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…
Partner: Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
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!…
Challenging My Bias: What I Learned from Playing Board Games with Elders
At the beginning of my volunteer service, I assumed that elders weren’t mentally sharp and thought I could easily beat them in board games. But over time, I realized how wrong I was. Through each game, I saw how smart and strategic they were much more than I expected. This experience completely changed how I…
A Little Help, A Lot of Heart: Service-Learning Reflection by Lauhityaa Ashwin Kumar
This comic tells the story of my experience with Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly through the Digital Dividends program. Even though this was my second semester in the country, I still felt a little unsure about how I would connect with older adults in a new environment. Over time, I learned that even small…
Social Change & Human Services VEXPO Presentation
On the last day of class students collaborated by compiling a systems map based on their Service-Learning experience throughout the semester in conjunction with the course and their main takeaways. Link to Artifact: View…
Nutrition Intervention for Community Partner Organizations
This is a collaboration amongst students sharing their final activity they performed with their community partners. The goal was to make learning about nutrition interesting for the people attending their organizations, so the students presented on the creative method they used to share nutrition information. Link to Artifact: View…
Contemporary Issues in Health – Service Learning Projects
Through a needs assessment, the students identified the issues that impact the specific communities where they volunteered. Identified issues will be informed by the broad themes covered in class, i.e., health literacy, social determinants of health, cost, quality and access. Link to Community Servings: The Movement to Make Nutrition a Fundamental Right: View Link to…
Social Change and Human Services- Students’ Final Reflection
During the final day of class, the students worked in groups to reflect on their experiences in service-learning. They created mind maps that connect key components of the course and service-learning to their experiences. The VEXPO displays a final version that compiles all students’ voices. Link to Artifact: View…