At Wagner College, on Staten Island, N.Y., we are also facing a difficult
transporatation issue for our freshman students. This coming Fall we will
be encouraging all students who wish to bring cars to campus to do so. (The
parking situation should be interesting). I provide bus and subway maps
for all incoming freshmen and directions to field sites. We have also
provided a college van which is driven by a graduate assistant in exchange
for his room and board.
I also would appreciate any other ideas!
Julia Barchitta
Dean of Experiential Learning
Wagner College
One Campus Road
Staten Island, N.Y. 10301
718-390-3443
Fax: 718-390-3217
t 08:02 PM 3/16/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Vincent--
>
>In 1991, students at Brown decided they wanted to make transportation less
>of an obstacle to public service work. They approached the University and
>after much negotiation, received an approximately $40,000 loan to purchase
>3 Taurus station wagons. The loan was paid back over a 4 year period with
>grants from the Universiy Finance Board, a student body that disturbutes
>student fees to student groups and programs. Students who go through a
>registration process are able to reserve the cars and use them for service
>work. We try to encourage carpooling to make the cars more accessible, and
>now that the cars are getting older, we have worked very hard to encourage
>more use of Providence's bus system. We feel this is beneficial not only
>by reducing wear on the cars, but also by encouraging students to interact
>with the community in a different way that they might if they could always
>use a car.
>
>This system is full of both benefits (the obivous ease of taking 6 people
>to a site without paying 6 busfares or the advantage of being able to get
>across town and back between classes without having to wait for
>inconsistent buses) and challenges (break downs and other inconveniences
>that take the cars temporarily out of circulation or the sense of
>entitlement that can grow when the cars are always there to use).
>Hopefully, this explanation will spark some ideas for you.
>
>Peace,
>Scott Hummel
>
>>SL Folks:
>>
>>Greetings.
>>
>>Beginning next fall, our administration has decided to restrict our first
>>year students having a car on campus. This poses a greater concern for our
>>students and faculty who are involved in off-campus based Service-Learning
>>activities at the first year level.
>>
>>I would VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT, if you could share with me any workable
>>models and ideas you might have in terms of how you work out the
>>transportation problems.
>>
>>Thanks much!
>>
>>Vincent Peters
>>
>>Vincent Peters
>>Professor of Social Work &
>>Director, Service Learning At Bethel (SLAB)
>>Bethel College
>>3900 Bethel Drive
>>Arden Hills, MN 55112
>>Phone: (651) 638-6124
>>Fax: (651) 638-6001
>>Internet: v-peters@bethel.edu
>>
>>"I slept and dreamt that life was pleasure;
>> I woke and saw that life was service;
>> I served and discovered that service was pleasure."
>>
>> - Rabindranath Tagore
>>
>>"The greatest tragedy is not to live and die, as we all must.
>> The greatest tragedy is for a person to live and die
>> without knowing the satisfaction of giving life to others."
>>
>> - Cesar E. Chavez
>>
>>"As long as space remains,
>> As long as living beings remain,
>> I will remain
>> In order to Serve."
>> - Dalai Lama
>
>
>_______________________________
>Scott Hummel, Assistant Director
>Swearer Center For Public Service
>Box 1974, 25 George Street
>Providence, RI 02912
>(ph) 401.863.3545
>(fx) 401.863.3094
>(www) http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/
>