The Service Experience

Start your service experience page by:

Starting Instructions:

  • Go to your Canvas course and complete the Service-Learning Module; collect any artifacts of your choice from the service-learning module and share them in this row.

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Continue your service experience by:

Continuing Instructions:

  • Attend the Conference on Undergraduate Regional Engagement (CURE) on September 11, 2021 (required)

  • While there, engage and collect the following artifacts to include in this row of your portfolio:

      • Your CURE Pledge Goals

      • Your Conference Schedule (which sessions did you attend?)

      • A Reflection you created or engaged in while at CURE

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Complete the service experience by

Service Instructions:

  • Read the Service Experience Guide:

https://catamountwcu-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/atallant_wcu_edu/EcMVV_xtrFJCnIG29r3spoMBveg0FmnQ-rUoOnQ0znCHpA?e=v2feQY


  • While involved in your service, engage and collect artifacts that capture your experience.

        • NOTE: Be conscientious of peoples' and organizations' privacy practices. Select artifacts wisely.

  • Include artifacts in this row of your portfolio.


The Service Experience Reflection (in 3 parts):


WHAT? 
  • Identify the service-learning event and/or organization you chose. 
  • What local problem/issue does this organization work to help/solve?
  • Do a little research or have a conversation with someone at the organization. How common is the problem/issue you addressed in the WNC (or what are the statistics? Ex: How many homeless, food insecure people, etc.). How does it compare to the statistics for your home town/county?
  • What specific activities did you engage in during this event/at this organization?  
  • What new things did you learn as a result of participating in this event? It could be a skill, new knowledge about the problems in WNC, etc.
SO WHAT? 
  • In what ways did the experience impact your feelings? Your thoughts? Your knowledge? 
  • In what ways, if any, did any of the CURE components (keynote, theme sessions) connect you to or help you in participating in this service-learning event? 
  • What impact do you think this service-learning experience will have on your academic career in the Brinson Honors College? At WCU? After you graduate? 
NOW WHAT?  
  • Describe how you could apply the skills you learned or improved on during this event in future service learning, community engagement, or volunteer projects. 
  • How could you integrate your service learning experience this semester into your Learning Plan? Into your career goals? Into your everyday life? 
  • What would you like to learn more about related to service and community engagement? 

To create a reflection select one of the following options:

Advanced:

Basic:

  • Type/text in the template space

  • Use the website builder features