Creator: Kali Shumock This reflection written by a student in our class is a great example of how well service fits into our classroom experience. In this reflection, our student is able to connect her service to her own values, class material, and her future career as a physical therapist….
Creator: Amanda Mangano This blog post explains one of the experiences I had working with the students at the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science in the Northeastern Writer’s Room. This was the first time I realized the impact of my service on the students at O’bryant, which is why it is my…
Creators: Taylor Whittaker, Haley Fogelson, Chloe Kwan, Georgia Xenakis After volunteering with Peace Through Play for the semester, this group of students worked with the organization here on campus to create a curriculum to introduce music play into the schools that Peace Through Play works with! They focus on why music play is so important…
Creator: Charlotte Alexin The Martin Luther King Jr. school located in Cambridge has a unique program – a Chinese immersion school. Elementary school students enrolled in this program receive Chinese instruction in classes like science, social studies, maths, and Chinese, for 3-4 hours per day. Students of the two advanced Chinese classes at Northeastern University,…
Creators: Leslie Gonzalez, Tatum Abadir, Emily Breen, & Lucy Brainard For our class, Nonprofit Communications, we were assigned to work with a service-learning partner in the Boston area for the entirety of the semester. Our group of four was paired with Resilient Sisterhood Project (RSP), a local nonprofit organization that works to educate and empower…
Inclusion for All Creator: Amanda Stark I wrote a blogpost about what I learned and observed in my time at You’re with Us when I was paired with William, a peer with a disability. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Goals In working with You’re With Us, my group aimed to create meaningful one on one relationships with William, a…
Service-Learning Blog Post Clubhouse Network Inc. Creator: Soumia Litim The blog post includes some of my experiences at the Clubhouse Network Inc. I explain the work I did and some of my specific interactions I’ve had, as well as an example of the art I created during my time serving. Over the past semester I…
Service-Learning at the Family Gym Creator: Alexis Trattler My service learning partner for the semester was the BCYF Family Gym. The Family Gym is a place for children and their parents to come and play in a safe indoor space with Northeastern students. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I completed my service learning at the BCYF Family Gym. The…
Collection of Blog Posts from 826 Creators: Grace Arevalo, Kashish Bhojwani, Megan Chong, Abdelrahman Elsaadany, Aleksandr Gritsinin, Jeong Heon Kim, Cameron Maurice, Maya Mudgel, Su Jung Lee, Lucas Shifrin, and Justin Yu This is a collection of blog posts written by the students of Sebastian Stockman’s First Year Writing course. Each student performed weekly service…
Service-Learning & Perspective Creator: Elizabeth Cadden This digital artifact is a blog post reflecting on a specific situation that caught my attention at my service site, and how I was forced to see it from different perspectives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At United South End Settlements, I work in an after school classroom with children ages three to…