By offering service-learning courses, faculty benefit through:

• Inspiring and invigorating teaching methods
• Increasing student contact through greater emphasis on student-centered teaching
• Connecting community needs with curriculum and becoming more aware of current societal issues as they relate to academic areas of interest
• Identifying areas for collaborative community research and publication
• Advancing scholarship and service contributions for tenure and promotion considerations
• Experience the circumstances of their students’ lives outside the classroom
• Connect theoretical concepts to practical applications.
• Move beyond professional engagement to civic engagement.
• Create a more engaged classroom learning environment through thoughtful discussion and critical thinking.
• Increase their professional development through innovative teaching, research and service (contributes to review, promotion and tenure process).
• Earn Service Learning Credentials on C.V.
• Create forums for interdisciplinary collaboration

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