{"id":49767,"date":"2016-09-07T09:49:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T19:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=49767"},"modified":"2020-03-09T13:22:38","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T23:22:38","slug":"windward-service-learning-fair-encourages-volunteering-as-part-of-coursework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/09\/07\/windward-service-learning-fair-encourages-volunteering-as-part-of-coursework\/","title":{"rendered":"Windward Service-Learning Fair encourages volunteering as part of coursework"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/windward-service-learning-fair-2016.jpg\" alt=\"windward-service-learning-fair-2016, team wearing Blood Bank t-shirts\" width=\"620\" height=\"374\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/windward-service-learning-fair-2016.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/windward-service-learning-fair-2016-260x157.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"clear-photo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/\">Windward Community College<\/a> will hold a Service-Learning Fair September 14, from noon to 2 p.m. in Hale <span aria-label=\"Akoakoa\">&#699;&#256;koakoa<\/span> Atrium and Uala Leaf Cafe. Up to 45 non-profit organizations will be present to share information about volunteer opportunities and the services our community organizations provide. Students and the community are invited to this free event.<\/p>\n<p>The primary purpose of the Service-Learning Fair is to help Windward <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> students identify community groups with whom they can volunteer during the semester as part of their coursework. It provides students with experience applying their coursework to the real world, while contributing to their community in a positive way. Community members are also welcome to connect with community organizations on volunteer opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Service-Learning is the application and practice of academic learning in ways that benefit the community. It is more than volunteerism, as students gain experience in applying their coursework to the real world.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Students feel very positive about the real-life experiences they have when involved in service-learning for their academic classes and often express their feelings that giving back feels really good. Community organizations appreciate the energy, dedication and service that Windward Community College students provide to the clients served by these local organizations,&rdquo; said Service-Learning Coordinator <strong>Sharon MacQuoid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>For a sample of community partners where students have volunteered, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/article.php?aId=8100\">Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contact MacQuoid, for more information at (808) 236-9225 or <a href=\"mailto:macquoid@hawaii.edu\">macquoid@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Bonnie Beatson<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up to 45 non-profit organizations will be present to share information about volunteer opportunities for students and community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[71,66],"class_list":["post-49767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-windward-community-college","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49767"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112924,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49767\/revisions\/112924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}