I usually agree when people suggest that I have the best job on campus. Emersonians are highly engaged in service across the disciplines and in many capacities. We contribute to community-based projects so unremittingly that it’s easy to overlook how mindfully we are integrating ourselves and our institution into the local urban fabric. You will…
In the spring of 2011, I traveled with the Emerson Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program as the student filmmaker to document their service along the Gulf Coast in Pensacola, FL. When I embarked on the trip, I expected to have a challenging shooting experience, but never anticipated my goals and worldview as a documentarian to transform. After…
by Suzanne Hinton The Office of Service Learning and Community Action invites you to view the art exhibit in the Iwasaki Library during April and May. The show consists of a series of photographs from work by Estephanie Vásquez, a multimedia artist from Medellín, Colombia. The work explores themes of industrialization and its brutal impact on local brick-makers and everyday…
This summer, Emerson Alumna Laura Chenier ’10 will leave the dry landscape of Tempe, Arizona for the blistering heat of Malawi. The Arizona State University (ASU) graduate student will work withHearing for Humanity, an ASU non-profit that aims to improve hearing care in sub-Saharan Africa through training and providing hearing equipment. Chenier’s current track, one that fuses…
Over spring break, 27 Emerson students, faculty, and staff spent their week completing service projects for communities in Boston and New Mexico as part of Emerson’s Alternative Spring Break program. This year’s program focused on food issues. Both groups in Boston and Taos, New Mexico spent the week taking a hands-on approach to farming, and food access…
Samm Leska, Blue Team, Team Leader Kaliese. There are so many things I can say about this little fireball. At three years old, she may stand only three feet tall, but she can give you a run for your money. As a second year Corps member, I thought that my year of Jumpstart would be easier the…
Jon Honea‘s Energy and Sustainability classes not only studied energy sources, usage, and sustainability in the classroom, but also engaged in service learning assignments to integrate these concepts into their broader education experience. The students engaged in a semester-long assignment to develop a project that addresses an energy or sustainability issue on campus and formulate…
Students in Nancy Hiemstra‘s “Focus on Boston: Immigration and Public Policy” classes spent two months serving at local nonprofit organizations dedicated to immigration issues. The new class at Emerson looks at immigration and policy, and how these elements play out in everyday life. Hiemstra says the Boston focus is important for students to have, since most…
Students in Beth Parfitt‘s Research Writing classes spent part of the semester combining their research skills with community service. Parfitt has included a service learning component in the past four sections of this class, which she teaches every spring semester. She explains that service is a good research tool and something that has helped her learn more about…
At the semester ends, many students are looking ahead to summer plans, searching for ways to recuperate from the multitude of final projects. Yet, those final weeks were not only filled with papers and projects, but also with meaningful service activities organized by Emerson service clubs. While the semester was winding down, Emerson’s service clubs…
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