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Dance with purpose: getting the community moving with service-learning

March 10, 2025 by Charles Whitaker

One of Azaria Baggett's students leads kids at Reed Academy through a dance lesson.

Azaria Baggett has always wanted her dancing to mean something. “If you’re making a dance piece, you’re usually doing it because you have something to say and want people to see it,” said Baggett. Since she was five years old, Baggett has been dancing formally. Her background includes an MFA and graduate assistantship from Texas […]

Filed Under: Educators, Story Tagged With: art, community, dance, service-learning

Preparing English 310 students for the future through community-engaged research

March 7, 2025 by Charles Whitaker

A woman takes a selfie in her car, the car is full of her smiling students - showing the group on their way to an academic conference

In 2023, English 310, students weren’t just completing assignments—they were making a real impact. Led by professor Lori Rogers, they took on research service projects that benefited community organizations, applying their scholarship beyond the classroom. Rogers, a longtime advocate of service-learning, introduced an “agentic” approach that put students in charge of their research and solutions. […]

Filed Under: Students Tagged With: community, English, research, writing

How service-learning students brought a damaged painting back to life

March 5, 2025 by Charles Whitaker

A student uses a palette and brush to restore the painting of a landscape.

Undergraduate Earlene Elliot-Lee completed her MST495 Museum Studies Internship in painting restoration in spring 2023, restoring three Howard Garrison paintings for the Christian County Museum. As part of her internship, she gave well-received restoration demonstrations, showcasing her scholarship to a broader audience, and created a detailed research report and PowerPoint presentation on Garrison’s life and […]

Filed Under: Students Tagged With: art, community, history

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