Community College Service-Learning Workshops

Posted by on October 27, 2008

The American Association of Community Colleges is sponsoring regional workshops on service learning to be hosted by six community colleges in fall 2008 and spring 2009. The workshops will feature hands-on learning and strategies to implement academically based service learning programs on campuses and in communities.

Community college faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community partners are invited to attend the workshops. Workshop dates and locations are:

Thursday, October 30, 2008
Clermont College, University of Cincinnati, Batavia, OH
Contact: Barbara Wallace, Director, College Success Program, 513/732-5279, barbara.wallace@uc.edu

Friday, October 31, 2008
Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC
Contact: Mary Rawls, Director, Human Services Program, 803/822-3353, rawlsm@midlandstech.edu

Thursday-Friday, March 5-6, 2009
Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee, WI
Contact: Courtney Marlaire, Associate Dean, Liberal Arts and Sciences, 414/297-6773, marlairc@matc.edu

Friday, April 17, 2009
Tunxis Community College, Farmington, CT
Contact: Susan Dantino, Associate Dean, Planning and Development, 860/255-3490, sdantino@txcc.commnet.edu

Saturday, April 18, 2009
Westmoreland County Community College, Youngwood, PA
Contact: Sandra Zelenak, Director, Student Development, 724/925-4050, zelenaks@wccc.edu

Friday, April 24, 2009
De Anza College, Cupertino, CA
Contact: Rowena Tomaneng, Director, Institute of Community and Civic Engagement, 408/864-8349, communityengagement@deanza.edu

These regional workshops are an annual feature of AACC’s national project, Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning, funded by the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service. For more information on service learning and civic engagement in community colleges, visit www.aacc.nche.edu/servicelearning or contact:

Gail Robinson
Program Director for 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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