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LSC-TomballProfessor Clark Friesen

Faculty Service-Learning Coordinator

TCCTA 2008Faculty Leadership Conference

The Service-Learning Classroom

Overview of Service-Learning Development

•Overall LSC-Tomball student population 8,000+

•SL answers to Academic VP; Coordinator = 1 release

•Developed SL faculty from 3 to 25 per semester

•Increased student SL hours to 5000+ per semester

•Provided est. $500,000 to Tomball area since 2002

•Impacted students in all academic divisions

•Achieved national recognition (2007 Honor Roll)

Emergency Response Simulator

•Responding to campus/community emergency scenarios—fire, flood, tornado, campus shooter

•Driven by Computer Game Design and Vocational Nursing programs

•Partnered with local medical clinic, campus police, CERT team, Fac. Senate

Emergency Response Simulator

Emergency Response Simulator

Emergency Response Simulator

Civic Engagement Simulator

•Develops understanding of political process

•Focused on Texas elections/issues

•User must get elected, pass immigration bill

•Partnered with local HS student governments, candidates for state representative, NPOs

•Driven by Computer Game Design program aided by indirect service-learning projects

The Service-Learning Classroom

Hurricane Ike Recovery

•Fall 2008—Food and book drives, coastal cleanup, working with community assistance ministries

•Spring 2009—Focus on local NPOs to help with shift in charitable giving.

•Future Game Simulation—Partnership with Delgado CC to capitalize on Katrina/Rita/Ike