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Service-learning Symposium Presenters
Service-learning, a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study, is an important part of the UW-Fond du Lac student experience. A Service Learning Faculty Symposium held at Marquette University in Milwaukee in May of 2008 gave several faculty members the opportunity to present their accomplishments in this area.
Patricia Eby (music professor) was named a Showcase Winner for her presentation entitled “Explorations in Music: University Students and Senior Citizens.” Members of UW-Fond du Lac’s vocal jazz ensemble explored music with residents of an assisted living senior facility which led to a senior coached performance.
Ron Theys (chemistry professor) presented a SLIC (Service-Learning in Chemistry) project which discussed the impact on student learning, along with benefits to community members, when pre-nursing students at UW-Fond du Lac interviewed senior citizens and later presented results about their diets or medications during their childhood, as teenagers, as adults, and as senior citizens.
Mike Jurmu (geography/geology professor) presented the project TACK (Teaching Atmospheric Concepts to Kids). Students from an introductory level physical geography weather and climate course at UW-Fond du Lac created simple lesson plans to teach weather concepts at two local Boys and Girls Club after school programs. He was joined by Ashly Garner, AmeriCorps* VISTA coordinator and UW-Fond du Lac alumna.
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