Service Learning Examples

Agriculture

Partnering with ranchers and farmers to help solve their issues.
Partner with local Agriculture banks to put on classes for farmers and ranchers regarding budgeting/ finances
Volunteer at stock shows, 4-H events to be judges
Partner with County Extension office to create new programs for the community (college student lead)
Already in place: Little International and partnering with Tri-State Fair and Rodeo (pictures and video)

Arts- Theatre/Music/Art

Host free after school clinics for elementary, jr. high and high school students
Put on free shows for the community once a semester
Partner with retirement homes and give classes over specific subject (dance class, art class)

Communication Disorders

Partner with education department and teach sign language to children/adults
Partner with local schools and work with students that have communication disorders
Teach sign language classes to students after school
Work with parents/families in the communities that personally have communication disorders or their children do (head start on clinicals for master’s program)

Computer Science

Help a non-profit organization or human services agency create and maintain a database
Teach computer skills to senior citizens or the disabled (how to work a phone or computer)
Design an educational game to be used in schools
Develop a computer system to track a local business’s inventory

Education

Work with a program tutoring low-income elementary school students on a weekly basis.
Develop and implement a strategy for teaching reading to adults at a community center or neighborhood resource center.
Partnering with Spanish/English and ESL at schools
Partnering with communication disorders and teaching sign language
Volunteer at a daycare center for low-income children, assisting teachers and developing appropriate activities.
Partnering with elementary schools/day cares and nursing homes for activities and shared learning (elementary field trip to nursing home- college students help set it up)

English/Spanish

Partner with ESL on campus
Partner with ESL at local schools
Partner with minority communities to help solve language barrier
Partner with businesses to help include Spanish to their business
Help community agencies write grant proposals.
Partner with Education department and create a pen pal program with elementary students

History/Political Science

Focus on one specific moment in history and hold an event for the community/ campus to gain knowledge over that time period/moment. (One per semester)
Partner with Veterans Ball on campus
Partner with Veterans in local communities and host events
Partner with local high schools to teach them how to vote, talk about politics and their importance
Help prepare oral histories with senior citizens

Marketing/Communication

Assist local businesses in building their revenue.
Partner with local business to create new/improve marketing plan.
Help a non-profit organization create a public awareness campaign; design logos or prepare reports, brochures or newsletters
Help children produce a program on a local cable channel
Write for a newspaper or newsletter that focuses on public issues that concern you
Help start a small-town community newspaper; help with a community newspaper produced by school children.
Partner with local business to help with website

Math/Business

Partnering with a school and tutoring students.
Becoming tutors here on campus for math classes.
Analyzing energy use and sustainability practices on campus (quantitative reasoning)
Assessing volunteer versus state-provided aid in a local fire (intro statistics)
Providing feedback on cash flow for a local non-profit (upper-level modeling)
Running a math camp for middle-schoolers
Partnering with local tax offices to help file taxes.
Partnering with banks to help with personal accounting and money management. (Creating workshops for the community or students on campus)

Science/Engineering

Work with local communities to help reduce water/air pollution.
Partnering with local businesses (research labs) to volunteer/ run tests.
Environmental science and biology classes can work with an elementary school and its students on a pilot project to compost cafeteria meals.
Partner with maintenance on University campus to help with specific issues with chemical/energy/environmental issues.
Help third world countries with sustainable energy, fresh water supplies, and housing.
Serve as a judge for a science fair- partner with local schools and help with science projects (College/jr. high science fair partners).

Sports and Exercise Science