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Want to get involved with the Service-Learning Initiative?
Consider joining the Service-Learning Scholars Roundtable (SLSR). With a current membership roster of just over 100 members from a variety of disciplines, the SLSR advises Service-Learning Initiative staff on vision and direction for service-learning and assists with planning and implementation of faculty development workshops. The SLSR is a listserv maintained by the Service-Learning Initiative, and is the best way to get the latest news on what service-learning is up to at Ohio State.
Use this website to sign up for the roundtable.
A little bit of history
Historically speaking, the Service-Learning Scholars Roundtable was instrumental in developing service-learning at The Ohio State University and establishing the Service-Learning Initiative. In 1998, Dr. Martha Garland, Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Studies, convened a group of eight faculty to begin discussions about service-learning at Ohio State University and to identify ways to promote it. This group, the Service-Learning Scholars Roundtable (SLSR), was structured as a forum and advisory group for discussion of approaches, challenges, and outcomes associated with community-based scholarship.
Coordinated by faculty members, Golden Jackson, College of Human Ecology, and Dr. Susan R. Jones, College of Education, the SLSR was initially charged with considering ways of improving the quality of the undergraduate experience through engaging students in teaching, research, and/or service activities, with particular attention to the role of service-learning as an effective strategy for engaging faculty, students, and community members in community-based teaching/learning/inquiry. The SLSR met monthly during the 1998-1999 academic year, beginning in November 1998. The group made recommendations focused on faculty development, a common definition and visibility, and development of infrastructure. As its membership grew, the Roundtable played an active role in development of a successful proposal for funding from the Corporation for National Service that led to the establishment of the Service-Learning Initiative in 2000-2001.
SLSR Archive
All Service-Learning Scholars Roundtable news updates from October 2011 onward will be archived below. For news items prior to October, please contact the Service-Learning Initiative at slearning@osu.edu.
2012 SLSR Updates
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
2011 SLSR Updates
December 2011
November 2011
News
- Ohio State University Receives "With Distinction" Placement on the 2012 Presidential Honor Roll (03/27/2012)
- Call for Proposals: Service-Learning Conference at Ohio State (02/16/12)
- Nominate Someone for the 2012 Service Awards! (03/07/2012)
- 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)
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.
