This artifact is a compilation of photos and student testimonials submitted throughout the semester. The service-learning portion of this course was dedicated to exposing students to STEM, so it highlights sample projects students facilitated. Through it, I hope community partners and students gain an understanding of what service-learning in BIOL 2299 looked like and what…
Partner: United South End Settlements (USES)
Professor O’Connell’s AM Cornerstones of Engineering Class Final Refection Compilation
Creator(s): Anushka Sundar, Taina Nieves, Isaac Martin, Natan Rubin, Sarah Rescsanski, William Masterman, Alison Fogelberg, Andrew Lynch, Rowan Campbell, Henry Gao, Allison Evin, Jonah Berlin, Zachary Avitabile, James Beckman, Charlie Lange Course: GE1501 Cornerstones of Engineering Presented here is a compilation of the Final Reflections students submitted after completing their Service-Learning experience. These reflections aid…
Biological Inquires Sharing Science with their Community
Creator(s): Molly Tully Course: BIOL2299 Inquiries in Biological Sciences Biological Inquires course “Stem Cells and Service-Learning” had COS first year students working with four different community partners sharing their knowledge of science with elementary and middle schoolers. Each week our service-learning students worked on creating lesson plans that focused on the scientific interests of the…
Cornerstone of Engineering SEC 11 First-Year Reflections
Creator(s): Jordan Flores Course: GE1501 Cornerstones of Engineering A collection of first-year students final reflections on service learning this spring semester. I chose for the students to respond via video so that they could speak freely and easily express their reflection. The videos can be accessed through the QR code….
Big Ideas for Little Children
Creator: Ryan Ellegood Course: PHIL2143 Philosophy for Children To facilitate philosophical conversations with the schoolchildren, Northeastern students would broach philosophical topics with them via children’s books. The ideas shared by students are then mapped to provide a visual representation of the conversation for ease of understanding. This is one such map….
Reflection on Service Learning
Creator: Kari Hoegh Course: Human Services and Social Change (Gardinier) Abstract: I chose to write a reflection about my experience during service-learning this semester. I worked at United South End Settlements (USES) focusing on financial literacy. Despite having to serve online, I really enjoyed my semester contributing to the amazing work they do at USES….
United South End Settlements: Exploring Boston’s Neighborhoods
Creators: Reza Chahlavi and Jeremy Cui Course: EDUC 1111 Education in the Community Abstract: This Neighborhood Project Jeremy and I learned about Boston’s South End. We walked through this area every week while on our way to service learning. I chose this project to represent our partnership because of how we worked together. We took…
Ending Poverty Together – The Power of Philanthropy
Creator: Fernanda Furszyfer I worked with United South End Settlements during Fall. United South End Settlements is an organization working together to end the cycle of poverty. I have created and advocacy poster for ending poverty….
BIOL 2299 USES
Creators: Nora Babst, Jennifer Lamb, Isabel Jones The artifact is a slide that represents the service done at USES by the BIOL 2299 course. It represents the learning and partnership through the pictures included….
Why – Question Project
Creators: Sarah Whiteman, Caroline Hughes, Adele Julien, Samantha Lasky Our “Why- Question” project was designed to make us notice things in our service-learning site and to develop a deeper understanding of what we noticed. Our project was on low-ses parents and their involvement in their child/ren’s school. For our insiders we looked at students in…