Overview

Registered Service Learners

Benefits

Service Learning Pedagogy

Service Learning Courses

Community Partner List

Faculty Resources

FAQs

Institute for Service Learning
UW Milwaukee
Holton Hall G26
2442 East Hartford Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
414-229-2348
islinfo@uwm.edu

Overview

Service Learning is one of UWM’s quiet success stories. Since its debut in 1999, the Institute for Service Learning and its many faculty partners have brought nearly 5,000 students off the campus and into the community for service experiences that enrich academics, build critical thinking skills and foster a sense of civic responsibility. Service learning connects students with the real world side of their coursework, bringing social and cultural issues into focus and providing significant benefits to the more than 205 local nonprofit organizations which host UWM students.

UWM faculty offer students a service learning option in more than 20 courses representing disciplines ranging from the humanities to the health sciences. Depending on the course, students commit to 10-15 hours of service at an area nonprofit or complete a service learning project.

The UWM Institute for Service Learning (ISL) is available to answer your questions about service learning and help you with all aspects of developing a service learning course, including design, implementation and evaluation. We will work with you to identify community placements that are relevant to your course, arrange special site visits, handle service learning registration and provide student follow-up throughout the semester. We can also offer you access to sample syllabi and current literature on service learning issues, trends, and research.