Dignitas Dignitas is a year long program that will provide students with the support they need to develop the necessary skills needed to adjust to college life and to succeed academically. Dignitas will help incorporateStudent Affairs Learning Objectivesusing faculty expertise. Courses will be taught by faculty from all disciplines and service learning components partnered with local agencies are available in some of the sections.
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The college is a member of the Grant Community School Collaborative. This collaborative works to build developmental assets for youth in the East Hillside of Duluth. The East Hillside neighborhood was the most underserved area in the city. A service learning class in sociology identified Grant School as the ideal partner for the college in developing service learning sites.
Community Service Day began as an attempt to integrate service and learning on a community wide basis. After a morning of service our volunteers return for lunch and a period of active reflection and the creation of a visible reminder of the day. 500 students, staff and faculty regularly participate.
During the semester break aSpirit and Justice Trip travels to Mexico. 15 students and faculty experience the material poverty and spiritual wealth of Mexico through the programs of the Cuernavaca Center for Intercultural Dialogue on Development (CCIDD). The program is coordinated by the service learning and campus ministry offices.
Semester in Mexico: Service Learning Abroad. A class of students and two faculty spend fall semester in Cuernavaca at the CCIDD Study Center. The semester program consists of 4 credits of spanish language, 8 credits of academic classes, 4 credits of service learning, and 2 credits of CCIDD program.
Craftsmanship and the Human Spirit (Religious Studies 4430) was designed as a service learning course. The class uses craft as a metaphor for life in teaching the spirituality of everyday living. Students design furniture in consultation with local agency staff and clients. Projects are constructed using hand tools and donated to the agency. Discussions and writing focus on the issues of simple living, just actions, and applying spiritual principles to work and recreation.
The Center for Just Livingfor student involvement grew out of our service learning and volunteer programs. The center houses work study students who help coordinate service learning and volunteer programs as well as our violence prevention program. The center is student led to promote meaningful involvement of students in issues of justice. The center is also a meeting place for activities and discussions.
The CSS service learning program has joined in theSchool of the AmericaWatch action for the last three years. This is an opportunity for students to join in the national debate on the school and to a experience a grassroots social justice movement.
For more information contact Jay Newcomb at CSS, Duluth, MN 55811. 218/723-6552.jnewcomb@CSS.edu
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