Spring 2007 Service-Learning Course Development Grants

Faculty interested in a Service-Learning Course Development Grant must complete the application form and return it to the Office of Service-Learning (see below).

Purpose of the Grants:  The Office of Service-Learning is pleased to announce the availability of Service-Learning Course Development Grants at Loyola College. This semester (Spring 2007), three grants ($1,000 each) are available to faculty members who wish to integrate service-learning into existing courses. The grants provide additional support for faculty members interested in exploring the educational benefits of service-learning pedagogy for their courses. 

Expectations of Grant Recipients:  Grantees work with the Director and Assistant Director of Service-Learning to learn about service-learning pedagogy, integrate it into an existing course, and then teach the course in Fall 2007 or Spring 2008. Course development work is expected to be completed during this semester. 

Course Development Work Includes:

• Independent reading of selected materials provided by the Office of Service-Learning
• informal conversations and discussions with the Director and Associate Director of Service-Learning
• meeting with an appropriate community partner or partners where students will engage in service for the course, and
• integrating service-learning into the course schedule and syllabus.

Grantees receive stipends of $1,000 upon completion of a service-learning syllabus and scheduling of their course as a service-learning course during the Fall 2007 or Spring 2008.

(Full-time faculty members are eligible to apply. Faculty who have previously participated in the Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Seminar Program are ineligible.)

Application Deadline:  Thursday, March 1, 2007
Notification of Grant Awards: Friday, March 2, 2007
Contact: Office of Service-Learning (Cohn 01 & 02 in the Center for Community Service and Justice)

Robin Crews     Director of Service-Learning     phone: x2112   email:  rcrews@loyola.edu        

Megan Linz Dickinson     Assistant Director of Service-Learning   phone: x2092     email:  mlinz@loyola.edu

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