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	Vol.7, No 42, November 10, 1999
	Community service helps career goals Cal State Long Beach recently had the Six Days of Service. For many students, this was their first brush with the Community Service Learning Center. Adele Pulice The CSLC opened its doors in 1998 to students and faculty, offering opportunities to work with the community to gain a broader perspective of active learning in the field. Service learning brings the student real world work experience. Students can apply the knowledge learned in the classroom to benefit the community. Students can build lasting relationships with nonprofit organizations for references, networking and for self-satisfaction. Projects designed by students for an organization have the opportunity to be implemented locally or even nationally. Students benefit from this in that they get recognition for their work and they can add it to their resume or portfolio for future interviews. Service learning should not be limited to a volunteer basis. But less than 20 of the 80 departments on campus require service learning courses. The nursing department, one department that does, requires that 71 percent of the course load be active, hands-on learning. And the journalism department requires public relations majors to perform 42 percent of the cirriculum with non-profit organizations. By offering a hands-on environment, students get real life experiences and a feel for what the job entails. Service learning also helps students decide if they have made the right career choice. By adding service learning projects to course work, students have the opportunity to give ideas and creative energy to organizations that truly appreciate the help. And the chance to work in the field gives students experience they can use when choosing a career. Students and faculty are headed in the right direction, offering hands-on experience that benefits students and the communities surrounding CSULB. By incorporating service learning programs, faculty members can bring textbooks to life and give students the opportunity to make connections, apply course material to real life situations, and more importantly, give back to the community.  Adele Pulice is a public relations major at Cal State Long Beach.		Teacher addresses school crowding   Journalism class alarms faculty   Fliers on buildings removed   Children learn from Carpenter Center artists   TV won't teach reading   Religious favoritism in Congress   Community service helps career goals   Singer creates average attempt   Club Hockey team Clubbed in Colorado   Pac-10 football has mixed reviews Fall 99 ISSUES  DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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