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Service-Learning Course Development Project

For the academic years of 2005-07, a Service-Learning Course Development Project was sponsored by the SIM Program and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship.  Faculty selected participated in a service-learning academy, implemented service-learning into an existing or new course, taught the course, and documented the service-learning experience through a course portfolio or a scholarly article.  Stipends were awarded for faculty chosen to participate in the project. 

Participants for the 2006-07 Service-Learning Course Development Project include

• Steven Epley (English), who incorporated service-learning into ENGL 322W, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature, an elective course for English majors and minors in Spring 2007
• Greg Kawell (Computer Science), who incorporated service-learning into COSC 335, Operating Systems/Networking, a required course for Computer Science majors in Fall 2006
• Mary Monk-Tutor (Pharmacy), who incorporated service-learning into PHRD 524, Fiscal Management for Pharmacists, a required course taken by all students in the third year of the four-year Doctor of Pharmacy degree program in Fall 2006
• Perry Tompkins (Physics), who integrated service-learning into PHYS 100, Physics for Society, a general education course open to all students to fulfill a Natural Science elective.  This course, which may include travel to South America, has been postponed.

These four faculty members joined with four faculty members from Judson College for the Service-Learning Faculty Academy, facilitated by Jan Shoemaker, Director of Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership at Louisiana State University, and Lynette Sandley, Director of Service-Learning, SIM at Samford.  The Academy was held May 31-June 2, 2006 at Samford and was sponsored by Samford in Mission and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship. 

2006 Service-Learning Faculty Academy Partipants:  first row from left to right:  Steven Epley (Samford), Lynette Sandley (Samford), Jan Shoemaker (LSU), Elizabeth Hostetter (Judson).  Back row:  Greg Kawell (Samford), Perry Tompkins (Samford), Sandra Fowler (Judson), Harold Arnold (Judson), Mary Monk-Tutor (Samford), and Krupa Patel (Samford).  Other participants not in picture:  Mark Wilson and Brian Burnes (Judson). 

Participants for the 2005-06 Service-Learning Course Development Project included

• Janet Alexander (Nursing), who incorporated service-learning into NURS 461W, Community Health Nursing, a required clinical course for nursing majors.  Course taught Fall 2005 and Spring 2006.
•  Amanda Borden (Communication Studies), who incorporated service-learning into a new course, COMM 300, Intercultural Communication, an elective course for Communication Studies majors and minors.  Course taught Fall 2005 and Spring 2006.
• Jonathan Davis (Family Studies), who incorporated service-learning into FAMS 322, Family Life Education, a required course for Family Studies majors.  Course taught Fall 2005.
• Robin Roberts (Sociology), who incorporated service-learning into SOCI 337, Sociology of Medicine, an elective course for Sociology majors or any student who has taken introductory sociology.  Course taught Spring 2006.
• Don Sandley (Theatre), who incorporated service-learning into THEA 455, Advanced Creative Drama, a new elective course for majors which builds on an entry-level course in creative drama.  Course taught Spring 2006.
• Jeremy Thornton (Economics), who incorporated service-learning into Poverty and Economic Development, an elective Jan-term course with domestic components and international travel to Peru.  Course taught January 2006.
• Brian Toone (Computer Science), who incorporated service-learning into COSC 107, Introduction to Computer Science, a course open to all students.  Course taught Spring 2006.