The Office of Service Learning and Community Action (SLCA) has enjoyed another productive and exciting year. During our first full year based in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, there was never a dull moment. We connected dozens of local nonprofit partners with over 500 students in 25 courses across the College; we worked closely with…
Every semester, the Emerson College Office of Service Learning and Community Action awards seed grants to professors. This funding (up to $700 per course) supports the creation of new service learning components within existing courses and fosters the development of existing service learning initiatives. Said associate director of the SLCA Suzanne Hinton, “While this funding…
When Ashley Tarbet arrived at Emerson College in fall 2005, the fresh-faced 18-year-old from Brockton wasn’t sure what she wanted to do. She flirted with the idea of becoming a lawyer in junior high but realized by the time she got to college that it wasn’t really for her. Tarbet picked Emerson because she loved…
The Boston Alternative Spring Break (ASB) group served at the South Boston Boys and Girls Club and we spent our mornings volunteering either at 826 Boston or the Boston Food Bank, or visiting the St. Francis House. Although we had prepared prior to our trip, we were not sure what to expect, but once we got started it became clear that we would…
After ASB NYC, I came away with one major realization: service needs to become a top priority in my life. Working with a number of soup kitchens, food pantries, and shelters in the city, I got to know the volunteers who have made service their entire lives and the people in need of their time.…
It was nice stepping out of snowy Boston and into sunny Niceville, FL for our week of service— a week packed with volunteering that introduced us to issues in both the natural environment, and also in the community. Our week of service with Community Collaborations International took us in many directions. We began our trip by building…
It’s 5:15 pm and a group of students walk into the Service Learning office. They have their hands full—mostly with posters, some artwork, and everyone has a meeting agenda. “Okay, let’s hear about the pluses and deltas from session today,” Meg Harwood says. She is the Team Leader for a Jumpstart team at Labouré Center in South…
Rediscover Rosarito is a public diplomacy initiative that began in Emerson’s Communication Management (CM) program in February 2008. That year, 28 CM graduate students, from diverse backgrounds and nationalities, and led by Dr. Gregory Payne of Emerson’s Communication Studies Department, reached out to residents of Rosarito Beach in Baja Mexico and began a dialogue that was seminal to initiating Rediscover Rosarito’s ongoing people…
Washington DC is home to many things–a 19-foot marble statue of Abraham Lincoln, an extensive list of free Smithsonian museums, boutique shops that sell sweet potato cupcakes, the First Family, and, for every fall semester since 2007, a little more than a dozen Emerson juniors and seniors, testing out life as young professionals. Although Emerson’s DC…
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