Students can enroll in regular term courses and 探索术语 projects that integrate community service.  These courses and projects are offered in various disciplines which incorporate community-based work. 例如, 作为社会学课程的一部分, students might volunteer with local agencies and examine the work of those agencies in light of course concepts.  Or, 另外, 作为贫困研究课程的一部分, students might work as a class to interview or survey agency clients or local residents and share the results with a community partner agency.  Service-learning integrated courses often fulfill general 教育 requirements or requirements in the major, minor, 或者区别项目.  

How do I enroll in a service-learning Integrated course or E-Term Project?

Service-Learning integrated courses are listed in the annual course catalog and will be rise ³ -designated in 自助服务 as part of regular term and 探索术语 registration.  选择也将通过ENGAGE和其他地方进行推广. 

• 秋季、春季、夏季学期课程. The following departments offer service-learning integrated courses during the fall, spring, 偶尔还有夏季学期:商务, 化学, 教育, English, 领导的研究, 公共卫生研究, 贫困问题研究, religion, 社会学, theatre, 城市环境研究. Check with individual departments to verify listings in 自助服务 for a specific term. 这条路线将被指定为上升路线 ³ and the course description will include reference to service-learning. 一旦你注册了课程, follow any instructions on the course syllabus to complete your community engagement requirements.
• 勘探期项目. Many departments and programs offer service-learning integrated courses during 探索术语, 包括旅游项目. Check the 探索术语 Bulletin for these and other opportunities; you can also talk with your advisor and other department representatives.
• 简约的经历. You can design your own individualized community engagement project to earn credit for work with a community partner agency.  Work with a faculty sponsor (and a community partner agency) to craft a proposal for a learning contract. Your contract serves as the way to formalize your learning insights from your community engagement and ensures you earn academic credit for your work. Details about completing an individualized learning contract can be found here.

邦纳领袖计划
The 邦纳领袖计划 is a leadership development program for students who are committed to community and civic engagement. This program will offer you a chance to work in a community-based organization and to experience a wide array of enrichment activities that will enhance your college experience and help you grow as a person. To learn more about commitments and benefits of the 邦纳领袖计划 visit this link. 申请邦纳领袖计划. 

Students can engage with community partners by establishing routine volunteer experiences or participating in special service experiences and projects.  Regular volunteer opportunities can be found at multiple agencies, 包括曙光妇女庇护所, 橡树丘健康康复中心, 和城市部. Students typically volunteer one to three hours per week with agencies, 每周固定的时间. 

可以在这里找到与我们合作的社区机构的名单 here. 

Additionally, students can participate in special service day experiences.  These experiences provide a chance to connect with others in a short-term experience, 比如社区清理, 栖息地的构建, 或者其他一次性经历.  

选择春假, students deepen their understanding of themselves and of another culture or place while engaged in service. 参与者在旅行前以团队的形式进行准备. 在最近的春假期间, 团队在旧金山工作过, Boston, 纳什维尔, 密西西比墨西哥湾沿岸, 华盛顿, DC, 和伯明翰. 

我该如何参与这些体验? 

查找所有服务机会的列表, 包括工作日和春假, 在进行, 在星期一上午, and on the bulletin boards outside the Krulak研究所 office. 找出任何你可能感兴趣的.     

If you do not see an opportunity that matches your interests, contact Krulak研究所 staff to discuss how you might initiate a new community partnership.  在这个角色中, you can take the initiative to develop the partnership and recruit other students to volunteer and participate with you.  

If you are a member of a student organization looking to engage your members in community service, reach out to the Krulak研究所 staff to identify a service experience appropriate for your group.

Both the Krulak研究所 and the Office of Student Development offer opportunities for students to converse with others about current issues and to engage in collective action, 包括写信活动, 筹款活动, 以及其他形式的教育和宣传.  

How can I get involved or initiate a discussion action group?

To participate in these activities, monitor Monday Morning and review the service listings 在进行. You might also encounter opportunities through your Greek or other student organizations.  If you have any questions, please reach out to the Krulak研究所 staff. 

Thank you for your interest in collaborating with a faculty member or hosting Birmingham-Southern students with your agency!  Staff in the Krulak研究所 can assist you in identifying the most effective ways to build a sustainable relationship between Birmingham-Southern and your agency. 

To see a list of partners we're currently collaborating with, 点击这里.

我的机构如何开始?

Reach out to Krulak研究所 staff to explore the different ways your agency might partner with faculty and staff at Birmingham-Southern. 以下是一些需要考虑的事项:  

• 考虑你的目标. Think about what you most want to achieve from a partnership with students or faculty: Are you most interested in regular volunteers? Do you have a specific challenge or project with which you want assistance? 你心目中的理想伴侣是什么样的?
• 想想时间框架. Keep in mind that students are typically only available during 澳门新葡京官网’s academic terms (fall term, 探索术语, 春季学期, 和夏季学期)，并经常在休息时回家. Faculty course planning may be similarly constrained; faculty research opportunities might follow a different timeline. How might these time constraints affect your goals or the timing for recruitment?

  Term	开始计划对话
  秋季学期(13周，8月下旬开始)	二月或三月
  勘探期(1月4周)	九月或十月
  春季学期(13周，二月开学)	九月或十月
  夏季学期(8-12周，5月下旬开始)	十一月或十二月

• 考虑承诺、知识和技能的水平. 我们所有的学生都是本科生. What knowledge, skills, or time commitment might your partnership require? Does your partnership require background or familiarity with specific issues or areas of professional expertise? Are there particular skills that might be best suited to your partnership (e.g. 定量分析或人际交往能力)? How much time do you anticipate will be expected of others or of you to maintain the work?
• 记住这是一种合作关系. In the Krulak研究所, we value long-term, sustainable relationships. 我们想和你们合作. That means we will want to maintain an ongoing conversation about the work, bringing relevant stakeholders into the conversation as needed, 包括克鲁拉克研究所的工作人员, 教员, 学生协调员, 和其他人. That also means that we will keep learning with you about how best to make our partnership work. In what ways can we foster mutual commitment between your agency 和伯明翰-Southern?

Service-learning integrated courses and 探索术语 projects enable faculty to connect course learning outcomes to community and civic engagement work.  Service-learning integrated courses and projects typically take one of two forms: place-based or project-based courses.  Place-based courses invite students to work with or volunteer at a local agency as a way of enhancing course learning outcomes (e.g.(本学期每周辅导学生一次).  Project-based courses partner with local agencies to complete a capacity-building project in collaboration with the representatives at the agency (e.g., surveying local residents and sharing the results in a town hall, or creating promotional materials for an agency initiative). Faculty can develop and offer service-learning integrated courses in any discipline. If you are interested in developing a course, please contact the Director of Service-Learning. 

我如何发展服务学习的综合课程? 

• 确定课程. Think about a new or existing course that would benefit from work with the community. Build on your own expertise and consider how your work might overlap with existing community needs. If you are currently collaborating or working with a community agency, consider how your disciplinary and professional expertise might overlap with that agency’s interests.
• 申请资助. The Krulak研究所 offers course development summer stipends for the development of service-learning integrated courses and projects. If you would like support in identifying agencies or community partners, contact the Director of Service-Learning to explore possibilities in advance of your initial proposal. The Associate Provost sends requests for proposals each spring.
• 与合作伙伴机构会面. 取决于你的方法, plan to connect with the partner agency well in advance of the start of the course. Doing effective community-based work requires collaboration and intentionality, so plan to connect with your community partner to clarify expectations and shared goals.
• 设计课程. Effective community-based courses integrate the community work with other aspects of the course, using regular reflection and discussion to assist students in learning from their experiences. You will want to remain flexible in your course design and be attentive to the issues that might emerge as a result of the community work.
• 告诉学生. Indicate on your syllabus and in the course catalog that the course is a service-learning integrated course. Doing so will help students anticipate the expectations and see the relationship between your course and community engagement.