Creator: Katherine Bradford Course: FSEM 1000 Connections & Decisions (Hilary Sullivan) The Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly program fosters relationships while focusing on aiding the elderly community in Boston. This friendship aspect of LBFE is vital to continuing the program as volunteers inspire and teach the community….
Creators: FSEM1000 (Sullivan) students Course: FSEM 1000 Connections & Decisions (Hilary Sullivan) This infographic gives a brief description of the service roles with each of the community partners for FSEM1000 this semester. Our course theme was English language learning and immigration, and students were able to work with a variety of populations across Boston. Through…
Creators: Zhaojie (Richard) Wang Course: GBST 1030 Community Learning 2 (Maria Tomeho-Palermino) Every semester Community Learning students are tasked with reflecting on the professional development skills they have developed through their service work. Richard was partnered with Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly this semester and he shared that it has been one of…
Creators: Aaron Gartner; Katelyn McCreedy; Nicholas Maio Course: PPUA 6509 Techniques of Program Evaluation Our group has constructed a program evaluation plan for the organization called Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly: Boston (LBFE). We have proposed an evaluation that focuses on their Digital Dividends program, as it has been recently established during COVID-19. The…
Creators: Lily Xu, Alexander Barrett, Nancy Hannon, Diamond Poomijindanon, Charlotte Yin, Kirby Chua, Hana Chalmers, & Eric Concannon Course: Advanced Chinese 2 (Wei) This artifact is a presentation that showcases a collection of reflections written by students who have participated in service-learning affiliated with ABCD or LBFE this semester. This artifact accurately paints the picture…
Creators: Maddie Szoo, Kathan Ramnath, and Delaney Vinaixa Course: 3310 Contemporary Issues in Health Care This presentation was given to our class and submitted along with an essay detailing takeaways from Little Brothers: Friends of the Elderly and the importance of digital literacy in combating pandemic-era social isolation in older adults….
Creators: Brian Chong, Ariel Mahler, and Lin Zhang Course: 3310 Contemporary Issues in Health Care This presentation was given to our class and submitted along with an essay detailing takeaways from Little Brothers: Friends of the Elderly and solutions to senior care….
Creators: Students from Intermediate German 2 Course: Intermediate German 2 (Fuchs) This website contains student reflections on the meaning of their service as well as some photos. Through the service-learning project, the students were given the opportunity to engage virtually with German-speaking elders through regular interviews. The main focus of the interview was on the…
Creators: Students in FSEM1000 Connections and Decisions, Fall 2021 Course: 1000 Connections & Decisions (ESL & Immigration) – Hilary Sullivan Our class has created a video scrapbook documenting adult-learning and the meaningful relationships that are formed through service-learning. Access video here: https://northeastern-my.sharepoint.com/personal/mahoney_g_northeastern_edu/Documents/Attachments/ServiceLearning.mp4…
Creators: Isaac Walker, Sidney Li, Matthew Tong, Adele Baughan, Riana Buchman, and Evan Rumsfeld Course: Advanced Chinese 2 (Dong) Abstract: This artifact is a a blogpost reflection of student takeaways from the Foster Grandparent program in the Chinese Advanced 2 course. Students met virtually with elderly members of the Asian American community in Boston to…