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Welcome!

Engaged Learning is outreach to the community that proceeds from coursework. Using what you've learned to help others, enrich them, provide expert advice. Living out what you've learned.

The unlived life is not worth examining. -- Shelden Kopp
     
 

This work has been supported by the Suzanne and Richard Pieper Family Foundation
through a gift to Lawrence's endowment that established
the Pieper Chair of Servant Leadership.
The Foundation is planning an additional gift -- read about it in our blog.

 
     
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Some Engaged Learning projects currently underway.

Fire Safety.
Lawrence student Evan Neuens holds an internship at the Appleton Fire Department this summer to study fire safety education demographics and effectivenss. More on Evan's project soon.

textual analysisWe're in the process of helping to establish the Center for Community Engagement, linking campus offices on the academic and student affairs sides of Lawrence to help support outreach and volunteer projects among students, faculty, and staff.

 

language studyPast year projects we helped support:

C.A.D.Y. (Confidence and Determination in Youth) A new student group wants to inspire children with a love of learning. They held workshops at Lawrence for grade school children to sample the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the arts. Over 100 children attended. Plans are being made for next year's activities.

Language and culture.
Some foreign lanuage majors at LU developed presentations for elementary school students to introduce some aspects of foreign language and culture. The goal is to use Lawrence student expertise to supplement the school curriculum.

Global Awareness Professor Dena Skran and some of her students replicated a western African village to school audiences and raised money for needs in Africa as part of multiculural events in the schools.

And several other projects!

The Community Engagement Council.
Goals have been developed for community engagement at Lawrence. Here they are!