By Taylor Ware Left to right: Molly Reeves, Kaitlyn Galaydick, Miranda Dougherty, Kathryn Wagner, Alexis Scroggins Integrated Service-Learning is a crucial piece of Missouri State’s public affairs mission. Many faculty have taken it upon themselves to weave service-learning into their courses to further enrich their students’ academic experience. Professor Jennifer Lowenthal-Hershey is a prime example of an instructor using community engagement to fortify their student’s education. Professor Lowenthal-Hershey teaches Critical and Creative Thinking Using Information Technology. In this course, students are encouraged to examine individual and public policy problems via the lens of information technology. Excel, Microsoft, and a variety of research databases are among their utilized tools. The integration of service-learning into ITC 200 has been an incredible shift in creating a more dynamic and engaging course. Students in Professor Lowenthal-Hershey’s class are tasked with a semester-long, group project that constitutes the service-learning aspect of the course. Randomly … [Read more...] about Service-learning students team up to addresses childhood trauma in ITC 200 course