Service
Learning at Syracuse University
Service learning is more than donating time, energy and resources. Service Learning
addresses real community needs, involves reciprocal relationships
with community partners, includes a reflective component and
offers opportunities to experience diversity.
Facilitated
by CPCS
The Service
Learning Program at Syracuse University allows students to participate
in an organized service activity that meets community defined
needs. Students receive academic credit for processing and reflecting
on the service activity within the curriculum. This provides an
opportunity for further understanding of course content, a broader
appreciation of the discipline and an enhanced sense of civic
responsibility. To facilitate the development of mutually beneficial
relationships, CPCS works to create successful community partnerships
through carefully matching students' interests and community needs.
I began to connect independent observations.
I could see the interconnectedness of everything. Everything! I know this seems a bit overblown, but
I was reading the Post Standard, the New York Times, Newsweek, Business Week, visiting the Boys and Girls Club,
watching the presidential debates, learning about urban politics, reflecting on the flaws of capitalism
that were discussed in my Marxist Theory class, talking to teachers, listening to administrators, riding my bike
through the neighborhoods of Syracuse, attending Eastwood's Tomorrow's Neighborhood Today meetings, and
everything was fitting into the picture. It was fitting into a picture I was learning to look at from
different angles...with my eyes closed and my mind open. Everywhere I looked I was seeing a kaleidoscope of images.
Tim Rudd, A&S '04
