Regional Service-Learning Workshops for Community Colleges

Posted by on February 14, 2003

The American Association of Community Colleges is sponsoring five regional service learning workshops for community colleges in 2003. The workshops will feature hands-on learning and strategies to implement service learning programs on campuses and in communities. Dates, locations, and contact information are:

Thursday, February 27, 2003
North Carolina Community College System, Raleigh, NC
Contact: Karen Yerby, 919/733-7051, yerbyk@ncccs.cc.nc.us

Thursday-Friday, March 13-14, 2003
Gadsden State Community College, Gadsden, AL
Contact: Beryl Odom, 256/549-8386, bodom@gadsdenstate.edu

Thursday-Friday, March 13-14, 2003
North Country Community College, Lake Placid, NY
Contact: Susanne Fletcher, 518/891-2915 ext. 283, sfletcher@nccc.edu

Friday, April 4, 2003
Kirtland Community College, Roscommon, MI
Contact: Nicholas Holton, 989/275-5000 ext. 412, holtonn@kirtland.edu

Friday, April 25, 2003
College of Alameda, Alameda, CA
Contact: Audrey Trotter, 510/748-2301, atrotter@peralta.cc.ca.us

All workshops will feature introductory service learning sessions for newcomers; the workshop at Kirtland Community College will focus specifically on rural community colleges.

These workshops are a feature of AACC’s national project, Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning, funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. For more information, resources, and publications, see AACC’s Web site at http://www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning or contact:

Gail Robinson
Coordinator of Service Learning
American Association of Community Colleges
One Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20036-1176
Phone 202/728-0200 ext. 254
Fax 202/728-2965
E-mail grobinson@aacc.nche.edu
Web http://www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning

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