TAMIU Students Work with Community Partners in Service-Learning Projects, Win Recognition at Fall Expo
A total of 250 Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) students presented 70 service-learning projects they conducted with local non-profit and government organizations at the annual Service-Learning Expo Fall 2017 Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the Student Center Ballroom and Rotunda.
Service-learning is an educational experience in which students participate in a TAMIU credit-bearing course paired with an organized community service component. Key to service-learning are guided and structured reflections that support learning by enhancing course content comprehension, integrating academic and service concepts, and developing civic/social justice responsibility.
Students’ projects represented a total of 10 service-learning classes.
Project partners included the Cuéllar Learning Enrichment Center; Literacy Volunteers of Laredo; The Boys & Girls Clubs of Laredo; Don José Gallegos Elementary School; various neighborhoods such as El Cenizo, Pueblo Nuevo, Colonia Guadalupe, El Rincon del Diablo; HeadStart; North Star Sports; Russell Terrance Housing Developing Center; Book Warehouse; Farmer’s Market; Regent Care Center; PILLAR; Bethany House, and Voz de Niños.
Admission was free and open to the public.
Cihtlalli Pérez, outreach coordinator for TAMIU’s Service-Learning Center, said service-learning provides students with meaningful learning experiences.
“Service-learning provides students with meaningful service experiences that create connections with their course content, personal growth, and civic learning,” she said, “Through service-learning courses, students are able to apply what they learn in class to real-world settings which impacts their learning and helps them engage with current social issues in our community.”
Winners named at the concluding Award Ceremony were:
1st Place Poster Winners Graduate Students
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Group Name: The Challenges of Learning a new Language |
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Class: PSYC 5389 Psychology Internship |
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Group Member 1: |
Alba Hernandez |
1st Place Poster Winners Graduate Students
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Group Name: Service-Learning Experience: PILLAR |
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Class: PSYC 5389 Psychology Internship |
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Group Member 1: |
Clarissa Duran |
1st Place Poster Winners Graduate Students
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Group Name: A comparative study of curricular assessment |
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Class: PSYC 5398: Graduate Research |
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Group Member 1: |
Alexandra Reyes |
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Group Member 2: |
Elizabeth San Miguel |
2nd Place Poster Winners:
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Group Name: The social construct of Homelessness- A Bethany House Internship |
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Class: PSYC 5389 Psychology Internship |
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Group Member 1: |
Adriana Morales |
3rd Place Poster Winners:
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Group Name: What does literacy have to do with sex trafficking, machismo, and life satisfaction? A pilot study for the Batey Rehab Project |
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Class: Research Design and Statistics |
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Group Member 1: |
Naomi Cortina |
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Group Member 2: |
Valeria Zhang |
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Group Member 3: |
Gabriela Sanchez |
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Group Member 4: |
Mariana Mendiola |
1st Place Winners: Undergraduate Students
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Group Name: El Cenizo to the Rescue |
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Class: Community Health |
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Group Member 1: |
Alexandra Guerrero |
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Group Member 2: |
Alberto Sanchez |
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Group Member 3: |
Alyssa Castillo |
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Group Member 4: |
Luis Salazar |
2nd Place Winners:
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Group Name: Child Injury Prevention: Fire and Stress Safety |
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Class: Community Health |
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Group Member 1: |
Priscilla Briseño |
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Group Member 2: |
Linda Newland |
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Group Member 3: |
Maria Ruiz |
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Group Member 4: |
Fernando Maciel |
3rd Place Poster Winners:
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Group Name: Keep Buenos Aires Beautiful |
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Class: Community Health |
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Group Member 1: |
Cassandra Diaz |
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Group Member 2: |
Nicholas Canalez |
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Group Member 3: |
Elvia Rosales |
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Group Member 4: |
Karla Soto |
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Group Member 5: |
Flor Zapata |
Student Favorite Poster Winners:
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Group Name: Second Language Acquisition in Adults |
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Class: PSYC 5389 |
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Group Member 1: |
Lorena Madriaga |
For more information, contact Dr. Marcela Uribe, director, service-learning, community-based research and faculty initiatives, at marcela.uribe@tamiu.edu, or visit the Service-Learning Center in Senator Judith Zaffirini Student Success Center, room 223. Information is also available online at http://www.tamiu.edu/profcenter/whatisSL.shtml
University office hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday.