To say Cannon is pleased with his choice is an understatement. You need to see how some of things that you are reading about work . . . She's decided on a career as a youth services officer, working with juvenile offenders on parole. Just about every academic discipline at the university offers a service learning class. Biology majors can work with an HIV-AIDS agency.
English students can write grant proposals for non-profit organizations.
A course in the School of Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Management helps prepare after-school snacks and run nutrition programs for needy children. Where an internship might come at the end of student's academic career and focus on professional skills, service learning emphasizes an understanding of civic involvement combined with course work. And whatever you do, don't call service learning volunteering, Hatcher says. Students are not given credit for volunteering. Students are given credit for the learning that comes from service.