This presentation begins by introducing the service site: Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly (LBFE). This organization plays a crucial role in supporting the elderly community. The subsequent slides will delve into various aspects of student engagement, including discipline perspectives, community analysis, action, impact, etc….
Partner: Little Brothers - Friends of the Elderly (LBFE)
Community Learning 2 – Service Learning Reflection
Creator(s): Ke Cao, Dingnuo Xiao, Jiewen Zheng, Lujia Shen, Yuru Hu Course: ESLG0130 Community Learning 2 Through this thoughtfully crafted reflection video, we showcase the impactful service work of our Community Learning course students in various community organizations across Boston. As international students, they acquired vital skills during their service projects and gained a profound…
Investigating Accessibility and Connectivity in Dorchester
Creator(s): Reem Ahmed, Lee-Gray Boze Israel Collazco-Luciano, Eleni Kalantzi, Dong Nguyen, Nicholas Pietrinferno Course: PPUA5246 Participatory Modeling for Collaborative Decision-making Over the course of this semester, this student group engaged with representatives from Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly and other relevant stakeholders to create a StoryMap. This StoryMap starts by outlining the problem statement…
Speaking Russian with the Elderly
Creator(s): Alexander Serper Course: RSSN2102 Intermediate Russian 2 Throughout this semester, students visited various sites where they would spend time conversating with Russian elderly. The students came in once a week and were able to form great bonds with the elderly, while learning Russian themselves. A student even befriended and got the phone number of…
HUSV Social Change and Human Services: Student Reflections
Creator(s): Claire Molinich, Jasmine Gutierrez Course: HUSV1101 Social Change and Human Services Seeing as students from the HUSV 1101, Social Change and Human Services, performed direct service with their community partners, we have collected a myriad of student testimonies. In these accounts, students were able to put into words the impact of their service, takeaways…
CHNS3101 VEXPO Reflections
Creator(s): Trang Nguyen Course: CHNS3101 Advanced Chinese 1 This semester, our class partnered with LBFE, ABCD, and MLK School. We chose to submit pictures and students’ personal reflections as our artifacts because we truly believe in the authenticity of the work, and we are very proud to be a part of this effort in giving…
HUSV Social Change and Human Services: Student Reflections
Creator: Claire Molinich Course: HUSV1101 Social Change and Human Services Seeing as students from the HUSV 1101, Social Change and Human Services, performed direct service with their community partners, we have collected a myriad of student testimonies. In these accounts, students were able to put into words the impact of their service, takeaways from this…
Student Reflections About Service Learning in Dr. Apfeld’s “Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging” Class
Creators: Zachary Chau, Giovanna Coelho, Amy Xiao, Enrique Del Pino, Eliza Eldredge, Daniel Shaw, Chloe David, Mary Erickson, Shreya Nakhawa Course: BIOL5593 Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging This digital artifact highlights the reflections of students in Dr. Apfeld’s “Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging” course about their service learning experiences this past semester. For…
Bridging the Generational Gap
Creators: Ananya Sankar & Alexandra Sumas Course: JRNL3610 Digital Storytelling & Social Media This article overviews the benefits brought to older generations and younger generations based on the bonds they have built from first-person perspectives…
Service Learning – Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
Creators: Natalie Desilets, Emma Munro, Alexandra Maropakis Course: HONR3310 Contemporary Issues in Healthcare For their final project, students described and addressed real community-based healthcare concerns that relate to their Service-Learning experiences. Through a needs assessment, students identify the issues that impact a specific community based on the broad themes covered in class, i.e. health literacy,…