Why get the Service-Learning Designation?
It makes visible the community engagement efforts of both you and your students.
Specific benefits include:
- Transcript Distinction: Students in your course earn a service-learning transcript distinction, recognizing their community-engaged learning experience.
- Comprehensive Support: Gain full support from SL staff, including assistance with identifying community partners and promoting your course to increase enrollment.
- Enhanced Recognition: Be featured on the SL course list shared with the Provost and deans. Receive a formal thank-you letter from the Provost for your portfolio, highlighting your contributions to service-learning.
- Grant Advantage: Enhance your grant proposals by incorporating SL, a high-impact practice recognized by funding agencies like NSF for strengthening Broader Impacts.
- Strategic Alignment: Strengthen your department and college’s efforts to expand experiential learning and community engagement.
- Institutional Impact: Contribute to Boise State’s public commitment to community engagement and experiential learning, fostering trust with key stakeholders like the State Board of Education and the Legislature.
Review the Service-Learning Designation process.