The Rally Call Blog

Note: This story was submitted to the Rally Call Blog through the Center for Civic Engagement by Ivy Tech Nursing Instructor Rebecca Murphy.

Nursing students have been “making a difference” in our community. After learning about the educational benefits involved in Service learning activities, I decided to implement this into my course. Students are instructed to participate in a service learning project of their choice. The only requirements are for students to identify a community need relative to our lecture topics, formulate an appropriate intervention and then implement it. I am very pleased at the creativity and learning activities the students are engaging in. Some of the activities include volunteerism with the Middle Way House, Pages to Prisoners program, Backstreet Missions, Community Kitchen, Hannah House, Amethyst House, PALS program, and Center for Women’s Ministries. Other students developed interventions to offer support to high risk groups.

I want to thank each of these 48 students from NUR 250 and NSG 204 who are making our community a better place to live while taking advantage of one of the best ways to engage in learning.

IPOY: I’m proud of you!