Spring 2012: CCEL Faculty Colloquia Breakfast: Dorn Van Dommelen

Feb. 29, 8:30-10 a.m.
Gordon Hartlieb Hall, Room 105

For the past five years, Dorn Van Dommelen has partnered with Heifer International (HI) to develop curriculum and a service-learning component in GEOG/INTL 101. His fall semester sabbatical focused on furthering this relationship by helping HI to develop university program plans. A CCEL minigrant assisted with the opportunity to visit two of HI's country-level program offices (Canada and Senegal) for a more intimate look at the organization's work in the field. The in-country field visits are intended to lead to strategic opportunities for further service-learning, including student research and short-term study abroad opportunities. For the colloquium, Van Dommelen will review what he learned from the country visits and discuss the student and faculty opportunities in greater detail.

For more information, contact the Center for Community Engagement and Learning at krjoseph2@uaa.alaska.edu.