Service-Learning
We are committed to preparing students for democratic citizenship, strengthening our partnerships for change, and ensuring that our teaching, research, and institutional actions contribute to the public good. Engaging with the community is the means by which we express our scholarly, academic, and professional genes through mutually-beneficial community-campus partnerships.
What is Service-Learning?
Academic service-learning is "a course-based, credit-bearing educational experience in which students (a) participate in an organized service activity that meets identified community needs and (b) reflect on the service activity in such a way as to gain further understanding of course content, a broader appreciation of the discipline, and an enhanced sense of personal values and civic responsibility."
Bringle, R., & Hatcher, J. (1995). A service-learning curriculum for faculty. Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2, 112.
"Colleges and universities are one of the greatest hopes for intellectual and civic progress… I am convinced that for this hope to be fulfilled, the academy must become a more vigorous partner in the search for answers to our most pressing social, civic, economic and moral problems, and must reaffirm its historic commitment to what I call the scholarship of engagement."
Boyer, E. (1996). The scholarship of engagement. Journal of Public Service and Outreach, 1(1), 11-20.
Engage with Community Organizations
Faculty & Staff looking to find community organizations to engage with can use the Nighthawk Community Connector.-
Nonprofits seek volunteers at UNG's annual fair
For the first time, the Volunteer Fair will be conducted virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 15, on UNG Connect.
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Fresh vegetables from UNG's garden feed Lumpkin County students
Fresh radishes, tomatoes, onions, and an assortment of herbs were a few items the University of North Georgia (UNG) supplied the school system this summer and into the fall. The vegetables and herbs w
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Nighthawk Community Connector grows its network and impacts students
Dr. Sarah Young, assistant professor of political science, launched the Nighthawk Community Connector, an online portal that unites community organizations with the skills and knowledge of UNG student
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Saturday of Service goes virtual
The University of North Georgia (UNG) already planned to expand its Saturday of Service, traditionally held the first week of the fall semester on the Dahlonega Campus, to all five campuses this Augus
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UNG students conduct needs assessment for Forsyth County
Two UNG classes collaborated on a community-needs assessment of a former elementary school and presented their findings and recommendations before the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners in February