{"id":40802235928,"date":"2019-03-14T13:27:10","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T17:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802235928"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T20:04:10","slug":"english-majors-take-part-in-high-impact-community-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/english-majors-take-part-in-high-impact-community-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"English Majors Take Part in High-Impact Community Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40802235929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40802235929\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40802235929 size-medium\" style=\"object-position: 53.077692307692% 40.259230769231%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/03\/EN3844_Sp2019-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo of students and community partners following the panel.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/03\/EN3844_Sp2019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/03\/EN3844_Sp2019-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/03\/EN3844_Sp2019-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/03\/EN3844_Sp2019-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/03\/EN3844_Sp2019.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/03\/EN3844_Sp2019-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/03\/EN3844_Sp2019-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40802235929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students and community partners gather for a photo after the panel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On March 12, 2019, Courtney Werner, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, teamed up with Gilly Scott, coordinator of Service Learning at the University, to provide a transformational experience for English majors enrolled in a Language and Community course.<\/p>\n<p>Scott arranged for three nonprofit community partners\u2014Bridge for Books, Aslan Youth Ministries, and Lunch Break\u2014to give a panel presentation to the class. By the end of the day, each organization was partnered with at least two students from the class to complete a 3-5-7 service project.<\/p>\n<p>The 3-5-7 service project, co-designed by Scott and Werner, calls for students\u00a0in the Language and Community course to work with a partner organization for three hours of volunteering, five hours of job shadowing, and seven hours spent working on a deliverable product for the partner organization.<\/p>\n<p>After completing the 3-5-7 project, students will write an analytic paper reflecting on their experiences and later present their experiences and analysis in a PechaKucha presentation (a presentation style in which\u00a020 slides are shown for 20 seconds each) which will be open to other students in the department.<\/p>\n<p>Werner said she hopes the project will benefit the partners and the students: partners will have much needed volunteers, exposure, and final products that help raise awareness and funds for their organizations, and students will learn about the different ways they can apply their English degrees in their lives after Monmouth\u2014all while bolstering their resumes with impressive experiences.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 12, 2019, Courtney Werner, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, teamed up with Gilly Scott, coordinator of Service Learning at the University, to provide a transformational experience for English majors enrolled in a Language and Community course. 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