Fall 2021 service-learning fellowships awarded for Purdue-community partnerships

Purdue’s Office of Engagement has selected seven Purdue instructors for its fall 2021 Service-Learning Fellows Program. This program fosters the development and institutionalization of service-learning courses and curricula, projects and scholarly pursuits at Purdue as well as strengthens collaborative efforts and outcomes in communities. 

Throughout the fall semester, the fellows, in partnership with service-learning staff and community partners, will explore where service-learning fits into the ever-changing reality of the COVID-19 pandemic and systemic racial injustice. Together, participants will collaboratively develop the skills and tools needed to deliver effective, mutually beneficial service-learning courses. Each partnership receives up to $3,000 to fund its project.

The fall 2021 service-learning fellows are:

• Lindsay Hamm, lecturer, Department of Sociology, Purdue West Lafayette.
• Huai-Rhin Kim, lecturer, School of Languages and Cultures, Purdue West Lafayette.
• Amlan Mitra, professor of business economics, Department of Political Science, Economics and World Languages, Purdue Northwest.
• Eric Palmer, clinical assistant professor, School of Nursing, Purdue West Lafayette.
• Rachel Rogers, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Purdue West Lafayette.
• Pamela Saylor, clinical assistant professor and Social Work Program director, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Purdue Northwest.
• Mitchell Zischke, clinical assistant professor, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue West Lafayette.