Mission:
The UNCP Academic Service-Learning Faculty Fellows connect courses with the community through high-impact academic service-learning opportunities in order to enhance student learning, faculty curriculum, and address local community and surrounding region needs.
Vision:
Faculty Fellows work to create a campus environment that supports teaching and learning opportunities in which service is greatly valued, practiced, evaluated, and recognized through academic service-learning. UNCP Academic Service-Learning supports the mission of UNCP, “Changing Lives through Education”, by supporting students to achieve the lifelong skills, knowledge, and character to graduate as civically engaged and competent citizens
Service-Learning Goals:
Goal 1:
Recruit and develop faculty in academic service-learning across all disciplines and surrounding schools.
Goal 2:
Provide support for faculty and staff teaching service-learning courses.
Goal 3:
Develop new and strengthen existing community-based partnerships in high-impact service-learning programs.
Goal 4:
Engage at least 50% of first-year students in high-impact academic service-learning.
Goal 5:
Create and institutionalize a campus culture of service for students, staff, faculty, and the surrounding communities.
Faculty Fellow Members:
Dr. Kaitlin Campbell
Associate Professor & Assistant Chair
Deborah B. Hummer, DNP, MSN, RN, GCNS-BC
Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Associate Professor