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Service-Learning Newsletter | December 14, 2017

Conferences & Opportunities

The Center for Service-Learning exists to support faculty in their use of service-learning. Faculty who would like to learn more about service-learning are invited to take advantage of any of the following opportunities.

Opportunities on Campus

Service-Learning Teaching Circles

Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence

  • Wednesday, February 7, 2018
  • Wednesday, April 4, 2018

4:00-5:00 p.m. in Ferrell 108

Topics to be announced.

Service-Learning Lunches

Co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence

An informal opportunity for faculty who use service-learning in Spring 2018 to review how the service-learning courses and assignments went/are going during the semester, share observations, pose questions, plan for the future, etc.

  • Thursday, March 1, 2018 (Midterm)
  • Tuesday, May 1, 2018 (End-of-Semester)

12:00-12:50 p.m.

Location to be announced.

Service-Learning Library

The Center for Service-Learning has dozens of books and journal articles available for your use. Stop by Library 208 or email Meredith for a list of titles.

Upcoming Conferences

If you are interested in attending, please contact the Center for Service-Learning for more details.

Applied Learning Conference

March 8-10, 2018 - Wilmington, NC


This year’s conference will provide a venue for scholars, practitioners, and students to gather and share their work on the impact of applied learning (including service-learning). Learn more here. (You may need to scroll down to view.)

Connecting Campuses with Communities

May 7-9, 2018 - Indianapolis, IN - Service-Learning Institute (SLI)

May 9-11, 2018 - Indianapolis, IN - IUPUI Research Academy (IRA)


SLI provides an in-depth explanation of service-learning and how to build and/or improve a course. IRA provides faculty and staff the opportunity to develop a research question about their use of service-learning. You can attend one or both parts of the conference.

Location