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Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2009Deadline Approaching for Service-Learning Fellowships
By Tony Astran
The application deadline for the 2009–2010 Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship Program is Tuesday, March 10. Faculty fellows receive service-learning course-conversion training, resources to assist with course development, and VSLC support through the implementation of the course. They also receive $200 for costs associated with travel, research, and supplies. Training sessions for the program will take place May 19–21 as part of the Summer Pedagogical Institute.
“Any course in any department could be converted to a service-learning course,” said Laura Hill Rao, coordinator of the VSLC. “We work closely with faculty to make the course successful for them and their students. Students support this format and report that they learn more through service learning.”
This is the sixth year the VSLC has offered the Service-Learning Faculty Fellowship Program. More than 60 faculty members have participated. The program is coordinated through the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center in partnership with the Western New York Service-Learning Coalition.
Additional information and applications are availableonline. Contact Rao, 878-5811, or Gary Welborn, associate professor of sociology and faculty coordinator for service learning, 878-6428, with questions.
