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Welcome to Duke's Service-Learning Program, housed within the Program in Education!

What is service-learning?

Service-learning is a teaching and learning approach that integrates community service with academic study to enrich learning, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.

Faculty members who teach service-learning courses arrange specific service opportunities that both enhance the educational goals of a course and serve the public good by providing a needed service in the community.

Students taking service-learning courses commit to completing a certain number of hours of service work outside of class, and to reflecting on this work through class discussions and assignments.

Community partners receive assistance from students and often enjoy the intellectual stimulation of collaborating with Duke faculty members and students to support the academic goals of the course.

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Duke's Service-Learning Program

The Service-Learning Program supports Duke's commitment to knowledge in the service of society by connecting civic engagement to the curriculum.

We are pleased to be working with the student group LEAPS, which has shaped the Duke service-learning movement since its earliest days, and to partner with many vibrant community agencies and other Duke civic engagement initiatives.

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Recent News

    • Wed Feb 8
    • Call for Nominations: Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Awards

    • The Betsy Alden Outstanding Service-Learning Awards recognize one graduating student, one faculty member, and one community partner for their commitment to service-learning. Nominations must be received by Friday, March 2, 2012.

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    • Fri Jan 20
    • Now accepting fall 2012 applications for the service-learning label and funds

    • Now is the time to submit new requests for the service-learning label for fall 2012 courses! Proposals are due March 2, 2012.

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    • Wed Jan 18
    • Spring 2012 Events - Save the Date!

    • Save the dates for four spring events that will help us to continue the conversation about--and celebrate--our community-university partnerships! Faculty, staff, student leaders, and especially community agency partners are all most heartily invited to attend.

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    • Tue Nov 22
    • Book Discussion: The Unheard Voices: Community Organizations and Service-Learning

    • The Service-Learning Program is focusing our work this year around the theme of community partnerships. Through a series of conversations and events with faculty, students, and community partners we hope to strengthen our connections to the community, and to explore what it means to build partnerships that are reciprocal and transformative, rather than simply transactional.

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