Service-learning courses at Duke involve students in meaningful community-based projects related to academic subject matter, and push them to reflect on the ethical and civic dimensions of community engagement. These images depict some of the variety, depth and impact of this fall's service-learning experiences.
Pictured above, local high school student Alma Perez examines a mural at the exhibit opening for Two Way Bridges/Puentes de Dobla Via, a project sponsored by Humanities Writ Large involving multiple service-learning courses, culture-language-media workshops, a group documentary conducted by artists from the Latino community, and partnerships between Duke students and local high school and community college students. The exhibit, which contains murals, paintings, video, photography, and other collaborative work celebrating bridges between Duke and the broader Latino community, will be on display in the Frederic Jameson Gallery in the Friedl building Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm through December 18, and again January 6-30.
For more infomation and a list of spring 2014 courses, contact Duke Service-Learning.
Students in the service-learning course Chemistry Outreach (Chemistry 180) prepare liquid nitrogen ice cream for an end-of semester celebration and reflection on their work. Throughout the semester, students prepared and staged chemistry demonstrations at local schools, museums, and public events under the tutelage of professor Ken Lyle. Here, junior Roshni Jain pours liquid nitrogen while classmates Pablo Santander and Meredith Rahman stir the mix.
Below, students in a Dance/Theater Studies service-learning course enact their final project, an interactive Forum theater piece inspired by their work with the Durham Crisis Response Center (DCRC), a domestic violence support group. Students Elijah Brunson, Sarah Wilcox, Rebecca Pham and Maurice Dowell set the stage for audience members -- including DCRC clients and staff -- to exchange places with the actors and alter the script. The class, called Performance and Social Change, is taught by Keval Khalsa.
Photos by Les Todd/Duke University Photography; Ken Lyle; and Megan Morr/Duke University Photography