<\/a>Students enrolled in a modern physics service learning course, along with their professor Debing Zeng, Ph.D., pictured at a local high school where they gave lessons.<\/p><\/div>\n
Another example of a successful service project with a positive community impact occurred in Fall 2018, when a dedicated group of nursing students worked with The Campus Kitchen and the Saint Peter\u2019s University Food Pantry and Clothes Closet to collect new and gently used items of clothing, toiletries and other children\u2019s necessities. These products were then made available every Saturday for local families facing economic challenges in a welcoming space inside the former convent at St. Aedan\u2019s: The Saint Peter\u2019s University Church . The nursing students then partnered with Saint Peter\u2019s art students to brighten up the space, now called the Kids Corner.<\/p>\n
The Kids Corner also provides opportunities for students to present educational programming to parents on topics such as nutrition, as well as play games with the children. It is all part of the Jesuit mission interwoven into the School of Nursing\u2019s curriculum, according to Kathleen Motacki, M.S.N., R.N., B.C., clinical professor of nursing at Saint Peter\u2019s. \u201cOur students are following the Jesuit mission of lifelong service to others,\u201d she explained. \u201cTheir efforts have been met with overwhelming gratitude from parents.\u201d<\/p>\n
Not only do these service learning projects impact the local Jersey City community, they help to shape the Saint Peter\u2019s students who participate in them. For example, the University\u2019s \u201cLeadership in Criminal Justice\u201d course includes a service component in which students serve as mentors at the Boys and Girls Club in Jersey City. The Saint Peter\u2019s students involved in this program were completely moved by their experience.<\/p>\n
One student said, \u201cThe time you spend with the kids is the only chance you have to try to get them on the right path and tell them they have to do the right thing.\u201d Another student said, \u201cIt makes me want to cry when I think about leaving.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Kari Larsen has the goal of offering fifteen service learning courses per semester, she is proud of the progress that the program has made. \u201cThe courses tend to be more work for our faculty members, but once they run one, they tend to do so frequently because they see the impact that they have on the students,\u201d she explained. \u201cIn the end, we are ensuring that our students are provided with opportunities for what we as a Jesuit institution intend for them to experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At Jesuit institutions, faculty and staff are tasked with bringing the core Jesuit values to life for their students. Examples of these values include cura personalis, a Latin phrase meaning care for the whole person, and the tenet of being \u2018men and women for and with others.\u2019 There are many ways to accomplish this goal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-current-students","category-faculty-staff","category-future-students"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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