Students get credit for community service
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This News-Letter article covers plans for community-service courses that would offer academic credit and include Baltimore-based learning.
- The paper reported that course descriptions and a start date had not been set, but each course would combine community service with Baltimore-based learning.
- The article quotes senior Tiffany Chen saying the courses would connect academic theory with real-life work and help students understand their community.
- According to the article, the idea began in spring 2007, and research into similar programs at other colleges led students to propose three to five courses.
- The reporter writes that the proposals were reviewed by committees, Dean Paula Burger and the Student Government Association; after a positive reception, the CSC hired AmeriCorps VISTA Lisa Morris to help implement the program.
- The article adds that the next step was to create a working group, with a plan to connect faculty and students to community-service organizations.
- The paper also reports that Hopkins already had several courses with service components, including programs in French teaching, community health care and outreach.