Service-Learning Initiative
Site Navigation
- Home
- About Us
- Courses
- Faculty
- Students
- Community Agencies
- News and Events
- News
- Updated Service-Learning Website (8/15/2011)
- Service-Learning Coffee Hour Updates (11/16/2011)
- Honors Cohort Travels To The Bahamas (01/10/2012)
- Service-Learning Recognized by U.S. News & World Report (8/1/2011)
- New Director of Ohio State’s Service-Learning Initiative (4/1/2011)
- New Interim Director, New Relationship for Service-Learning (11/10/2010)
- Two Student Philanthropy Grants Awarded to Ohio State (6/1/2010)
- Service-Learning gets honorable mention (9/13/2011)
- Events
- News
- Awards
- Resources
- Site Map
Quick Links
Support for Learning through Service
Service-Learning is a form of experiential education characterized by student participation in an organized service activity that:
- is connected to specific learning outcomes
- meets identified community needs
- provides structured time for student reflection and connection of the service experience to learning
The Service-Learning Initiative supports development, implementation, and evaluation of sustainable service-learning courses and encourages community-based scholarship across the curricula of The Ohio State University to enhance student learning, develop student civic engagement, and foster ongoing collaboration with local and global communities.
**Please note that we've recently updated our website. If you are looking for a specific page, the old site can be found at http://service-learning.osu.edu_oldsite.**
News
- Honors Cohort Travels To The Bahamas (01/10/2012)
- Service-Learning Coffee Hour Updates (11/16/2011)
- Service-Learning gets honorable mention (9/13/2011)
- Updated Service-Learning Website (8/15/2011)
- New Director of Ohio State’s Service-Learning Initiative (4/1/2011)
- New Interim Director, New Relationship for Service-Learning (11/10/2010)
Spotlight
2011 Student Award Winners for Excellence in Community Service
Porsche Lumpkins: In March of 2009, Porsche Lumpkins, then a college junior, established a free after-school program at Monroe Alternative Middle School called the J.E.W.E.L.S. Academy, which stands for “Joining Education and Wellness with Excellence in Leadership and Service”. She established this academy to help public school students overcome the failures of the education system by giving them an opportunity to learn about college so that they would begin to value their primary education.
Sridhar Vedachalam: Sridhar Vedachalam has been actively involved in the OSU chapter of the Association for India’s Development (AID) since his first year at Ohio State as a graduate student in 2005. During his time with AID, he has been the project coordinator for 3 projects, worth $14,000 over the course of more than 3 years. He also served as the Treasurer of the organization for two years. In 2007, he was elected president of AID, and spearheaded important projects, such as a fusion music concert by an Indian band which was held to raise money for flood relief efforts in the Indian state of Bihar, and also to fund the organization for other projects.
