
{"id":39,"date":"2022-11-22T18:46:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T18:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgschoolcraft.wpengine.com\/service-learning\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-06-17T13:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:41:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout-hero-container alignfull\" style=\"margin-top: -78px; background: url(https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/07\/hero-branded.png) no-repeat; background-size: cover;\">\n    <span class=\"sr-only\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"people helping with a book drive\"><\/span>\n        \n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"headlines\">\n            <h1>Connecting the classroom to community.<\/h1>\n            <p>Learn and make a positive impact.<\/p>\n            <a href=\"\/service-learning\/endorsement\/\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"value-benefits-container\">\n\n    <div class=\"value-1\"><p>Foster a sense of civic responsibility.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"value-2\"><p>Relate academic learning to real-world issues.<\/p><\/div>\n    <div class=\"value-3\"><p>Develop skills and personal growth.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container intro gb-block-container\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Service Learning?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Service Learning and Civic Engagement connect academic courses to the wider community through mutually beneficial projects with organization off and on campus. The goal is to help meet real-world needs while fostering in students a sense of civic responsibility and a greater awareness of their community. Students\u2019 skills and personal growth are demonstrated in high impact learning experiences, academic outcomes, and guided reflection, preparing students to meet the challenges of being 21st Century citizens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/Service-Learning-LOGO-2024_blue-02b-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/Service-Learning-LOGO-2024_blue-02b-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/Service-Learning-LOGO-2024_blue-02b-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/Service-Learning-LOGO-2024_blue-02b-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/Service-Learning-LOGO-2024_blue-02b-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/Service-Learning-LOGO-2024_blue-02b-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/Service-Learning-LOGO-2024_blue-02b-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/Service-Learning-LOGO-2024_blue-02b-75x75.png 75w, https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/09\/Service-Learning-LOGO-2024_blue-02b-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The Service Learning &amp; Civic Engagement office supports faculty and their students in forming partnerships with non-profits or social service groups. Whether you are Schoolcraft faculty or a potential community partner, if you are interested in helping students learn through service, please reach out to our office directly. We are excited to learn with you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"callout-secondary\"><strong>Service Learning &amp; Civic Engagement<\/strong><br>Liberal Arts Building, room 562<br>734-462-7178<br><a href=\"mailto:servicelearning@schoolcraft.edu\">servicelearning@schoolcraft.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sc-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-39","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.schoolcraft.edu\/service-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}