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)
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(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…
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…
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…
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…
Student Reflections and Stories in Advanced Chinese 1
Creators: All students in CHNS3101! Course: CHNS3101 Advanced Chinese 1 With our partnership this semester, the students have submitted an artifact that details their overall reflection and thoughts about their service-learning. What makes this even more special is that the students were able to talk to the older adults they met about their life stories…
Student-Elder Interview Reflections
Creator: Annica Kim Course: GRMN2101 Intermediate German I, GRMN2102 Intermediate German 2 Our students had the opportunity to meet with elders living in Germany twice this semester and hold conversations with them to practice their conversational German and to learn more about their partner’s lives. These intercultural meetings aimed to alleviate isolation that many elders…
Rhetorical Analysis: Issues facing Boston Communities
Creators: Bella Lee, Azalea Murray, Nia Simmons Course: ENGW1114 First-Year Writing with Service-Learning The students in first year writing focused on how to utilize writing to speak about and challenge complex problems. In this assignment, students were asked to look at how each of the community partners they’ve been working with this semester fit into…
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…