Professional Development

Service-Learning Fellows Program

The Service-Learning Fellows Program is a semester-long, cohort-based program designed to foster the development and institutionalization of service-learning courses and curricula, projects, and scholarly pursuits at Purdue, as well as strengthen collaborative efforts and outcomes in communities. The program is open to faculty (including non-tenure track), lecturers, staff, and graduate student instructors from the West Lafayette, Purdue in Indianapolis, Purdue Northwest, Purdue Fort Wayne, Purdue Global, and Purdue Statewide campuses seeking to implement service-learning pedagogy under today’s shifting circumstances. Up to $2,000 is available per project ($1,000 instructor discretionary funds and $1,000 community partner project). Please note, you do not need to have a partner identified as the service-learning staff will help develop these partnerships.

Fellowship Terms of Service

• Collaboratively develop a plan for course and project implementation with community partner and Service-Learning Director
• Participate in 9 cohort meetings
• Attend at least 1 one-on-one consultation with Service-Learning Director
• Develop and submit curriculum design framework, learning contract, learning outcomes & objectives, syllabus, student reflection assignment, curricular map, research impacts, reflections, final report
• Apply for the student engagement and service-learning grants and/or produce a scholarly contribution, i.e., annual Purdue Engagement & Service-Learning Summit, co-author in Purdue Journal for Service-Learning and International Engagement
• Contribute to the assessment of service-learning (instructor, student, community partner assessments)

Expected Use of Funds

• No funds may be used for salaries or honoraria.
• Funds may be used for travel needed to support the course/project.
• Funds may be used for materials, supplies, publicity, printing, postage, digital platform technologies, etc. needed to support the course/project.
• Funds may be used for professional development related to the project.
• Funds may be used to support an intern or undergraduate/graduate research directly related to the project with approval by appropriate unit leadership.

Application

Applications for the Fall 2024 cohort are due by Friday, April 19, 2024, 5:00 PM ET.

Full program call (HERE) and departmental support letter (HERE). To apply, click HERE.

Selection Process

A selection committee consisting of Office of Service-Learning representatives and former service-learning fellows selects the final award recipients. Announcement of award recipients occurs in April for fall cohorts and November for spring cohorts. The Office of Service-Learning manages and coordinates all functions and activities thereafter.