July 2011 RodCast Articles
Have you heard of this new site? Philanthroper highlights a different nonprofit each day and allows members to donate as little as $1 or as much as $10 to the organization. It's a cool twist on all of these daily deal sites that are all the rage now.
Why service-learning? How did this come to be my "research agenda?" Service-learning provides meaningful opportunities for teaching and learning. And it's clearly growing in popularity, nationally. How do I know this? There are lots of signs, including all the research that indicates students retain what they learn better when it's applied to real-world issues through service-learning. But today, I'll focus on two of these signs.
- When will this classification move from elective to a basic or traditional classification? Since service-learning and civic engagement trends are growing rapidly, my outlook is positive that this will someday be the case.
- The next opportunity for institutions to apply for this designation is 2015.
Since it's so rare to hear about the librarians' role in a service-learning course, I contacted both the instructor, Barbara Wallace, and the librarian, Kathi Epperson, for the UC Clermont class I read (and posted) about last week.
I just read this article about a University of Cincinnati Clermont College service-learning class that successfully obtained $4,500 through grants to give to area agencies who help at-risk youth. Read more: http://www.uc.edu/News/NR.aspx?id=13767 The composition class served their community through research and writing, so it was of particular interest to me. I hope to find out more about their research. Stay tuned for more information on this project (I hope!).
The Concert for Literacy last week raised about $12,000 for Project READ in ticket sales alone (according to Project READ's Facebook post). And that didn't include all of the raffle tickets the volunteers (myself included) sold! It was a great time and a beautiful night.