Service Learning at Suffolk

The S.O.U.L.S. Community Service & Service Learning Center works with faculty and students in more than 50 classes annually to support service learning projects with community-based organizations throughout greater Boston. In classes as diverse as Introductory Spanish and Community Psychology, students engage in projects ranging from ESOL tutoring to soil sampling to serving the needs of the homeless.

The role of the S.O.U.L.S. service learning staff is to serve as a liaison between and resource for service learning students, faculty, and community based organizations.  The service learning staff will coordinate placements and facilitate application and screening processes, assist with project monitoring and tracking of volunteer hours, administer assessments, and provide training for students, faculty, and community based organizations.  The purpose and mission of the service learning staff is to help those participating in service learning  projects to achieve their goals, and to promote the development of civically-engaged students and a civically-engaged campus. 

Meet Our Staff

Carolina Garcia, Director of Service Learning
Shirley Consuegra, Assistant Director of Service Learning

Faculty Assistants
Stefanie Baril, Allison Brito, Whitney Kimbar, Molly MacKinnon, Kathy Markuszka, Delia Mooney, Jon Paton, Deborah Searfoss, Shalyn Ward

Faculty Fellows
We are currently accepting Faculty Fellow Applications for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Service Learning Advisory Board Members
John Berg, Government Professor & Chair
Shirley Consuegra, Assistant Director of Service Learning
Greg Fried, Philosophy Associate Professor & Chair
Carolina Garcia, Director of Service Learning
Laurie Levesque, Associate Professor & Assistant Dean and Academic Director, Undergraduate Business Programs
Sharon Lenzie, Assistant to the Dean & Director of Graduate Programs
John Silveria, Assistant Dean of Students
 

The Service Learning program is located in Donahue 209, S.O.U.L.S. Community Service and Service Learning Center