The purpose of the Service Learning Faculty Field Trips is to bring faculty into the community to meet with community leaders, to see the service learning sites where their students serve, and to help build new mutually beneficial partnerships. These trips help to stimulate new service learning classes and opportunities for community-based research.
Upcoming Events
Annual Faculty Field Trip - Thursday, May 16, 2013
How Might Working with the Community Enhance My Teaching and Scholarship?
Join Marquette University and Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) faculty this May for the annual faculty field trip! See first-hand the amazing work that is being done in our community by visiting four local nonprofit community partners in our immediate neighborhood. Take advantage of this great opportunity to learn more about the agencies’ needs, goals, services, and programming, as well as how we can better engage with the community through service learning and community-based research. Join us as we explore opportunities to collaborate with MATC faculty in order to have a positive impact on our shared neighborhood.
The bus will meet at the 707 Building at 8:30am. Lunch will be served at Hillside Family Resource Center at 11:30am and will be catered by MATC. The bus will return to the 707 Building at 3:00pm for a debriefing in Room 303 until 4:00pm.
Tour Stops:
9:15am - Wisconsin Conservatory for Lifelong Learning: 1017 N. 12th Street
- K4-12 school with a mission to develop children who are diverse in cultural and ethnic backgrounds, ability levels and learning styles, into caring individuals and responsible citizens through quality, cooperative education.
10:30am - Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club & Hillside Family Resource Center: 611 W. Cherry Street
- Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club offers activities and programs for youth ages 5 – 18 within its community. These activities include educational and tutorial services, sports & recreation, and arts, leadership and health programs. The Club provides a fun and safe place for youth to go after school or during weekdays when schools are closed. The Hillside Family Resource Center is a community center in which over 60,000 adults and youth visit each year seeking education, health care, sports and arts programming, and daycare.
12:30pm - AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin: 820 N. Plankinton Avenue
- ARCW is a private, nonprofit health and social service agency that works to confront and alleviate the effects of HIV disease in Wisconsin. ARCW provides aggressive HIV education and prevention, access to comprehensive services for people affected by HIV disease, clinical research on HIV treatment, and HIV advocacy.
1:45pm - Grand Avenue Club: 210 E. Michigan Street
- Grand Avenue Club offers adults who experience mental illness an array of opportunities 365 days a year. Program participants are “members” of a community with a place to come, meaningful work, and meaningful relationships. GAC members work alongside a small but dedicated staff to actually run GAC and are involved in every aspect of the work.
3:00-4:00pm - Debriefing Session and Evaluation at Marquette SLP
To join the Faculty Field Trip, please RSVP by Wednesday, May 1 at: http://www.marquette.edu/ctl/workshops/workshops-rsvp.php
Past Events
On May 19, 2009, 45 current and prospective Service Learning faculty participated in the Program's Community Bus Tour which was the second half of a two-day faculty seminar focused on community-based research entitled, "Addressing Community Needs in Volatile Times: Opportunities for Teaching and Research." The seminar was co-sponsored by the Manresa Project, Center for Teaching and Learning, Institute for Urban Life, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, and the Graduate School.
The day began at the Service Learning Office with a continental breakfast and an introduction by Jen Filz, a Site Contact and the Director of the Campus Kitchens Program.
Faculty loaded the bus and headed north of campus, to Repairers of the Breach. On the way, the bus passed by several Service Learning agencies, including Aurora Sinai Medical Center.
Repairers of the Breach is a daytime shelter run by the homeless and for the homeless. Clients are able to receive clothes, a warm place to stay during inclement weather, and also work one-on-one with a tutor to earn their GED or improve reading skills.
The next stop was Milwaukee Center for Independence, a non-profit, comprehensive, community-based rehabilitation facility and sheltered workshop that helps people with developmental disabilities live and work in the community. MCFI offers over 50 programs and services to assist people of all ages.
The bus traveled past several more agencies and faculty were provided lunch by Amaranth Bakery, a bakery near Our Next Generation, the next stop on the tour. Our Next Generation is an after school program for at-risk youth on Milwaukee's near north side.
The last site visited was Voces de la Frontera, a low-wage and immigrant worker's center which responds to the immediate problems low-wage immigrant workers face and provides a legal clinic where workers can obtain free legal advice about labor and civil rights.
The faculty returned to the Service Learning Office mid-afternoon for a wine and cheese reception and reflection. The faculty discussed their experiences visiting the agencies and began to consider next steps in integrating service learning in their courses in the future. Following the tour many professors indicated interest in using service learning in their classes, or improving the way they integrate their teaching with the community. Several faculty are also examining how community-based research might shape their research agendas.
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