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Do Students Care About Service Learning?

Globe University-La Crosse students have terrific opportunities to grow beyond their classrooms. Instructors at Globe skillfully coordinate service-learning projects where students can apply classroom knowledge to address real world problems in local and national communities. Concepts from textbooks come alive … Continue reading

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You’ll Love How These Students Came Together to Help the Homeless!

Collaboration is a great thing—especially when students are heading up the project! Medical assistant degree program students at Globe University-Appleton recently banded together during two service-learning projects at COTS, a local nonprofit organization. COTS provides homeless individuals a safe and … Continue reading

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What is Service Learning?

Service learning. What is it, anyway? A phrase most often heard in the classroom, service learning is a method of teaching and learning that combines academic classroom instruction with meaningful, related services that help local businesses and organizations. Globe University … Continue reading

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Pot of Gold: St. Patrick’s Day Greetings Brighten Vets’ Days

 Kadi Anderson, a student at Globe University- Eau Claire, and her four children brightened St. Patrick’s Day for local veterans by delivering hand made greeting cards to the Veterans’ Home in Chippewa Falls, Wis.  Kadi chose this as her service-learning … Continue reading

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Is the Silent Killer After You?

The question is not “who” is the Silent Killer, but “what?”  Globe University students enrolled in the Patient Care Sciences 1 class studying for their medical assistant certification uncovered the answer to this question. At Sauber Manor, affordable housing for … Continue reading

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Community Service, Speed Dating Style: 4 Students Make a Difference

Four students from Globe University-Eau Claire became involved in a community-wide service-learning project that resembled speed dating. Ashley Muchow, Jamie Edington, Jessica Kistner and Samantha Leis, all enrolled in the Global Citizenship class, found a love for serving in the … Continue reading

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How to Talk to Your Great-Grandmother: Student Gets Blast from the Past

    Ericka Gassen, a student at Globe University-Eau Claire, loves visiting with senior citizens–so much so, that she decided to engage with seniors for her college service-learning project. She calls her visits a “Blast!” as she learns information about … Continue reading

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Power of Partnerships: Paralegal Project Spans 2 Quarters, Looks to Future

Paralegal degree students at Globe University-Sioux Falls partnered with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) on two separate projects, two quarters apart. First, students in the Ethics class prepared an ethics brochure for CASA for the students’ service/applied learning project.  CASA … Continue reading

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What Makes a Good Citizen?

Do you know what makes a good citizen? There are many ways to define it, but some Globe University students are proving their good citizenship by helping others in more ways than one. Students at the Appleton, Wis. campus of … Continue reading

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Why 50 Furry Friends Got their Nails Done

Students earning their veterinary technology degrees at Globe University joined Your Pet Stop for a service learning project.  What is service learning you may be asking yourself?  It is learning that applies knowledge obtained in the classroom to real life … Continue reading

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