The Engaged Campus

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.” –Helen Keller
Last year I had the honor of serving as SLCC’s Service-Learning Faculty Mentor. My job was to inspire our faculty to explore teaching with service-learning, and to [...]

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This month Raj Jayadev and Adrian Avila participated in The Engaged Campus Symposium, where they talked about their work at DeBug, a community action organization based in San Jose, California.  I was moved by their “soul work” as advocates for community groups, and I was impressed by how sincere and humble they both were.
One of [...]

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