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About Service Learning
About Service-Learning
The Office of Service-Learning serves as the hub of academic service-learning activities. Faculty members from the various disciplines develop projects that fit the scope and cycle of service-learning. All projects must be approved by the director of service-learning prior to initiation of the activity.
Goals
- To assist faculty with the development of service-learning projects that will contribute to the development of a human capital in Louisiana that is comprised of active, knowledgeable and engaged citizens/STEM professionals.
- To encourage citizenship among students that carryover into the workforce after graduation.
- To provide hands on experience for students to ensure an understanding of applying what is learned in the classroom to real life situations
- To contribute to the institutionalization of service-learning.