Service-Learning Program
The UHWO Service-Learning Program works in partnership with community agencies, organizations, and individuals to provide UHWO students with opportunities to enrich their education through extended and reflective service in their community/ies. The program bridges the university with the larger community and encourages students to work with real-world issues that demand critical, creative and compassionate thinking.
The Service Learning Program at UHWO consists of faculty and staff who value service to the community and hands-on-learning as ways to enrich students’ university experience. Through service-learning students are encouraged to take their classroom knowledge out to the larger community and apply it to hands-on, real life situations. It can be exciting, challenging and very satisfying as students integrate their classroom learning with the real world. It’s also a great opportunity for students to develop a professional network and learn skills and attitudes necessary for work or graduate school.
August Semester Begins-Classroom Presentations
September Service-Learning/Americorps Info Table on Lana`i
October Pre-Registration List of SL Classes
November Service-Learning Fair
December Honoring Service-Learning Seniors at Graduation
SERVICE-LEARNING RELATED WEBSITES
- http://www.hawaii.edu/servicelearning
- http://www.campuscompact.org
- http://www.studentsinservice.org
- http://www.nationalservice.org
- http://www.learnandserve.org
UHWO Service Learning Program is supported in part by a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service under Learn and Serve America: Higher Education Grant No. 03LHHHI001.
STUDENTS IN SERVICE/AMERICORPS
Students in Service/Americorps is a national program that provides thousands of Americans of all ages and backgrounds with Education Awards in exchange for community service. Nationally, over 150,000 Americorps members have helped to meet the nation’s critical needs in the areas of public safety, education, human needs, and the environment. Based on your term of service, you will receive an education award you can use to pay for college tuition or qualified student loans.The Education Award is not cash. It comes in the form of a voucher that you submit to a college or loan holder. It can be used only to pay for qualified student loans or to pay for the cost of attending a qualified college or graduate school. Get details and apply for the program at http://www.studentsinservice.org
Terms of Service:
300 Hour Term (1yr) = 4 Hrs/Wk = $1,000.00*
450 Hour Term (1yr) = 6 Hrs/Wk = $1,250.00*
900 Hour Term (2yrs) = 6 Hrs/Wk = $2,362.00*