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Service-Learning at Parkland College strives for a reciprocal relationship between the college and the community, with each benefiting from the other.  Service-Learning activities involve learning experiences whereby students can enhance and enrich their knowledge, while gaining an awareness of personal and civic responsibility, through the application of learned skills and critical reflective thinking directed towards the common good.

Documents and Forms


Course Development Worksheet (pdf file)


Computer Liability Waivers (pdf file)


Student Information Card (pdf file)


Parkland Service-Learning Handbook (Word document)

 



Parkland Service-Learning E-Newsletters


Fall 2007

November 2007

September 2007


Spring 2007

May 2007

March 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Need more information?
> Call 217/351-2534 or email Brian Nudelman

Other Resources


Campus Compact


Illinois Campus Compact


Service Learning National Clearinghouse


Champaign-Urbana Volunteer Database


101 Ideas For Combining Service & Learning


The Big Dummy's Guide To Service-Learning!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volunteer Opportunities

  • -The Generations of Hope community program of Rantoul is in need of extra help for an afterschool program four days a week, from 3:30-6:00pm.  Volunteers would help elementary children with their homework.  Please contact Carolyn Castell at contact@generationsofhope.org
  • -The Stevick Center provides recreational, educational and informational programs, activities and services for senior adults to enhance, promote and encourage their participation and leadership so they may lead happy, useful lives beneficial to themselves and their community.  They are currently looking for volunteers to help with a variety of programs they offer. For more information, please contact Jo Hopkins at 359-6500 or at site.rsvp@gmail.co

 

  • -Project Read, located right here on the campus of Parkland College, is looking for volunteer literacy tutors. Working one-on-one with adult students, along with assisting teachers in a variety of classes, volunteers help provide basic literacy, math, and ESL instruction to the members of Parkland's district. For more information, please call 353-2662

 

  • -The Rantoul Police Department is in need of volunteers to meet a variety of needs.  A few of their specific needs: Data Entry/General Office Duties; Animal Control; Law Enforcement-type Opportunities (fingerprinting, checking empty homes, etc). For more information, please contact Sandra K. Henderson at shenders@village.rantoul.il.us

     

- For information on these and other volunteer opportunities, please call Brian Nudelman at 351-2534 volunteer opportunities

 

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