All along, students are contributing to the learning process, while performing valuable service for the local community. They collect specimens and bring them to the laboratory for diagnosis. After lab work, and class discussions on the diagnosis, they then return to advise the owner how to treat the problem. Service learning activities can benefit your research initiatives as well as the local community and your students. It usually begins by finding a match between your interests, a local community need, and course content.
Students can assist with needs assessment or data collection as part of a service learning project.
By including students in the process, you offer them the opportunity to learn research procedures. Clemson Public Health professor Cheryl Rainey involves her Health 341 honors students in a tobacco education program for local public school students each fall. The Service Learning Collaborative is offering mini-grants for the 1998 spring semester. Please click the mini-grant link for more inforamtion. With the establishment of the Clemson University Service Learning Collaborative, we hope to provide a united Clemson University effort to obtain funds from CNS and other outside entities.