Students in this course learned how to exercise policy analysis and implement course concepts in the real-world by advising the Roxbury Cultural District. The class worked in three teams to work toward focused goals working to improve the functionality of the organization and its goal to enrich the Roxbury area through elevating cultural expression. Link…
Stories and Advice from our Semester of Service
Throughout the semester, the students of First-Year Writing with Service-Learning made bonds with the people they served alongside. For their final project, they chose to hold interviews and reflect upon the answers they received as well as the semester as a whole. Enjoy each student’s take on their experience and the pictures that give life…
Project Video Trailers
Our student teams partnered with local community organizations to solve policy problems using knowledge learned in class. Each group was tasked with a unique deliverable, which was a culmination of inquiry, research, and analysis. This video is the looped summaries of the results of their projects. Link to Artifact: View…
Student Quotes From Dr. Apfeld’s “Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging” Service-Learning Course
This artifact details our student’s experiences of volunteering with their assigned community partners: Little Brothers, Friends of the Elderly or FriendshipWorks. These partner organizations work with the elderly in the greater Boston area, and focus on providing many different resources for this community. Through these quotes, learn about more about our work with Service Learning!…
ÄLTEREN PERSON UND TECHNOLOGIE
A brief presentation in German discussing the use and affect of technology with German seniors. Link to Artifact: View…
Resettle Together Group work with IINE’s shelter services clients
Fund raising page to help a Haitian immigrant family who are transitioning from temporary shelter to permanent housing! Link to Artifact: View…
Spy STEAM Through The Semester
Throughout the semester, engineering mentors collaborated with Beachmont Veterans Memorial School and Garfield Middle School STEAM Clubs to teach lessons every week. During this time, engineering mentors directly engaged in Boston communities to learn how to apply the design engineering process for real community partners and facilitated activities for students to have more exposure to…
Serving With Purpose: My Experience at Community Servings
This artifact contains a student’s reflection blog. Clara Kwon’s reflection blog details her experience completing her service-learning work at Community Servings. Clara describes various occasions while serving at Community Services that made her acknowledge that her future profession in healthcare could be more about connecting with those she will serve and making a lasting positive…
Final Reflection: 826 Boston
In this comic, I choose to document a specific one, memorable event duringmy service, which is help the teacher in John D ‘Brant High School Writer’sRoom to change the banner in the classroom together and redecorate andarrange the classroom. Because helping the teacher tidy up and decorate theclassroom to create a better learning environment is…
Unforgettable Chapters at 826 BOSTON
As an NU Immerse student, I discovered 826 Boston through my Community Learning 2 course. What began as a class assignment quietly grew into a semester long story, one filled with laughter, language, and unexpected connections. In this comic, I captured some of the most unforgettable moments from my time at 826 Boston. Link to…