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Housed within the Center for Academic Excellence, the Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program intentionally builds students' leadership capacity to serve and learn with nonprofit organizations in the Portland metropolitan area. Student Leaders enroll in a three-term course, commit to nine months of direct service (five to ten hours per week) at a community organization linking with their personal academic and career goals, and receive a small stipend. Student Leaders serve as a key link between the University and the community, making manifest PSU's motto: Let Knowledge Serve the City. In this partnership, SLS students work with Oregon Health and Sciences University/Critical Care Assistant program to complete community-based research to help improves quality of care at OHSU.
The EDG:E program is a K-12 community-based learning, civic education, and mentorship program housed at Portland State University’s Center for Academic Excellence (CAE), Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program. The core function of the EDG:E program is to increase student success by intentionally building community-focused leadership skills through the implementation of service-learning/civic engagement clubs at ten schools in the Portland Public Schools (PPS) system. Eight of these schools are elementary schools (four in outer Southeast, and four in North/Northeast) which feed into two Portland high schools - Marshall and Jefferson. EDG:E utilizes a “cascading” mentorship model, in which PSU student leaders mentor high school students, who in turn mentor elementary/middle school students.
The EDG:E program is a K-12 community-based learning, civic education, and mentorship program housed at Portland State University’s Center for Academic Excellence (CAE), Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program. The core function of the EDG:E program is to increase student success by intentionally building community-focused leadership skills through the implementation of service-learning/civic engagement clubs at ten schools in the Portland Public Schools (PPS) system. Eight of these schools are elementary schools (four in outer Southeast, and four in North/Northeast) which feed into two Portland high schools - Marshall and Jefferson. EDG:E utilizes a “cascading” mentorship model, in which PSU student leaders mentor high school students, who in turn mentor elementary/middle school students.
The EDG:E program is a K-12 community-based learning, civic education, and mentorship program housed at Portland State University’s Center for Academic Excellence (CAE), Student Leaders for Service (SLS) program. The core function of the EDG:E program is to increase student success by intentionally building community-focused leadership skills through the implementation of service-learning/civic engagement clubs at ten schools in the Portland Public Schools (PPS) system. Eight of these schools are elementary schools (four in outer Southeast, and four in North/Northeast) which feed into two Portland high schools - Marshall and Jefferson. EDG:E utilizes a “cascading” mentorship model, in which PSU student leaders mentor high school students, who in turn mentor elementary/middle school students.
The Learning Gardens Laboratory (LGLab) is a project of the Portland International Initiative for Leadership in Ecology, Culture, and Learning (PIIECL) at Portland State University. The LGLab was established in 2005 through a partnership between PSU, the Portland Public Schools (PPS), and the City of Portland; its purpose is to meet the diverse learning needs of children and youth, educators, parents and PSU students by offering demonstration, curriculum development, research, consultancy, and participatory exploration in food- and garden-based teaching and learning.
The LGLab is geared to serve multicultural, low-income outer Southeast Portland neighborhoods, children, and parents/families; our primary PPS partner is Lane Middle School, located across the street from our 10 acres. Through the LGLab project, we have developed a model of creating edible gardens, growing food, preparing and eating meals, composting and recycling, and integrating different subject areas to help improve student achievement. Following permaculture and whole systems principles, the LGLab site is uniquely designed such that each element (soil, water, sunlight, biomass, plants, people, and sustainable technologies) is connected to the others.
