UCF s 6th Annual Service-Learning Student Showcase

1. UCF’s 6th Annual Service-Learning Student Showcase  This annual event showcases the service-learning student projects from the 2008-2009 academic year. Students are competing for over $5000 in SGA scholarships. Much like the Graduate and Undergraduate Research Showcases, students from UCF colleges participate and benefit from learning about academic service-learning projects in various disciplines. The student poster presentations to scholarship judges and the general public reveal how their service project aligns with learning outcomes for the course.

2. In 2009 over 250 people participated in the event with 35 service-learning projects presented. Some examples include:

6. The Service-Learning Student Showcase Award Winners for 2009   Through the generosity of the UCF Student Government Association (SGA), four scholarships are awarded each year at the event to the most meaningful service-learning projects presented at the showcase: $2000 for first place, $1500 for second place, $1000 for third place, and $500 for fourth place. The Office of Experiential Learning and the Showcase Planning Committee are grateful to the SGA for continuing to support service-learning at UCF.  

7. First Place Award Winners: $2000.00 Chutes, Ladders and Manners Lucy Bryson and Laura Hastings Methods of Teaching Drama (THE 6756) Faculty: Megan Alrutz Community Partners: Boys and Girls Club Downtown in partnership with the Coalition for the Homeless Our project began as an exploration of manners with young people through creative drama.  As the project progressed, it became more about teaching the students to focus, cooperate and work together to reach common goals.  We noted growth through interactions between us and our students, as well as between the students themselves.

8. Second Place Award Winner: $15000.00

9. Third Place Award Winner: $10000.00

10. Fourth Place and Peer Choice Award Winner: $500.00