February 27-28
What:
Annual MS 4-H Volunteers Conference
Where: Bost
When: TBD
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Stay Connected
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Millsaps students try on Yukatas, or casual cotton summer kimonos.
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Fall 2014 Service-Learning Highlights
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Dr. JuYoung Lee (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences) and her HS 4513/6513 Social-Psychological Aspects of Clothing class partnered with Ms. Kathy Dawkins at the Millsaps Career and Technology Center. Millsaps' students learned about the differences between the American and Japanese cultures, especially relating to apparel, and had an opportunity to try on authentic Japanese clothing. Dr. Lee's course aims to help students interpret the meaning of dress and understand its socio-cultural significance through observation and the exploration of theories.
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Dr. Caroline Kobia and some of her students display the clothes made for the Project Runaway Kids.
(Photo by Russ Houston)
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Dr. Caroline Kobia (School of Human Sciences) led her apparel design class in an effort to design and sew clothing for a group of young girls from Louisville, MS, who lost their belongings in a tornado earlier this year. The youngsters showcased their new dresses during a fashion show on December 6, and presented the information they have learned from the MSU students about various components of their dresses.
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Sweet Potato Innovation Challenge Presentations
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The S3 Innovation Challenge, a multidisciplinary student collaboration for social impact, sustainability and service-learning, culminated in project presentations on Dec. 5th. Of the 23 teams that presented, 11 were awarded funds to develop prototypes of their products.
CASLE-facilitated the Sweet Potato Innovation Challenge aimed, at finding uses for culls, or less-then-perfect sweet potatoes, which get discarded. The pitched ideas for products using culls included edibles and nutritional supplements among others. We are looking forward to seeing the prototypes in the spring.
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Service-Learning Project Ideas for 4-H
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As landfills increase, composting becomes more important then ever. Often referred to as nature's way of recycling, composting is an easy and useful way to turn organic waste into a valuable resource. Learning about composting and sharing that knowledge makes a great potential 4-H project. 4-H youth can create a composting facility for a local community in which people can put organic waste such as leaves, grass trimmings, or vegetable scraps to create a natural fertilizer for farming and gardening. They can then share what they have learned through social media and the 4-H website. Participants can also create informational booklets on the benefits of composting for the community, or present an educational program in local schools or public library. Let us know if we can help with with your service-learning projects!
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Publication venue
Focus Area:
Campus-community partnerships
Publication Title:
Journal of Community Practice is an interdisciplinary publication grounded in social work. It is designed to provide a forum for community practice, including community organizing, planning, social administration, organizational development, community development, and social change.
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Service-Learning Fact
Results of an eight-year study of 36 respondents regarding the impact of a service-learning senior level Environmental Studies class suggest that participation in the class resulted in long-term commitment to civic engagement, environmental stewardship, and relating ecological principles to real-world issues.
Reference:
MacFall, J. (2012). Long-term impact of service learning in environmental studies. Journal of College Science Teaching, 41(3), 26-31.
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Service-Learning Funding Sources
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In each of our newsletters we feature a number of grants which could be used for a variety of initiatives. Perhaps browsing through them will spark an idea for a service-learning project; let us know if we can help you bring it to life!
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Youth Development
* The Fender Music Foundation
The Fender Music Foundation awards instruments and equipment to eligible music instruction programs. These items are lightly used, blemished, or otherwise imperfect and have been collected from manufacturers and retailers. The organization is currently awarding acoustic guitars, electric guitars, acoustic-electric guitars, bass guitars, and the equipment necessary to play these instruments to U.S. music instruction programs that are part of nonprofit organizations or public schools. To qualify as a music instruction program, participants of any age must be learning how to make music; participants cannot be professional or career musicians. Submission deadline: none; applications are reviewed all year.
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Health Promotion and Nutrition
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages research grant applications to characterize the role of stigma in health, life course development, and aging, both in the U.S. and globally, and to test interventions to prevent or reduce the impact of stigma at the individual, community, health care system, and policy levels. Proposals are reviewed three times a year. Upcoming submission deadlines: January 25 and May 25, 2015.
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 Science, Technology, Engineering & Math This program supports innovative, complex research and education projects that require large-scale, long-term awards. STCs conduct world-class research through partnerships among academic institutions, national laboratories, industrial organizations, and other public/private entities, and via international collaborations. Submission deadline: June 16, 2015.
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Economic and Consumer Development
Applications for fellowships from the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation to help entrepreneurs start nonprofit organizations. The foundation annually awards up to six fellowships of $300,000 each over three years to support the establishment of organizations that are national or global in scope and whose focus may include the arts, community and economic development, education, the environment, health, youth and families, or another area. Submission deadline: none; applications are reviewed all year.
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 Global Affairs Development Innovation Ventures aims to improve the lives of millions around the world in extreme poverty and other vulnerable groups. DIV wants to create a portfolio of innovative ideas including new technologies, new ways of delivering and/or financing goods and services, more cost-effective adaptations of existing solutions, and new ways to increase uptake of existing proven solutions. Submission deadline: November 18, 2015. |
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Center for the Advancement of Service-Learning Excellence
Phone: (662) 325-2370
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