This educational format instills in students a sense of commitment to community, provides ideas and material for faculty research, and gives the public the benefit of the University s energy and ideas. Service learning addresses the University s three-pronged mission of teaching, research, and public service. Grants will be awarded for courses that successfully link service to the classroom. This may involve the development of new courses using service learning or the incorporation of service learning into existing courses. Service learning should be a major component of a course, but not necessarily required of all students.
Spanish students provide translation services at a local health clinic and at a legal aid clinic.
The students also translate or develop simple educational materials and a manual of common terms used in each clinic. Statistics students work with a task force appointed by the Governor to design, implement, and compile a census of homeless people statewide which will be used to set policy regarding the homeless. Marketing students study real life cases together to learn marketing methodology, then work closely with an organization such as City Parks and Recreation to apply the methodology. Sociology students work directly with people receiving public assistance while learning about social policy and welfare reform. A faculty member s terms of employment may affect the allocation of these funds.