reach. Let’s wake up, dream on and take our first step to fly upwind!

認識歷史 承傳文化 : 嶺南大學「文化承傳計劃 : 服務研習藝行大使」, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

OSL Supplement 新聞特刊

原載於2013年8月28日《星島日報》。

Originally published in "Sing Tao Daily" 28th Aug 2013.

Cameroon Deaf Empowerment Organisation: Reflections On An International Service-Learning Capstone, Te'aira Tucker

Undergraduate University Honors Capstones

Te’aira Tucker’s capstone is a reflection based upon her experience working on a service learning project in Cameroon, West Africa. As part of her service-learning project, she conducted an internship with a deaf organization, the Cameroon Deaf Empowerment Organisation (CDEO), partnering with this organization through Dr. Berdichevsky’s International Deaf Partnerships (IDP) program. Te’aira went to Cameroon during the summer of 2012 initially to work on an HIV/AIDS education campaign focusing on deaf Cameroonian women. However, upon arriving, she learned that this initiative was not needed, and therefore, she turned instead to a different and pressing need associated with the CDEO …

Service Learning E-News - August 2013, Parkland College

Service Learning Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Understanding Research Fatigue In The Context Of Community-University Relations, Elora Way

Local Knowledge: Worcester Area Community-Based Research

Community research fatigue has been understudied within the context of community-university relationships and knowledge production. Community-based research (CBR), often occurring within a limited geography and population, increases the possibility that community members feel exhausted or over-whelmed by university research —particularly when they do not see tangible results from research activities. Prompted by informal stories of research fatigue from community members, a small graduate student team sought to understand the extent to which community members experienced research fatigue, and what factors contributed to or relieved feelings of research fatigue. In order to explore these dimensions of research fatigue, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews …

Faculty Newsletter (1st Issue), Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University

Faculty Newsletters 教職員通訊

No abstract provided.