New York Times Shows Good Timing
Bwog doesn’t know whether this New York Times story about engineers earning credit for service projects in Harlem was originally supposed to run yesterday, but, regardless, we doff our collective (and imaginary) caps to the Grey Lady for its sense of timing.
In short, the engineering school allows students to earn class credit while doing public service at the same time. While this is currently the only project on such a large scale numbers-wise, the Times reports that “at Columbia, other academic departments are now considering integrating service into the curriculum, and community projects have become a key part of the university’s sales pitch to prospective students.”
Other highlights include an appearance by Jack McGourty, a one-sentence mention of today’s “service fair,” and the man behind ServiceNation declaring that “the millennial generation is the greatest serving generation since the greatest generation.” Bwog is happy to score one for optimism.
Tags: columbia in the news, community service, jack mcgourty, new york times, seas, servicenation summit
11 September 2008 @ 11:41 AM · 7 comments
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It’s called “Gateway” and is part of the SEAS-core.
because the article says 500 students “this year,” which is far more than there are in gateway. might want to improve your math before continuing in seas.
There are a few more classes other than Gateway which do service learning, along with a summer program.
mcgourty managed to stop sucking himself off long enough to say an entire sentence? Between that and stroking himself off to Haubold and Jose during class, it’s a wonder the man finds time to breathe.
The Grey Lady reads the Record.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/
Jack McGourty is a tool