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Working together to further the aim of civic engagement for all. GET INVOLVED! HOME FACULTY STUDENTS VOLUNTEER AGENCIES {Staff LOG HOURS} [LOG HOURS] Home Yavapai College 2017-04-24T15:03:18+00:00 Yavapai College’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement Here at the center, we look to engage our students, faculty, and fellow community members in areas of: Citizenship • Volunteerism • Service Learning Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Albert Einstein Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being. Kevin Kruse Happiness is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions Dalai Lama Project Gallery Boxed Gardens Project Cottonwood-Clarkdale Clean Up Project Farmer’s Market Project Friends of the Verde River Greenway Documentary Project IMBA: Trail Building Project Pen Pal Project Senior Interview Project Senior Smart Phone Project Horticulture Project- Chino WHAT IS SERVICE LEARNING? Support students’ understanding of your course pedagogy Service Learning is a tool used to support students’ understanding of your course pedagogy through a combination of experiential and active learning taking place through service in the community. When service learning is implemented effectively, students are able to connect the relevance of course concepts and where they exist in the community space they are serving. Likewise, students are able to take what they are observing in a community space and apply that knowledge and skill to what they are learning in the classroom. Reflection is a key part of where students will make not only these connections but have the opportunity to cultivate their critical thinking skills and their own value system in regards to community issues. READ MORE Faculty Offered Service Learning Courses Courses Professors SOC 101: Intro to Sociology Jennifer Jacobson SPA 101: Introduction to Spanish Jared Reynolds EDU 210: Cultural Diversity Education Tara O’Neill CPH: College Honors Program Jason Whitesitt RAD 100: Intro to Radiology Rich LeClaire PHE 205: Stress Management Kara Giannetto VEN 195E: Winemaking Practicum Michael Pierce VEN 195V: Viticulture Practicum Nichole Bagley AHS 130: Medical Term for Patient Care Staff Ashley Picard FMA 102: Production 1 Helen Stephenson AGS 250: Horticulture Science 1 Justin Brereton AGS 103: Plant Biology Justin Brereton PSY 101: Intro to Psychology Karly Schauwecker PSY 245: Human Growth and Development Karly Schauwecker LAW 100: Intro to Paralegal Studies Michael Davis AJS 296: Internship: Administration of Justice Michael Davis GEO 105: Introduction to Cultural Geography Kelli Jones ENV 105: Environmental Biology Joanne Oellers MAT 082: Fundamental Mathematics Shane Gibson Project Ideas [virtual_slide_box ] × Humanities -Paint bowls for your annual Empty Bowls event, an event that helps raise funds to end hunger -Work with an after-school program, teaching lesson related to content of your course. -Design and update website for a nonprofit. www.eastfieldcollege.edu/Assets/ServiceLearning/ServiceLearningIdeasbyDiscipline.pdf -Create an art piece for Prescott’s Annual Chalk It Up! community art festival that brings awareness to local resources for mental health -Create a mural for your community on the side of a building or bridge -Be a meal provider for a shelter, cooking a healthy meal -Create May Baskets to deliver to rooms at a nursing home -Make tie fleece blankets to deliver to local shelter Close [fusion_modal_text_link name="hm_modal" ]Humanities[/fusion_modal_text_link] [virtual_slide_box ] × Social Sciences -Organize/assist with voter registration -Teach sport clinics to youth -Creative writing course writing/publishing books to donate to local elementary school students -Develop a pretest/posttest evaluating the effect the dissemination of drug prevention literature has on actual drug use within a community. (Service learning course at Miami Dade College, see www.compact.org/syllabi/syllabus.php?viewsyllabus=626 for more information). -Raise awareness for teenage suicide and bullying -Raise awareness and funds for domestic violence and a domestic violence shelter -Participate in a build Day at Habitat for Humanity -Have teams create and present a marketing campaign for a local nonprofit who doesn’t have the capacity/staffing to do so. Close [fusion_modal_text_link name="ss_modal" ]Social Sciences[/fusion_modal_text_link] [virtual_slide_box ] × Mathematics -Analyze data from survey,etc. for nonprofits and present research to their board -Build Day at Habitat for Humanity -Volunteer to help prepare taxes with the local VITA Tax Program -Tudor kids in math in an after school program -Host a fundraiser for a cause or nonprofit picked by students -Pick up trash on streetsand compare the amount of trash collected on different streets -Research current point in time data on topics of homelessness, mental health, or unemployment, etc. that are needed. Report findings to City officials. Close [fusion_modal_text_link name="mm_modal" ]Mathematics[/fusion_modal_text_link] [virtual_slide_box ] × Science Source: YSA: 55 Environmental Service Learning Projects -Research to improve water quality for local population, presenting findings to local government -Plant trees in your community as a beautification project for a park or street -Chemistry students prep food in kitchen, using their knowledge of reactions happening to food molecules as they cook, and then provide meal to a shelter -Cleanup your neighborhood, such as the annual Granite Creek Park Cleanup in Prescott -Learn about the resources needed to create athletic shoes, and the amount of landfill space used to dispose of them. Create a campaign to recycle athletic shoes at your school.” -Identify local birds, submitting information to programs such as the one hosted by Cornell University -Trail maintenance and building -Design and Build a Community Garden, or prep and maintain the community gardens already in existence locally Close [fusion_modal_text_link name="sc_modal" ]Science[/fusion_modal_text_link] Student Frequently Asked Questions Q: What do I do if I’m serving in multiple service learning courses? Am I able to crossover and use hours served for credit in both/all of my courses? A: That will depend on the faculty members teaching your courses, so be sure to check with your instructors about counting hours served toward both courses. Some will be fine with it, as long as your service meets the learning outcomes of both classes. Q: I don’t have a car. How will I get to my service site? A: Most faculty are willing to work with students on how to adjust your service learning project/placement to meet your transportation needs. Q: How will I track my hours? A: Each professor has a different approach to suit the structure of the course. Follow their policy, as it will either culminate in having your professor report your hours to the center or you will enter your hours here WHAT IS SERVICE LEARNING? Yavapai College: Life Explored As a student at Yavapai College, you came here to not only obtain a degree, but to start a career. We hear constantly about how students crave the chance to go beyond their course to apply their knowledge in a ‘real world’ situation, and we absolutely get why: our motto after all is Yavapai College: Life Explored.” READ MORE Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities Agencies: Ongoing Opportunities The following agencies offer opportunities for the members of our communities to volunteer and enrich themselves through the service of others in their time of need. 4-H Youth Development Program × 4-H Youth Development Program 4-H gives youth that extra edge for life success by offering numerous opportunities to develop leadership, responsibility, citizenship and other life skills. 4-H helps develop competent, caring and actively engaged citizens who strengthen Arizona communities. 4-H Projects...