Listening to Service-Learning Alumni
Does participation in service-learning contribute to the long-term greater good, even after graduation? In Spring 2019, service-learning alumni came to Duke and offered their reflections with faculty and students on the impact service-learning has had on their life choices, future education, career shifts, and leadership in civic engagement since graduation. See their reflections below and click on the images to learn more about alumni perspectives on service-learning.
“Learning through Experience, Action, Partnership, and Service (LEAPS) was by far the most formative experience of my four years at Duke," says Dan Kessler (T'98) of service-learning. Click to learn more.
"I gained strong faculty mentors and met some incredible students who inspired me," says Nicole Daniels (T '14) about service-learning. Click to learn more.
Noha Sherif (T '14) talks with current Duke students about the impact service-learning has had on her life. "Service-learning taught me the importance of involving local communities in addressing any community-level change," she says. Click to learn more.
"I learned to become comfortable in the uncomfortable; and to network and navigate relationships with faculty and community members," says Laura McDaniel (T '02) of service-learning. Click to learn more.
"Service-learning at Duke really made me start thinking about justice issues and human rights issues that are not always front and center in our studies, and not in media coverage either," says Julie Norman ('02). Click to learn more.
Service-learning alumni pose for a group photo on East Campus with David Malone and Betsy Alden.
Dan Kessler (T’98) shares a laugh with a current student.
Betsy Alden engages with a student at the alumni event.
Laura McDaniel (T ‘02) reminisces about her time at Duke, the stress she knows current students are challenged with, and reassures them, “it’s going to be ok.”
