Service-Learning Institute
The Service-Learning Institute focuses on incorporating service-learning activities into courses to align with course learning goals, enhance student growth and civic awareness, and strengthen our community. Participants will understand the pedagogy of service-learning and community engagement and co-create a service-learning project for a course. The SLI provides a path for connecting with others and enhances one’s teaching, research, and service.
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Preparation & Commitment
Participants will be expected to:
- Apply for the Service-Learning Designation on their course.
- Attend meetings to discuss ongoing collaboration efforts.
- Participate in pre and post SLI surveys (including submitting syllabi).
- Archive scholarship, creative works, and/or media resulting from service-learning projects in the UNI ScholarWorks Community Engagement collection
Who should apply?
This is open to all faculty (tenured/tenure-track and instructors/adjunct) however, space is limited. Selection will be based on:
- Faculty who are new to designing service-learning projects.
- Representation across campus to be inclusive of various colleges and majors.
- Ability to match the faculty/instructor to a community partner/agency. (Faculty can identify a potential community partner to be invited to the SLI and/or will be matched with a community partner, with faculty approval. Community partners can be on or off campus partners.
Details
- Dates: May 26-27th, 2026
- Tuesday, May 26- 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Wednesday, May 27 - 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Location: To be determined
- Faculty Participation stipend: $500; if applicable, community partner stipend: $250