What an incredible spring 2014 semester it has been for Missouri State University and the Citizenship and Service-Learning Office! Students contributed at least 19,000 hours of service to the Springfield community, impacting multiple facets of our community, including children, environment, health care, homelessness, and many more. Here’s what some service-learning students had to say about […]
At the CASL Office we value our Service-Learning students very highly. After all, without interested students and committed faculty we would not have jobs. Thankfully, at Missouri State we have increasing numbers of students interested in and taking part in service-learning, and a very supportive faculty. Something new that CASL is endeavoring to do in an […]
As a graduate assistant in Missouri State’s Office of Citizenship and Service Learning (CASL) I strongly believe in the merits of service learning. As a methodology, service learning has many inherent benefits. Students have access to opportunities through service learning typically not offered in traditional classes, such as hands on experience in the “real world”, […]