Project Examples

Examples of service-learning projects

Here are some of the service learning opportunities available at SUNY Cortland:

• Collect, analyze, and apply community health-related information.  In Community Health (HLH 203), for example, students work with area agencies to
  • Gather information about Cortland County’s health needs through surveys and through the use of computerized health data
  • Investigate physical, social, emotional, and intellectual behaviors that influence health behaviors
  • Identify gaps in community health care
  • Design a plan for disseminating information about health care resources
• Mentoring / tutoring children.  In Academic Writing in the Community I & II (CPN 102 and CPN 103), students can
• • Apply academic and professional skills such as paraphrasing while helping underprivileged children deal with academic and social challenges.  Paraphrasing helps a person understand someone else’s needs and interests;  in this way, that person can communicate more effectively with others.
  • Integrate service-learning experiences into their essay
  • Develop a deeper understanding of outside influences that affect children’s learning and behavior, such as learning disabilities, poverty, and legislation
• Other civic engagement opportunities include
  • Creating newsletters and Websites for community agencies
  • Participating in electoral projects
  • Helping to create community development projects
  • Helping developmentally-challenged children and adults
  • Fund-raising for nonprofit agencies and projects
  • Historic Preservation
  • Education resource-development