[OSU-SLSR] SLSR for 11/10/2014

[Cox, Harmony]

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Ohio State Service-Learning News

Goodbye to Harmony: Coffee Hour on 12/03  Please join us for a farewell coffee hour in recognition of Harmony Cox’s departure from the Service-Learning Initiative. After three years of service with our office, Harmony will be leaving in December to begin a new job as a program manager for the United Way of Central Ohio. We hope you will be able to come say goodbye and wish her well.  The coffee hour will take place on Wednesday, December 3rd at 9am in Hale Hall 110a. For more information or to RSVP, please email slearning at osu.edu<mailto:slearning at osu.edu>.

Service-Learning Grants Information Session on 11/14  OSU CARES/OSU Extension, the Service-Learning Initiative and the Office of Outreach and Engagement are pleased to offer this year’s OSU CARES/OSU Extension Seed Grants, Service-Learning Grants, and Engagement Impact Grants to support scholarly engagement efforts of university faculty and staff. Information on the grants  is available at http://outreachgrants.osu.edu. If you are interested in learning more, we are hosting an information session on Friday, November 14, from 11 a.m. to noon, in the MLK Auditorium, Hale Hall, 154 W. 12th Ave. The session will also be available for remote participants through Carmen Connect (https://carmenconnect.osu.edu/grantinfo1).

Course Spotlight

Social Work 5194: Follow the Tomato  This service‐learning course will explore the complex interrelated social and environmental issues related to the food system. Students will have the opportunity to learn about the development of the global food system and social, economic, health, and environmental consequences related to disparities in the food system. The community food security model will be used to explore how emergency food assistance and sustainable localized food strategies work together to address these issues. Students will follow the tomato through the food system, spending some class periods working at a food pantry, soup kitchen, produce distribution program, and community garden.  Students will also engage in a semester-long community engagement project with Franklinton Gardens, a two-acre nonprofit urban farm, on the Westside of Columbus.  For more information on this course, please contact Michelle Kaiser at Kaiser.267 at osu.edu<mailto:Kaiser.267 at osu.edu>.

Resources and Opportunities

Battle Against Hunger: Poverty Simulation Seeking Student Participants  The Battle Against Hunger is a month-long program facilitated by Pay It Forward through the Office of Student Life. It is aimed at creating awareness of issues surrounding food insecurity through food drives, service, and educational events. This year, Pay it Forward will be hosting a Poverty Simulation for students who are interested in exploring issues around poverty, community, and food security in a hands-on way.  This interactive presentation will allow students explore how hunger affects communities throughout the United States and within Columbus. The simulation will take place at 5pm on Tuesday, November 18th in the Royer Student Activities Room. Please direct interested students here for more information:  https://payitforward2013.wufoo.com/forms/bah-poverty-simulation-1118/

Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Opportunity for Graduate and Professional Students  The Columbus-Athens Schweitzer Fellows Program, a chapter of the national Schweitzer Fellowship, seeks to build leaders in service, dedicated to the legacy of Dr. Albert Schweitzer. Starting in April 2015, Schweitzer Fellows will design and implement year-long 200-hour community service projects that address critical social and health-related needs in underserved areas of Franklin and Athens Counties.  A diverse group of 12-18 graduate and professional students will be selected from Ohio State, Ohio University, and other Columbus-area colleges.  Fellows will be pursuing degrees in a broad range of disciplines, including the health sciences, social work, divinity studies, law, education, engineering, and others. This Fellowship is open to students enrolled full or part-time in a graduate or professional degree program.  Fellows receive a $3,000, stipend for their year of service. Applications for the fellowship are due on February 16th. For more information, please visit http://www.schweitzerfellowship.org/columbus.

Sincerely,

Ola Ahlqvist and Harmony Cox
The Service-Learning Initiative at Ohio State



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