Upcoming Events

February 11, 2012: Noon - 5:00pm

The Gathering

The Gathering is an interactive and reflective experience facilitated by students for students. It is appropriate for students who encounter diversity (i.e. racial, gender, age, ability, economic, and religious difference) through individual community engagement, service-learning, and volunteerism.

The featured Keynote Speaker and Lead Facilitator will be Rev. Tim Smith, Executive Director of the Center of Life and the Pastor of Keystone Church of Hazelwood.  (Co-sponsored by the Interfaith Council)

February 22, 2012: Noon - 1:30pm

Critical Reflection Webinar

As the part of the process that generates, deepens, and documents learning, critical reflection is key to all forms of experiential education, including service-learning. It is also a counter-normative way to teach and to learn, so it is both challenging to implement and potentially transformative. In this WEBINAR we will consider the meaning and role of critical reflection and practice using a research-grounded model for designing critical reflection in light of learning goals: the DEAL Model, which guides learners through Description and Examination of their experiences to Articulation of Learning outcomes. Participants will post samples of their own reflection prompts and products and will review our peers' postings as well as read a recent article of Patti's before the webinar. We will leave the session with additional examples of reflection activities and with a conceptual framework for service-learning and critical reflection that can be used to introduce students to the pedagogy and to guide our own instructional design. (Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence)

May, TBD

Faculty Year End Retreat

The Office of Service-Learning is planning an off-campus mini-retreat after the spring semester for faculty teaching UCSL-designated service-learning courses. We want the retreat to be a time to celebrate your accomplishments, to look forward to future courses, and to learn how the OSL can better assist you.

Available Now!

Self Enroll in the Hill District Orientation BlackBoard Site

To enroll, sign into BlackBoard, click on the Courses & Communities Tab, scroll to bottom of page and click Browse Organization Catalog, enter "Hill District," and click GO.

This BlackBoard Community Site is a compilation of the various face-to-face activities, online links, and in-class resources that comprise the Hill Orientation Project. The Project was created beginning in November 2009, when Terri Baltimore, Director of Neighborhood Services at the Hill House Association, invited members of Duquesne's Office of Service-Learning to meet with her and a number of Hill Service Providers who were interested in exploring engagement between the Hill District and Duquesne University. In turn, the OSL invited other community engagement administrators to join that meeting.

During that conversation, some of the service providers asked how Duquesne students and faculty are oriented to the Hill District. They offered to assist with that orientation process. For the next year, the group worked together to develop a number of resources that vary from face-to-face events, online materials, and resources for class and group discussion.

We hope that you will use this orientation project to deepen your familiarity with the Hill District and its community leaders, residents, and organizations.

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