Service Learning Basics
JEP
Service Learning Specifics
Missions/Purposes
Miscellaneous
100
USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 3551 Trousdale Pkwy., ADM 304 Los Angeles, CA 90089-4012 Telephone (213) 740-2531
What is the location and contact information where one can learn more about service learning programs?
100
Service-learning program that helps merge theory and practice by offering USC students an opportunity to go into diverse urban settings in ways that relate to their course material
What is the goal of JEP?
100
Institute of Armenian Studies, Center for Active Learning in International Relations (CALIS) K-12 Education Outreach, Joint Educational Project (JEP), QuickScience Challenge for K-12 Science Education Outreach, USC Shoah Foundation, Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life, Jesse Unruh Institute, and Korean Studies Institutes.
What are all the programs and institutes that offer service learning opportunities at USC?
100
"To develop programs and materials that directly engage students in high level analysis that prepares them for active citizenship in an increasingly globalized world -- and to make these models and materials available to others who share the goal of advancing the field of teaching international studies.”
What is the mission of CALIS?
100
Named "College of the Year" in 2000 in recognition of “the most ambitious social-outreach program of any private university in the nation", as quoted in TIME magazine.
What is USC?
200
A teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities.
What is the purpose of Service Learning?
200
2000
What is the number of USC students a year that receive academic credit for their participation in JEP
200
A collaboration between USC, the USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, Quiksilver and the Quiksilver Foundation. It holds an annual competition among school children, with first place being a week-long trip to USC Wrigley Marine Science Center on Catalina Island.
What is the QuickSCience partnership program.
200
Its mission is to improve K-12 science education in America by using children's love of the ocean to make science more approachable.
What is the QuickScience Partnership?
200
Named "College with a Conscience" by Princeton Review in 2005
What is USC?
300
Neighboring community high schools, middle schools and elementary schools, as well as USC students who choose to participate in the program.
What is the population service learning serves?
300
Eight week time commitment, Two hours per week, Two mandatory training sessions, weekly reflective journals/responses (and lesson plans for mini teams), a final analytical paper (if not required by professor)
What are the requirements of the mentor program of JEP?
300
Foundation created to overcome prejudice, intolerance, and bigotry—and the suffering they cause—through the educational use of the Institute’s visual history testimonies
What is USC Shoah Foundation
300
To motivate students to become active in the world of politics and encourage public officials to participate in the daily life of USC.
What is the mission of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute?
300
1,700
What is the number of USC undergraduates that take part in service projects as part of their curriculum?
400
Connecting USC students with neighboring communities of interest, whether it be cultural or educational facilities, through volunteer-work and and service projects as part of their curriculum.
What is the service learning program at USC?
400
Trojan Health Volunteers, Youth & Family Agencies, Peace Games, and Readers Plus have in common?
What are examples of JEP's programs?
400
An outreach project of the School of International Relations with a service learning opportunity for USC students to teach IR in local high school classrooms.
What is TIRP (Teaching International Relations Program), a program under CALIS
400
To work closely with USC Hillel Jewish Center to connect a student audience with the many established community organizations in Los Angeles whose common purpose is to support and advance various aspects of Jewish culture and history.
What is the mission of the Casden Institute for the Study of Jewish Role in American Life?
400
The Career Center and the Volunteer Center
What are other places in which to learn about service learning opportunities?
500
Through signing up in classes, online/paper application, contacting the particular programs in person.
What are ways to become involved with service learning at USC?
500
Tammara Anderson
Who is the executive director of JEP?
500
Extend studies about their country into the community and absorb community knowledge about their country.
What is one of the goals of the Korean Studies Institute at USC?
500
"Imagine an urban university that contributes to the well being of its community while offering students an opportunity to learn about issues of poverty, immigration, education, inequality and other contemporary concerns"
What is the vision of JEP?
500
The best school ever.
What is USC?
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