Creator: Keelin Fitzsimons Summing up a semester in one word is tough, but we asked our students to think of just one word that represents this semester in S-L. Due to the variety of partners the students in our class were serving with, we wanted everyone to be involved in the submission and everyone’s answer…
Creator: Ekaterina Tatarkina Volunteering at Little Brothers made me realize that there is a need for Northeastern students’ help educating older adults about financial abuse. The elderly of Boston will no longer be seen as easy targets!…
Creator: Rosa Martinez This artifact shows what service-learning is and how the students incorporated their service work with their course materials. It also shows quotes from the students who volunteered at LBFE about what their experiences were like….
Creator: Andre Armero This was a presentation given by Andre on his service at Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly….
Creator: Alissah Sillah This is a presentation about Alissah’s weekly service at Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly….
Creator: Xiaoqi Yuan Empty nesters became a serious phenomenon in China. Since their children leave home because of work, study, marriage, and other reasons, alone “empty nest” middle-aged and elderly produce psychological disorders, known as the family “empty nest” syndrome. Despite appeals from society and the government to care for the elderly, most young people…
LBFE Service Learning Creator: Bailey Shea In this video I describe my experience in Service-Learning with Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly….
LBFE Spanish Service Learning Creator: Tiffany Fujiwara This video describes my service learning experience volunteering with Little Brothers, Friends of the Elderly and how I was able to take the concepts and language skills from my Spanish class and share them with the community….
Creators: Janette Ebbers & Yulin Zhou Advanced Chinese 3102 is one of the highest-level Chinese courses at Northeastern. Students study and learn to have conversations on topics like investments, interviews, and cultural differences. Although not all students had positive experiences, service-learning both enhances and compliments studies by allowing us to learn native language patterns and…
Creator: Sam Cox A reflection on my service this semester with Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly. This was part of my Advanced Spanish Conversation class. We met with elderly people living in a nearby residential community who were fluent in Spanish, and conversed and played games….