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Academic Service Learning
Our Mission
As UMKC’s
Academic Service-Learning support office, Students in the City
furthers the progress of urban core revitalization by creating
experiential education opportunities for UMKC students.
What We Do
One of the
most significant ways a university engages with communities is by
enabling its students to develop civic leadership skills and expand
their class-based learning through meaningful public service in the
community.
Students in the City…
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Facilitates connections between community organizations and UMKC
faculty, staff and students;
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Provides
support to community-based organizations hosting Academic
Service-Learning projects;
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Provides
support for faculty implementing a service-learning project in a
class
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Hosts
forums for community members and UMKC faculty, staff and
students to learn about best practices in the field of Academic
Service-Learning.
Why Academic Service-Learning?
Academic
Service-Learning (AS-L) brings the city into the classroom.
Through a project assignment that addresses community needs,
students learn from community members and develop leadership skills
while practicing theoretical knowledge gained in class. Students in
the City is at the heart of UMKC’s mission to be an essential
community partner and resource. Everyone benefits from Academic
Service-Learning. Community organizations benefit from student
talent and faculty expertise, and students deepen their learning
through serving the city. Academic Service-Learning is one way
students, faculty and community members participate together in
projects that are progressive, transformative and rooted in the
social and civic ideals fundamental to both nonprofit and university
missions. AS-L provides significant benefits for student learning,
community needs, faculty satisfaction and professional development.
Students, faculty and community members are involved in
service-learning for myriad reasons. Among the most common
motivators are: commitment to meaningful learning for students,
professional development and meeting community needs --- with all
partners united in a desire to promote actions for the common good.
Interested? Contact us!
Students in
the City
A program of The Center for the City at UMKC
4825 Troost, Room 104
Kansas
City,
MO 64110
(816)235-6100
centerforthecity@umkc.edu
