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Ten Iowa State CALS students participated in the Service Learning School Garden Program in Uganda in June and July. The student team was based with the Iowa State University-Uganda Program (ISU-UP) in rural Kamuli, where they partnered with ISU-UP staff and Makerere University student alumni from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. For several weeks, students assisted in teaching STEM subjects at primary schools and helped children practice reading in English after the school day to make up for lost instruction from two years of closed schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For six weeks, the team also completed projects in gardens that serve as outdoor laboratories for learning agriculture and contributing nutritious crops as ingredients in school lunches. Binational projects of students and staff included agroforestry, beekeeping, school gardens’ crop management, and school food and nutrition. University students had the chance to assist in a day-long youth institute with youth representing five primary and ten secondary schools. The team also assisted smallholder farmers and youth entrepreneurs in agricultural projects on their farms. While living at the Mpirigiti Rural Training Center in Kamuli, ISU students learned about the local cultures of eastern Uganda through immersion activities with Ugandan roommates and completed Lusoga language and drumming/music instruction.

Learn more about the Creating a School Garden: Service Learning in Uganda program.

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School Garden Program in Uganda

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Creating a School Garden: Service Learning in Uganda

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Application Deadline: EARTH Service, U.S. Virgin Islands (Fall Semester)

nicolerh — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:08:03 +0000

Friday, April 15, 2022 - 7:00am to 11:00pm

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Application Deadlines: Creating a School Garden: Service Learning in Uganda (Summer)

nicolerh — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 16:02:38 +0000

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 - 7:00am to 11:00pm

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Service-learning on campus and beyond

nicolerh — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:21:10 +0000

Finding ways to grow local fruits and vegetables sustainably. Teaching children about agriculture, culinary science, natural resources and more. Learning to collect data to determine animal population numbers in certain locations. These are just a few examples of the many service-learning opportunities in which Iowa State University students take part at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ three satellite campuses. The activities allow students to take what they have learned in the classroom and apply it to real-world situations, all while helping others.

ISU EARTH Program, ISU-Uganda Program

The ISU EARTH Program and ISU-Uganda Program are similar in that students travel to these locations to participate in summer or semester-long programs. Faculty members also take students to these destinations for week-long trips during term breaks in the spring and fall semesters.

The ISU EARTH Program was established in 2010 in the U.S. Virgin Islands with the goal of offering Iowa State students service-learning opportunities, all while helping island residents improve their lives through sustainable agriculture practices. More than 75 students have taken part in the program since it began.

While on the island of St. John, Iowa State students assist with community engagement projects to increase their knowledge base and benefit the local area. These projects include establishing school and community gardens to supply fruits and vegetables for feeding programs; helping teachers create educational programs about agriculture, natural resources and environmental topics; and collecting food waste to compost and improve the soil structure.

“For our students to model the impact of agriculture and how it leads to better nutrition and health is inspiring for members of the community that have limited experience with agriculture,” says Shelley Taylor, director of CALS Global Programs.

In Uganda, students and faculty from Iowa State and Makerere University, Kampala, partner to create bi-national, educational, school garden programs in rural Kamuli district.

Since the program began in 2006, 147 Iowa State students have traveled to the country to team up with 168 Ugandan students to take part in service-learning opportunities. Those include developing school gardens that serve as both outdoor learning laboratories and contribute nutrition to lunches served at the schools, working with local youth to develop entrepreneurship projects as enterprises and assisting smallholder farmers with their crop and livestock farming.

“University students need to have a chance to learn about resource systems in other cultures and locations,” says Gail Nonnecke, Morrill Professor and Global Professor in Global Resource Systems. “It’s rewarding to see their personal growth and transformation as they contribute to development projects that can help to solve complex problems of our world.”

By: Whitney Baxter

^{Original story posted, https://stories.cals.iastate.edu/2021/10/service-learning-on-campus-and-...}

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International Opportunities After College Guide

nicolerh — Tue, 25 May 2021 18:15:44 +0000

Many students return from their study abroad personally impacted and excited about their experience. In international experience is something you will remember forever, but your time abroad doesn’t have to end when you return. In fact, there are many avenues for individuals who want to continue learning about new cultures, living in a new country, and having eye-opening experiences.

In this guide, you will learn some (but certainly not all!) options for going abroad again, including:

Volunteering
Working/Interning
Further Education/Research

This guide is not an exhaustive list of the options available to you, but rather a way to get you thinking about your options.

International Opportunities After College Guide

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Fulbright

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Jessica Boertje

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Informational Session: Empowering future leaders in sustainable development through service learning in rural Uganda

Informational Session: Empowering future leaders in sustainable development through service learning in rural Uganda

Informational Session: Empowering future leaders in sustainable development through service learning in rural Uganda

Informational Session: Empowering future leaders in sustainable development through service learning in rural Uganda

Application Deadline: EARTH Service Learning, U.S. Virgin Islands (Summer Semester)

Creating a School Garden: Service Learning in Uganda, Summer 2022

Application Deadline: EARTH Service, U.S. Virgin Islands (Fall Semester)

Application Deadlines: Creating a School Garden: Service Learning in Uganda (Summer)

Service-learning on campus and beyond

ISU EARTH Program, ISU-Uganda Program

International Opportunities After College Guide

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