Tag Archives: service learning
Alumni Gift Helps Send UM-Flint Students to New Orleans for Alternative Summer Break
A crew from UM-Flint, including 21 students, will work on a home-and-property-renovating project in New Orleans in May as part of the university's first Alternative Summer Break.
UM-Flint Nursing Students Follow Maureen Tippen to Dominican Republic for 20th Year
It is a learning experience that has become a tradition for the University of Michigan-Flint nursing department. Clinical assistant professor Maureen Tippen will guide students to the less-traveled areas of the Dominican Republic to deliver healthcare to a sugarcane village in a remote area of the country.
UM-Flint Nursing Students Find Inspiration in the Dominican Republic
This February, UM-Flint Nursing professor Maureen Tippen traveled with a group of students to the Dominican Republic for the 18th time as part of her International Service Learning course. With the help of two translators, UM-Flint staff member Becky Pettengill and alumnus James MacDonald, Tippen and her students saw over 500 people over the course of a week.
Community Invited to UM-Flint's "Our Engaged Campus" Showcase
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UM-Flint is sharing community engagement success stories that illustrate best practices in engaged learning and campus-community partnerships.
UM-Flint 2013 Faculty Research and Creative Activity Summit (FRACAS)
"It is a great opportunity to get a sampling of the exciting work being done by the UM-Flint faculty," said Psychology Professor Marianne McGrath, a planning committee member. "The event is free and open to everyone."
UM-Flint Students Embark on Alternative Spring Break
Students spend time learning about complex social, cultural, and environmental issues. Last year, 69 students participated for a combined total of 1,055 hours of positive community impact.
UM-Flint Nursing Students to Set Up Health Clinics in Dominican Republic
The nursing students will spend their spring break participating in this International Service Learning Course.
UM-Flint Fraternity Receives National Recognition for Contributions to Local Community
In addition to this recognition, the chapter has been selected by the national fraternity to host its first-ever Mid-Year Leadership Conference at the University of Michigan-Flint in late January.
Clinic Led by UM-Flint Students Brings Needed Health Services to Flint's Underserved
When the clinic is in operation, a faculty member or licensed community practitioner is present.
UM-Flint Students Bring Math Fun to Flint's Durant-Tuuri-Mott Elementary School
As part of a service learning project, UM-Flint students will help to provide the school's 570 elementary students with a better understanding of mathematics.