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In This Issue
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Volunteer Fair –
September 5th
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New Website!
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Parkland/Garden
Hills Elementary Afterschool “Homework Club!!”
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S-L Students Info
Cards!
-- Margaret Mead
S-L
Clearinghouse
CU Volunteer
Database
Parkland College Service-Learning Website
If you are involved in service-learning with
Parkland students, please share your stories with the Parkland
community by contacting Brian Nudelman
Brian Nudelman
Office: C220
Phone:
351-2534
bnudelman@parkland.edu
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Volunteer Fair –September 5th, 2007 – 10:30-1:30
On behalf of Student Life and the Service-Learning Advisory
Council, we would like to formally invite all members of the Parkland family to
the college’s annual Volunteer Fair, scheduled for Wednesday, September 5th
in the College Center. This event is designed not only to assist
students, faculty, and staff in connecting with community organizations in
need of volunteers, but to also help faculty and student club advisors in
forging creative partnerships with area non-profit organizations, with the
hopes of laying the early groundwork for successful service-learning
opportunities.
The following organizations will have representatives on campus on the 5th:
Center for Women in Transition
Champaign County Down Syndrome Network
Green Meadow Girl Scout Council
United Way of Champaign County
Compliance Checks
Healthy Families (Mental Health Center)
TIMES Center
(Mental Health
Center)
Crisis Line (Mental
Health Center)
Garden Hills After School Program
As you can see, thanks to the great work of the folks in Student Life,
faculty and/or student club advisors interested in bringing service-learning
into their organizations and classrooms can make contact with many wonderful
organizations, all in one day. For
more information, please contact Brian Nudelman or John Eby
at jeby@parkland.edu.
New Parkland Service-Learning Website – coming soon
http://www.parkland.edu/academics/service-learning
The
new academic year brings with it the arrival of Parkland College’s
new Service-Learning website. Designed
to celebrate and support the volunteer and service-learning efforts of the
Parkland community, the site will not only highlight courses and programs
utilizing service-learning, but will also provide important resources and
tools for faculty and college leaders to help in the creation of new and
exciting service opportunities for our students. Take a look around, and help us help you, by
providing any feedback or suggestions about the site. Send you suggestions to Brian Nudelman.
Service-Learning Student Information Cards
Along
with the new website, we are asking faculty and student organization advisors
this semester who have their students volunteer or work with the community to
have their students fill out a short information card. The information collected will be utilized
to help Parkland continue to grow campus-wide
community engagement opportunities. The
cards will be available at the new Parkland
service-learning website (www.parkland.edu/academics/service-learning),
or please contact Brian Nudelman to request hard copies of the cards.
Announcing the Parkland College/Garden Hills Elementary
School “Homework Club!”
This
semester, students and faculty of Parkland
College will be working
with 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at a new
afterschool program at Garden Hills Elementary. Continuing to build on the important
partnerships that Parkland and Champaign District 4 schools have maintained
over the years, the new “Homework Club” will pair members of the Parkland family with Garden Hills
students selected by the school. In
addition to help with their homework, Parkland students will have the
opportunity to also take part in service-learning opportunities, by leading
informational presentations connected with coursework they are currently
taking. For more information about
volunteering at the “Homework Club,” or with possibly linking your class or
club with the program, please contact Brian Nudelman.
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