Civic Engagement
Service-Learning Grant Opportunity for Fall 2009 & Spring 2010
Faculty
are eligible to apply for grant money to support
service-learning course activities. Funds should be used to
allow a professor to “take a course to the next level” in regard
to service-learning and permit the class to engage in relevant
activities it would otherwise be unable to complete.
Service-Learning Grant Requirements:
-
Funds may only be used for a
service-learning course that meets the
service-learning
course criteria.
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Funds should allow the faculty member to
enhance the integration of the service project and
service-learning with the course. For example, hiring a TU
shuttle bus to transport students to a service-learning site
would be an appropriate funding request. Hosting an end of
semester celebration would not.
-
Funding
requests should support one of the three components of
service-learning:
- Student
Preparation
- Participation (the actual service project)
- Reflection
- Funds
can be requested to incorporate a service learning component
into a course currently not incorporating it, if that is
feasible to do at this point in the semester.
- Chairperson must review and approve the grant
proposal via e-mail notification to
kfaris@towson.edu
- Funds must be used in a Fall 2009 or
Spring 2010 course
- A follow-up report is due at the end of
the course
Requests should include a concise
description of what the funds will be used for, not to exceed 2
pages. A copy of the course syllabus must be sent with the
request. All requests will be evaluated on whether the funds:
1.
Support one
of the three components of service-learning
2.
Truly
enhance the service-learning course for students
Requests for Service-Learning Grant funding should be
sent to Kate Faris, AmeriCorps*VISTA Service- Learning
Coordinator at
kfaris@towson.edu.
Civic Engagement
Administration Building, Room 236
Phone: 410-704-2806
Fax: 410-704-3441
E-mail:
kfaris@towson.edu
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