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Community Service Ambassador

Description

Description - Describes how students engage, what they do, reflecting the nature and depth of the program/experience.

Each student ambassador serves in a nonprofit organization located in the Midlands, exploring issues affecting the local community and working with the non-profit agency to address these issues.
Term

Term - The semester in which the activity occurs

Spring 2022
Category

Category - Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) category with which this engagement activity is most closely aligned, from the perspective of the student in the activity.

Civic Engagement & Service-Learning Programsdefinition

Civic Engagement & Service-Learning Programs - The primary mission of Service-Learning Programs is to engage students in experiences that address human and community needs together with structured opportunities for reflection intentionally designed to promote student learning and development.

Campus Label

Campus Label - Type of purposeful activity, as defined across units

Civic Engagement
Division

Division - University organization

Student Affairs & Academic Support
Department

Department - University organization

Student Life
Unit

Unit - University organization

Leadership & Service Center
Special Designation

Special Designation - Engagement has a special designation based on review of educational purpose and intentional design.

GLD-Professional & Civic Engagement
GLD-Community Service
Experiential Learning Opportunity
Time on Task

Time on Task - Amount of time that a student engages in this activity (including orientation/training, supervision/feedback, reflection on learning).

60 - 89 hours
Participation Entry

Participation Entry - Extent to which participation is restricted (e.g., minimum GPA, classification)

-
Minimum Credit Hours

Minimum Credit Hours - Number of credit hours or years in college required to participate in this activity

60 hours or 2 years completed at any college
Minimum GPA

Minimum GPA - Minimum GPA required to participate in this activity

2.0
Other Requirements

Other Requirements - Additional requirements to participate in this activity

No additional requirements
Expectations

Expectations - How expectations are communicated to students about how they will engage in this program

Group orientation / class session(s)
Active Learning

Active Learning - What students do; the nature or type of the engagement, that is expected to contribute to their learning

Community service / civic engagementdefinition

Community service / civic engagement - Engage in activities that address human and community needs, to make a difference in civic life of communities and develop knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make a difference.


Study / Practice diversity, equity, inclusiondefinition

Study / Practice diversity, equity, inclusion - Engage in activity designed to develop knowledge, skills, disposition regarding diversity; ability to value, respect, and learn from diverse cultures, races, ages, genders, sexual orientations, and religions.

Knowledge/Skills

Knowledge/Skills - Knowledge applied and/or skills practiced by students as they engage in this activity

Civic knowledge and engagementdefinition

Civic knowledge and engagement - Working to make a difference in civic life of our communities; developing combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference


Personal and social responsibility - Contributing to a larger communitydefinition

Personal and social responsibility - Contributing to a larger community - Recognizing and acting on one's responsibility to the educational community and the wider society, locally, nationally, and globally

Interacts With

Interacts With - With whom students directly interact, as they engage in this activity

Community members (not primarily students, staff, faculty on this campus)
Diversity

Diversity - Extent to which student learning about diversity is included in program structure

Included in program structure, not the primary focusdefinition

Included in program structure, not the primary focus - Although not the primary focus of the program/experience, discussion of diversity topics is intentionally included in the structure of the program/experience

Feedback

Feedback - How and from whom students receive feedback on their engagement in this program

Group / class session with professional staff
Group / class session with external supervisor
Reflection

Reflection - How, and with whom, students engage in reflection on their learning while engaged in this activity

(1-1) session(s) with professional staff
Each student produces written reflection(s)
Program Website

Program Website - For additional information, go to the unit website.

https://sc.edu/about/offices_and_divisions/leadership_and_service_center/leadership_development/index.php
Rubric

Rubric - Describes specific expectations for student involvement in the activity

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