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Mission

The University of Detroit Mercy, a Catholic university in the Jesuit and Mercy traditions, exists to provide excellent student-centered undergraduate and graduate education in an urban context. A UDM education seeks to integrate the intellectual, spiritual, ethical, and social development of students.

Vision

The University of Detroit Mercy will be recognized as a premier private university in the Great Lakes region, distinguished by graduates who lead and serve in their communities

Service-Learning is

A way of learning this course

By increasing awareness through direct service

and the relationships it provides

That energizes you and animates your learning.

Helping us continue the work of Catherine McAuley and Ignatius Loyola in compassionate service to the poor and marginalized

by seeing,feeling,

helping,and

fostering lasting

change

Leadership

Development

Institute

Active Experimentation

Abstract Conceptualization

Concrete Experience

Reflective Observation

Kolb’s Learning Cycle & Service-Learning

Concrete Experience


Concrete ExperienceDirect service to someone

marginalized – left on the side of the road right here in Detroit


What experience would your professor like Community Service to provide?

How many hours of service does your professor require?

Are team projects allowed or encouraged?

Are there specific agencies or types of agencies required or preferred?




Finding Agencies for Servicehttp://www.udmercy.edu/ldi and click Service-Learning.

Call your contact, learn their needs and discuss the possibility of a match.

If it sounds good, arrange to serve there, and agree on a starting date within a week or two.

Write down agency, Volunteer Coordinator name, number, and fill in your teacher’s SL2 Roster by _________?



Reflective Observation


Reflective ObservationAttentiveness – seeing, feeling, being aware of what is happening inside you

while you serve; reflecting on it afterward, as well.








“You are my

beloved ……my favor

rests on you.”






Howard Gray S.J.’s reflection on the Good Samaritan

Awareness begins with seeing

Self-awareness while seeing -> feeling

Self-awareness while feeling -> helping

Self-awareness in the situation -> fostering change






Tips on Reflecting:Before you serve – consider your attitude and preconceptions

While you serve – check your awareness; are you present?

After you serve – consider journaling.




Abstract Conceptualization




Abstract ConceptualizationBringing back to this class your own experience in service: who is

the person; what is their situation; what are the social justice issues involved; how does it relate to this course, and how does this course

shed light on your humanization through education?






Look in your syllabus for the teacher’s engagement of experience & reflection

Initiate this yourself! Your teacher has chosen to use Service-Learning.

Be watchful for opportunities to compare or contrast theory and experience in papers and discussion

Active Experimentation









Active Experimentation As you are go back and serve repeatedly while in

the course, you return having reflected and analysed, to apply what you have learned. How can you, now or later in your life, make a lasting

change?









• SL3 - Service Verification form

• When you plan with your contact for your service, fill out the SL3 “hopes” part too.

• When you finish your service, complete SL3 and review it with your contact, and obtain a their signature and verification of hours served

• Have it signed by the Volunteer Coordinator upon your completion.

• TIMING! Teacher’s deadline is:___

Finishing your Service: SL3

Late in January 2007, the Homeless Action Network of Detroit will be charged by H.U.D. to perform a count of all homeless living OUTside shelters. A campaign of wearing buttons and distributing cards will let the homeless know that the count is FOR them.

Special Service Project for Service-Learning

The theme of the campaign is thatWe want to count every person,

because Every Person Counts

Button/Card Field Distribution: Work with LDI to distribute campaign buttons to Service Providers in Detroit at Agency Partner locations. Field Observation Reporters: Work as a group to record field observations of homeless persons’ out-of-shelter habitats

Special Service Project for Service-Learning

HOW: E-mail [email protected] or call LDI at (313) 993-1776

weekdays 1:30 – 4:30

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