Service Learning
I facilitate opportunities for students to gain professional experience and apply their growing skill sets to real design situations by employing service learning. "Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities."—NSLC
I facilitate opportunities for students to gain professional experience and apply their growing skill sets to real design situations by employing service learning. "Service-Learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen communities."—NSLC
Through service-learning, my students—use what they learn in studio to solve real-life problems. They not only learn the practical applications of their design studies, they become actively contributing design leaders, citizens and community members through the service they perform.
Community Partner: Casbah Market/The Merc/Local Burger
Local Food vs Organic Food Provocation
Local Food vs Organic Food Provocation
The class (2 Architecture students, 4 Graphic Design students, 1 Industrial Design student and 1 Expanded Media student) worked with Lawrence local food advocates on the design of a educational experience that was installed in the Casbah Market storefront downtown on Mass. Street for three weeks.
