Service Learning Events

Hope through the Arts Festival, October 5, 2006

The Community Service Center and Academic Service Learning presented the first Hope through the Arts Festival this fall. Hope through the Arts is a festival to raise awareness of the issue of poverty that plagues our world. There were five locations across Bridgewater State University featuring performers and presentations by BSU students, administration, faculty, and alumni. On the Boyden Hall steps, a cardboard village was constructed by Professor Jim Quinn and his art class. On the lawn out front of Boyden, theatre and dance classes performed the entire day. Visual arts displayed poverty-themed graphic art, while artists created a colored sand presentation showing poverty levels in various countries. On the steps in front of the Campus Center, an open mic was available to people who wanted to read poems and stories about the issues of hunger and poverty. Inside the Campus Center, a documentary about the homeless was playing and always surrounded by an audience. Outside, musicians performed throughout the day, providing the campus with a constant soundtrack to the day. The campus was plastered with signs featuring facts about poverty in the local community, Massachusetts, and beyond. Students were faced with the harsh reality of poverty wherever they went on campus that day. The day closed with a hunger banquet and a keynote speaker.

 

Work-N-Serve Expo, October 18, 2006

The Work-N-Serve Expo is a program co-sponsored by Career Services and the Community Service Center. BSU students and alumni have the opportunity to meet representatives from businesses and organizations who attend the event. Representatives provide information to students about their companies and specific field of work. Students are able to assess what types of programs interest them and even find out about potential work and volunteer opportunities that are available to them. BSU service learning faculty members were in attendance at the expo to share with students about the service learning classes offered and to inform the outside community of the partnerships developed through service learning.

 

Civic Engagement Workshop, October 20, 2006

The Academic Service Learning program at Bridgewater State University hosted a Civil Engagement Workshop for faculty and administration from BSU, Massasoit, Cape Cod Community College, and UMass Dartmouth. The workshop featured one of the leaders in the field of service learning and civic engagement, Dr. Edward Zlotkowski. Dr. Zlotkowski is a professor at Bentley College and a Campus Compact Senior Faculty Fellow. Dr. Zlotkowzki facilitated a dynamic conversation about civic engagement and how to implement it on college campuses.

 

Campus Compact 20th Anniversary, October 16-17, 2006

Campus Compact is a national partnership of higher education presidents that collaborate in the promotion of service learning. Bridgewater State University is a member and active participant of the Massachusetts Campus Compact. Five faculty representatives from BSU, Jeri Katz, Ruth Farrar, Lisa Battaglino, Elaine Bukowiecki, and Nancy Moses, attended the Campus Compact 20th Anniversary in Chicago.

Last Modified: March 9, 2011