March 31
What: Ribbon Cutting for the READ Sculpture
Where: Starkville Public Library;
326 University Drive
What: OrgSync Hands-On Seminar
Where: Room 1405 Mitchell Memorial Library
When: 1:00-2:00 p.m.
April 2
What: Service-Learning Mini-Grant Proposals Due
April 6
What: Dawn Brancheau Service-Learning Scholarship Applications Due
April 29
What: Sweet Success of Service-Learning Reception
Where: Bost Conference Center
When: 2:00-3:00 p.m.
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AIS 3813: Team Leadership in Agriculture and Life Sciences students present their fundraising ideas to Dr. Marty Brunson, Catch-A-Dream Director
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Spring 2015 Service-Learning Highlight
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Dr. Laura Lemons' AIS 3813: Team Leadership in Agriculture and Life Sciences students have researched and proposed fundraisers to help the Catch-A-Dream Foundation make terminally-ill children's wilderness adventure dreams come true.
Students were divided into groups, and tasked with proposing a fundraising event, one-time or reoccurring, including the focus of the event, timeline, location, and a detailed budget. One of the scenarios will be developed and implemented by the entire class by the end of the semester. We look forward to the final presentation!
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Service - Learning Mini Grants Available
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Do you have an idea for a service-learning project? We can help you fund it! CASLE service-learning mini-grants directly support activities related to developing, implementing, or expanding service-learning opportunities for Mississippi State students or 4-H youth. Service-learning integrates meaningful community service with academic course or 4-H objectives and critical reflection to enrich the educational experience of students and youth to teach civic responsibility, and meet the needs of a community.
Applicants may request up to $500 for service-learning course or project support; applications are due April 2nd, 2015.
Award announcements will be made April 29th, 2015. Visit our website to obtain more information and the CASLE service-learning mini-grant application packet. Click here to download the application packet.
If you missed our service-learning mini-grant workshop on February 5th, you can view the recording here.
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Dawn Brancheau Service-Learning Scholar Highlight
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 Mr. Travis Crabtree, one of four 2014-2015 Dawn Brancheau Service-Learning Scholars, is nearly finished with his service-learning project. Travis partnered with the Starkville Public Library to create an outdoor sculpture bringing attention to the library building and celebrating literacy. Mr. Crabtree is assisted by his faculty mentor Mr. Cory Gallo, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, and by a group of landscape architecture students who teamed up to help build and assemble the letters. The official unveiling of the project will take place on
Tuesday, March 31, at 1:00 p.m. at the Starkville Public Library (326 University Drive); light refreshments will be served. Come celebrate this service-learning success with us! |
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CASLE and the Office of Student Leadership and Community Engagement (SLCE) will host a hands-on seminar for faculty to learn more about how the online software system, OrgSync can be used to catalog student service-learning hours. Come learn how to use OrgSync to log student hours during an academic semester. The presentation will take place on April 1, 2015; from 1-2 p.m., in room 1405 in the Mitchell Memorial Library.
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Dawn Brancheau Service-Learning Scholarships
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Thanks to the generosity of The Dawn Brancheau Foundation, CASLE will award four service-learning scholarships for the 2015-2016 academic year. The scholarship provides an undergraduate student with $1,500 ($750 per semester) to offset tuition costs, as well as an additional $500 to complete a service-learning project.
Applicants must be either full-time junior or senior level students in good standing at Mississippi State University. Scholarship applications are due April 6th, 2015. Please, nominate a deserving student. The scholarship application packet can be found here.
If you have any questions, please contact CASLE at 325-2370.
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Service-Learning Project Ideas for 4-H
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The year 2015 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a piece of legislation that signifies our country's commitment to eliminating discrimination toward people with disabilities. The ADA Standards for Accessible Design aim to ensure that all individuals with physical impairments can access and enjoy all public buildings and properties. 4-H clubs can research the ADA, and then investigate whether the public buildings and places in their community are accessible to all. If any non-ADA-compliant areas are discovered, the youth can work with their community officials to remedy the problem; for example, the 4-H youth could research and construct a building code-compliant ramp. They can disseminate their findings through social media, and celebrate their project through a program in their school or public library.
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Service-Learning Publication Review
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Service-Learning Publication Venue
Focus Area:
Undergraduate Accounts of Service-Learning
Publication Title:
The Undergraduate Journal of Service Learning and Community-Based Research is a refereed, multidisciplinary online undergraduate journal publishing intellectual and reflective work on service learning and community-based research. It is open to undergraduate students in the U.S. and across the globe.
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Service-Learning Fact
Results of a Chen, McAdams-Jones, Tay, and Packer (2012) study on nursing students suggest that participation in a service-learning project in a community clinic whose many patients were Spanish-speaking immigrants resulted in a significant increase in the students' cultural knowledge as compared with the scores of students who did not participate in the service-learning project.
Reference:
Chen, H. C., McAdams-Jones, D., Tay, D. L., & Packer, J. M. (2012). The impact of service-learning on students' cultural competence. Teaching and Learning in Nursing, 7, 67-73.
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Service-Learning Grant Opportunities
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In each of our newsletters we feature a number of grants which can 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.
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 Youth Development * American Honda Foundation
The American Honda Foundation supports youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects as well as education focusing on the environment, job training and literacy.
Applications are reviewed quarterly; next submission deadline: May 1, 2015.
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Health Promotion and Nutrition
NIH invites applications for graduate training programs in Big Data Science to train the next generation of scientists who will develop computational and quantitative approaches and tools for the biomedical research community.
Submission deadline: July 27, 2015.
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 Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
The NIH Summer Research Experience Program aims to provide a high quality research experience for high school and college students and for science teachers during the summer academic break. The NIH expects that such programs will: help attract young students to careers in science; provide opportunities for college students to gain valuable research experience to help prepare them for graduate school; and enhance the skills of science teachers and enable them to more effectively communicate the nature of the scientific process to their students.
Submission deadline: May 21, 2015.
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 Economic and Consumer Development
The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides direct technical and financial assistance in the form of cooperative agreements to private landowners to restore and conserve fish and wildlife habitat for the benefit of federal trust resources. Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program staff coordinate with project partners, stakeholders and other service programs to identify geographic focus areas and develop habitat conservation priorities within these focus areas. Submission deadline: September 30, 2015. |
 Global Affairs
The Department of Energy is soliciting applications for the formation of a consortium to pursue research and development topics dealing with water conservation, water treatment, energy-efficient hydropower, improving understanding of water cycles, and generation and analysis of data for informed policy decisions. This funding opportunity will support the U.S. Consortium. In parallel, and with equivalent resources, Chinese funding will support a counterpart Chinese Consortium.
Submission deadline: May 4, 2015.
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Center for the Advancement of Service-Learning Excellence
Phone: (662) 325-2370
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