Service-Learning enhancing the curriculum for Nursing Students

Posted by Clemson University on March 9, 2015

Clemson Collaborations in Service-Learning will be broadcast over Clemson TV beginning Wednesday March 11 at 3:30 pm. and will air each Wednesday at 3:30 pm until May 6. More specific program information and air dates for each can be found at

http://www.Clemson.edu/tv/live

Episodes involve interviews and discussions with faculty, students, and community partners participating in service-learning activities at Clemson University. The first two programs are:

March 11: How to use Service-Learning to enhance the curriculum for Nursing Students

Assessing the unique needs of the community you are serving as a health professional – particularly as it relates to working with ethnically and culturally diverse communities – is a critical skill for nurses and nurse practitioners. Clemson Nursing Professors Dr. Rosanne Pruitt and Dr. Wanda Taylor present a session on how to utilize service-learning throughout the curriculum to enhance the learning experience for Nursing students. The presentation includes remarks from faculty, students and community members.

March 18: Hunnicutt Creek Restoration and Enhancement: Perspectives and Preliminary Results from a Campus Project

Assistant Professor for Environmental Engineering Scott Brame discusses how he involved students from his ENSP 2000 (Introduction to Environmental Science and Policy) class in the Hunnicutt Creek restoration project. Dr. Cal Sawyer, manager of the restoration project gives a brief overview of the project, and Dr. Brame explains the challenges of implementing a field project with the forty-eight students participating in the class. The student’s service- learning experience consisted of removing invasive plants from areas immediately adjacent to the creek, and the goal was to reinforce class lessons about ecology and community structure with this experiential activity.

More information on upcoming shows can be found at http://newsstand.clemson.edu/tv/live/schedule/

For access to the archived webcasts go to http://www.clemson.edu/public/servicealliance/webcast_archives_new.html .