Five Elon Faculty Present at Service Learning Symposium

Alexa Darby, Pam Kiser, Mary Knight-McKenna, Carolyn Stuart, and Bud Warner made presentations at the Symposium on Service-Learning and Civic Engagement at Western Carolina University on June 12, 2008.  Their presentations were:

Alexa Darby and Mary Knight-McKenna     “Different Backgrounds: Schema Awareness in Academic Service- Learning”

Bud Warner      “Service-Learning with Island Elders: Engaging an International Community”

Carolyn Stuart and Mary Knight-McKenna      “Fostering Leadership with Academic Service-Learning in Teacher Education”

Prof. Pam Kiser with fellow panelists Patti Clayton (NC State), Robert Shumer (University of Minnesota),
Kathleen Brennan (Western Carolina University), and Mark Helm ( Central Piedmont Community College)                                                                                                                                                                       

        “Scholarship of Engagement:  Creating Win-Win Situations for Faculty, Students, and Community”

The 2008 Symposium was the 4th annual meeting sponsored by Western Carolina University.