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Mira Fielding, Circle of Sisters Facilitator and Outreach Coordinator
Get Involved: Circle of Sisters

Content Warning: This post is part of a series that deals with intersectional gender-based violence.

Communication students performing an ending activity with the high school students about their personal highs and lows of the day.
Spotlight: Service-Learning Case Study in Communication and Media Studies

I think service-learning is very beneficial because it gets students out into the community and teaching them more about what's going on in their own backyard.

Dr. Jessica Hobson: 'Whose responsibility is it?' is a question we discussed in class and just to being able to feel like, 'These children are our responsibility and our children are our future, not just their individual parents'', is a really powerful me
Book Buddies II

"[Service-learning] is learning topics in completely different way. It's like having the textbook come to life. [...] It's really interesting." - Sarah Joyce, Psychology 302 Life Span Development student

Center for Community Engagement
Simple Ways to Save Your Health, Money, and Planet: Tip 3

Unfortunately in America, thousands of fillers, chemicals, and ingredients that are associated with major health problems are still used by our food industry.

Gold Ridge Preschool Dinosaur Garden
Community Indulgence and Gold Ridge Preschool

I had an absolute blast doing my service-learning project with Gold Ridge Preschool! Originally, I expected this project to really only be an assignment I would do for class and that be the end.

"We are putting the 'public' back into Public Universities."
SAGA is Coming to SSU

Faculty, staff, administrators, and students gathered to learn more about the Sustainable City Year Program from it's founder and co-director, Nico Larco, an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon.

The RCP freshmen and SSU students participated in a scavenger hunt to familiarize themselves with the campus.
Discovery Day XI

"In my class I learned a lot about making a connection with students and I feel like I applied that a lot today in Discovery Day." -Jalisa Tucker, Sonoma State Freshman

Representing Sonoma State University at the 30th anniversary Campus Contact Conference with Merith Weisman.
How to Get Published in a Community Engagement Journal

At the 30th Anniversary Campus Compact conference, there was a rare opportunity to hear from seven editors (or their representatives) of service-learning and community engagement journ

My older sister and I laughing after I received my first blood transfusion.
Be the Cure with Be The Match

Many students experience a great deal of change during their time in college. I feel like I have had more life changing experiences over the past two years than I have over the course of my whole life.

Tip 2: Water saving tips
Simple Ways to Save Your Health, Money, and Planet: Tip 2

Part 2 of a 10 Part Series