{"id":596,"date":"2014-07-29T10:20:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T15:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/?page_id=596"},"modified":"2023-06-07T08:08:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-07T13:08:31","slug":"for-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"For Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h2>What is academic civic engagement?<\/h2>\n<p>Academic Civic engagement (ACE) is an educational approach that encourages students to learn in community contexts. Students consider community-based experiences in relation to classroom learning and apply academic knowledge and skills to strengthen communities as an integrated component of an academic course.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about ACE from your fellow students (video created by Allyvia Garza, Solveig Hanes, Gabriel Marinho, and Christian Schlaefer as their ACE project in Sian Christie&#8217;s &#8220;Organizational Storytelling&#8221; course, Fall 2019).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-embed wp-embed--lazy\">\n<div class=\"wp-embed-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-lazy\" data-js=\"lazyload-embed\" data-embed-provider=\"st. olaf college\" > \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/play\/?p=798\" data-embed-href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/play\/embed\/p798?autoplay=1\" class=\"wp-embed-lazy__trigger\" data-js=\"lazyload-trigger\" title=\"Welcome to Your ACE Course\" data-embed-id=\"p798\"> \t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-embed-lazy__image lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/multimedia\/components\/poster\/p798\" alt=\"Welcome to Your ACE Course\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-embed-lazy__caption\"> \t\t\t<i class=\"wp-embed-lazy__icon icon icon-play\"><\/i> \t\t\t<span class=\"wp-embed-lazy__trigger-label\">Play Video<\/span> \t\t\t<span class=\"wp-embed-lazy__title\">Welcome to Your ACE Course<\/span> \t\t<\/figcaption><\/a> <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Which courses have a civic engagement component?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/courses\/available-2017-2018\/\">Find an ACE Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Browse by Interest Area\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/interest-area\/\">By Interest area<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Browse By Year\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/browse-by-year\/\">By\u00a0Year<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are the benefits of\u00a0being engaged with the community through a class?<\/h2>\n<p>National research and studies of St. Olaf students show that benefits include greater self-awareness, increased self-efficacy, and increased ability to apply academic knowledge to achieve community goals. \u00a0Other benefits include\u00a0becoming better able to communicate with a wider variety of people who are different from yourself, such as in age, culture, or socioeconomic status. \u00a0 Each course with an integrated component of academic civic engagement is expected to address specific\u00a0<a title=\"Student Learning Outcomes\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/student_outcomes\/\">learning outcomes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>How does the community benefit?<\/h2>\n<p>The community benefits in myriad ways that depend on the project&#8217;s goals. \u00a0Project goals are determined by a combination of community needs and learning outcomes of the course. \u00a0Students have created valuable\u00a0products such as marketing plans, grant proposals, statistical analyses, public art, and educational materials, to name a few. \u00a0Other examples of benefits to the community include service-related help such as tutoring, wellness improvement, and enrichment experiences.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this video of students in Mary Carlsen&#8217;s directed undergraduate research ACE course, &#8220;Living and Dying: Explorations with Young Adults&#8221; from Spring 2019 about the work they did with <a href=\"https:\/\/honoringchoices.org\/\">Honoring Choices MN<\/a> and the impact the course had on them:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SgtECgQfzJ0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>How can I apply what I have learned in my ACE course(s)?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/ace\/files\/2018\/05\/ACE-Self-Reflection-Guide-for-Students_update-May-2018.pdf\">ACE Self-Reflection Guide for Students<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What are other ways I can gain experience within the community?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/\">Piper Center for Vocation and Career<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/oleville.com\/soc\/connect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Volunteer Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Off-Campus Community Work-Study\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/cbws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Off-Campus Community Work-Study<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/honor-houses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Olaf Honor Houses<\/a> (Many of them seek to engage with the local community. \u00a0Read their mission statements on this page. \u00a0If interested in getting in touch with specific Honor Houses, contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:reslife@stolaf.edu?subject=St. Olaf Honor Houses\">Residential Life<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is academic civic engagement? 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