The Mary Jane Underwood Stryker Institute for
Service-Learning

German, math, psychology, art, anthropology, sociology, classics, English, Spanish, public health, chemistry, among others

Ongoing Program Highlights

Partnerships with Woodward Elementarywoodward

Two blocks from campus, K students tutor in the classroom and after school, prevent playground bullying, develop nutrition curriculum, and work with kids in the garden.

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Bringing Local Foods to Campus woodward
Students, staff and faculty work with farmers, campus dining service, and Fair Food Matters to promote local agriculture and implement a local foods policy at "K."   We raise awareness of public health and environmental issues, globalization, immigration and migrant labor, and world and local hunger.
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Peacemaking at the Juvenile Home woodward

Selected K students work with incarcerated youth every Saturday in Mentoring and Motivation Among Peers, developing conflict resolution and peace-making skills, and improving health and self-esteem.
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Neighborhood Organizing woodward
In KIm Cummings's ANSO 224, students work in Building Blocks, an award-winning program to regenerate social capital in Kalamazoo's low-to-moderate income neighborhoods. Students and residents plan and implement projects to paint, repair, landscape and build on assets to create ties that endure. More >>

Bilingual Mentoring woodward

This award-winning program links about 25 "K" students with individual middle school students whose first language in not English. They meet twice weekly all year to work on academics and learn from one another.

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Spanish Immersion at Lincoln Elementary woodward

Working in Spanish immersion classrooms in this KPS K-6 elementary is a great way for K students to gain intercultural understanding and improve their spansih while helping children succeed academically.

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