The Cornell Public Service Center is committed to expand service-learning opportunities on campus. Service-learning is an experiential education approach that links academic learning with meaningful community service activities, personal growth, and social awareness and responsibility.
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Service Learning |
To support faculty involvement in service-learning,
the Faculty Fellows in Service (FFIS) program serves as a funding source for service-learning
courses and civic projects, and as a peer support network for faculty interested
in developing service-learning initiatives.
The Executive Director, Leonardo Vargas-Mendez (ljv1@cornell.edu), is able to assist you on an array of curriculum concerns and issues you will face when developing a service learning course.
The Center's Community Placement Program has an ongoing relationship with over
150 community agencies in Tompkins County. A meeting with our Assistant Director
for Community Programs may help you to find sites appropriate
to your course needs.
The Public Service Center was established in response to a growing interest by
Cornell Students and faculty for public service initiatives. The PSC promotes
faculty and student engagement in action research and social action.
The Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Service-Learning recognizes
the importance of the national movement in higher education for greater involvement
in civic engagement.
The Kaplan Family Distinguished Lecture in Public Service brings
nationally and internationally recognized leaders to the Cornell campus to share
with faculty, students, staff and community leaders his/her contributions to promoting
public service, citizen action, human rights, or social activism.
The Public Service Center was established in 1991 to coordinate campus-wide service
resources and to support faculty, staff and student community service initiatives.
Call 255-1148 for more information.
There are currently over 20 service-learning courses on campus that are sponsored by the Public Service Center.
The Center's Staff is also available for class presentations on community service opportunities available in the local community, and for discussion of service-learning issues.
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