January/February

 

 

·                    Student Orientation Sessions 

All sessions located in 502 Major Williams Hall,

(*Most session last about 30-40 minutes.)

 

Orientations week of January 24-January 28

1/24 Monday:    11am  &   3pm

1/25 Tuesday:    11am  &   3pm

1/26 Wednesday:           11am  &   3pm

1/27 Thursday:               11am  &   3pm & 7pm

1/28 Friday                    11am  &   3pm

 

·                    DEADLINE TO SIGN-UP FOR SERVICE- LEARNING:

January 26th  at 5 P.M. sign up at: http://www.vtserves.vt.edu  (look under the “students” section)

 

·                    Student Assignments Confirmed – Students Notified of Placement: 

February 1st-February 8th

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March

 

·                    In-class Reflection Sessions:  (We invite faculty to involve our staff in facilitating   

brief reflections sessions in class to discuss service-learning observations among

students and to resolve any logistical problems students may be facing.)

 

·                    Spring Break: March 5th – March 13th.

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April

 

·                    April 20th – Service-Learning Expo 10am-6pm Commonwealth Ballroom, Squires    Student Center

 

·                    April 27th – Service-Learning Center 10th Anniversary Celebration –  

6pm-9pm Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center

    

·              Students Complete Required Service Hours

Completion date of hours can be negotiated between site and faculty. We suggest the date be no later than May 1st.  ________________________________________________________

*Students will receive emails from our staff checking on their progress around the first of each month.

 

Other Notes of Interest.

 

STUDENT APPLICATION PROCESS: Students view project descriptions and request projects by accessing the “student” information page of our website: http://www.vtserves.vt.edu

 

SERVICE-LEARNING ORIENTATION: Students must attend a service-learning orientation or supplemental orientation if they are in a class where their service-learning experience will involve consistent and significant interaction with individuals external to the Virginia Tech community. These orientations can be done in class or can be done outside of class. Students can attend one of the sessions listed in January if an in-class orientation is not conducted. We recommend in class orientations if all the students will be participating in service-learning.

 

STUDENT NOTIFICATION: Students are notified of their placement via email generally from February 1st – February 8th., upon notification students will be given directions on how to meet with their site leaders.

 

REFLECTION SESSIONS: We strongly encourage faculty to include in-class reflection discussions on service-learning in semester plans. The Service-Learning Center will be glad to facilitate or take part in these in-class sessions. A reflection session is simply a round-table discussion on the observations students have on their projects. The goal of these sessions is to help students relate their service to course concepts through the forum of open discussion with fellow classmates and instructors.