Service-Learning and Community-Based Learning

Service-Learning and Community-Based Learning: Why

• Copies of official degree certificate/diploma
• Certified translation of transcripts
• Financial documentation demonstrating adequate financial support for at least the first year of study

• Direct a college office or center for volunteerism, community engagement, service-learning or engaged leadership.
• Lead professional development workshops for faculty, teachers, and community partners focused on evidence-based equity-centered strategies.
• Teach service-learning and community-based courses that holistically integrate academic content with reciprocal community-partnerships that facilitate learning, skill development, and community capacity-building.
• Engage in community-centered research and scholarship that advances academic discipline and professional fields.
• Collaboratively solicit and secure grants and other resources for educational and community enhancement.
• Initiate and coordinate campus and community-wide strategic plans that operationalize democratic mission and vision statements for educational, economic, environmental, and social justice.
• Co-construct K12 school and teacher professional training for anchoring education and community service in learning and serving activities that promote academic competence, identity development, and future democratic engagement aspirations.

• Complete the graduate application
• Send the Graduate School’s Admissions office your official academic transcripts
• Submit evidence of English language proficiency
• Provide financial documentation demonstrating adequate financial support for at least the first year of study
• Depending on the individual graduate program that you are applying for, additional department requirements may include:
  • Personal essay or statement of purpose
  • Letters of recommendation
  • Standardized test scores, e.g., GRE (not required by all programs)
  • Resume
  • Writing samples
  • Portfolio