1. Introductory Service-Learning Experiences: Listed below are just a few of the academic service-learning settings & projects our HDFS students have taken on in their first year in our program--through HDFS 1: Introduction to HDFS & Academic Service-Learning.
- Baird Center
- Substance Abuse Treatment Center
- OutRight Vermont
- King Street Youth Center
- Lund Home for Teenage Moms
- Food Salvage
- Habitat for Humanity
- Sara Holbrook Center
- ACTIONS
- Burlington Boys and Girls Club
- Act One
- COTS
- Food Shelf
- Women Helping Battered Women
- Alternative Education Programs
- Parent Training Programs
- Burlington Police Dept.
- Adaptive Swim Program
2. Advanced Service-Learning Experiences: Some of the settings & projects pursued by upper level students include:
3. Students' Additional/Related Experiences: Through other courses and program-related activities, students have taken on a variety of service-related projects; we annually engage as a team in the Youth Corps' Serve-A-Thon. (For select photos, click here!)
- Lund Home for Teenage Moms
- *Reach Up (Support for Teen Parents)
- The Learning Edge
- WomanCentered (Montpelier)
- Woman's Rape Crisis Center
- ACTIONS
- Spectrum Youth & Family Services
- *Residential Home for Teen Boys
- School for Children with Behavioral, Learning & Emotional Challenges
- State's Attorney's Office
- Green Mountain Prevention Projects
- Family Room
- Child Advocates
- Child Life Specialist at Fletcher Allen
- OutRight Vermont
- R.U.12? Community Center
- SafeSpace
- LGBTQA Services
Organizations served through this activity so far include:One other example comes from a specific class that demonstrates this is HDFS 167: Sexual Identities.
- McClure's Multigenerational Center
- King Street Youth Center
- YouthBuild
- Heineberg Senior Center
We worked hard together and did a lot of learning and growing.
Students also took on a variety of interesting and informative projects as part of this class, including:
- Resources for Heterosexual Allies
- Training Program for Women's Rape Crisis Center to better address the needs of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women
- Annotated Bibliographies for Allies
- Parenting/Family Issues
- Homophobia in Women's Sports
- Connections/Differences: LGBT & Deaf Communities
4. My own Academic Service-Learning Work includes a variety of projects related to my research, teaching, and/or service to UVM, my profession, and my communities. Examples of recent and ongoing projects with students and colleagues follow:
- Mentoring Program: HDFS Seniors Mentoring HDFS First Years
- Friendships Across Sexual Identities (Research)
- Ally Development/Ally Training/Ally Group at UVM
- LGBT Friendship Patterns & Possibilities (Research)
- Enhancing the First Year Experience for Students
- Organizing/"captaining" an HDFS/IPS Team for the Youth Corps' annual Serve-a-Thon
- Advising various GLBTQA-related student & community groups
Created 11.10.01 by Jackie Weinstock
Copyright 2002 Weinstock
Course material drawn into the student web pages noted above copyrighted by original presenters/sources or by Weinstock.
Last Revised: 7.30.02