January 23, 2024The Power of Peer Mentorship for Entering Freshmen Undergraduatesby Tiffanie GrantIn the nuanced progression of academia, the senior year of high school often sees students basking in the aura of impending graduation—confident top dogs, gazing down at the bewildered freshmen making the leap from middle school to high school. The…
December 12, 2023The Big M.A.C of Academic Mentorship by Tiffanie GrantIn the realm of crafting my culinary-inspired blog posts, a pattern seems to have emerged, one that I’ve unconsciously adhered to. So, if the title of this particular blog post conjured thoughts of the iconic Big Mac from McDonald’s, I…
November 7, 2023A Global Perspective: Interning While Studying Abroad by Gianna SmurroIn my previous blog post, “Interning Abroad: Work-Integrated Learning in a Global Context,” I discussed the positive impact of having an internship while studying abroad as an undergraduate student. In this post, I would like to delve deeper into my…
October 17, 2023Identifying Factors that Influence WIL Participantsby Annelise WeaverI recently wrote a blog post highlighting the three subtopics that play a role in the overall success of a participant in an internship. In this post, I concentrated on three crucial subtopics: the type of institution, enrollment status, and…
October 12, 2023Using Scenarios to Explore Student-Faculty Partnershipby Jessie L. Moore60-Second SoTL – Episode 46 This episode shares an article from the open-access journal, Teaching & Learning Inquiry, and explores how role-play scenarios facilitate reflection on the complexities of student-faculty partnership: Woolmer, Cherie, Nattalia Godbold, Isabel Treanor, Natalie McCray, Ketevan Kupatadze, Peter Felten,…
June 18, 2023Through the Eyes of a Student: Expertise We Bringby Annelise Weaver, Azul Bellot, Gianna Smurro, Sophie Miller, and Tiffanie GrantAs undergraduate CEL Student Scholars working with the Center for Engaged Learning, we often are asked what our roles entail. Both in the context of the research itself, as well as in our partnerships, this collaborative leadership team was developed…
May 2, 2023Learning about Publishing and Engaged Learning as a CEL Internby Carissa PallanderThe Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University is an incredible resource for faculty, staff, and students. I learned about their intern position from a posting on the Elon Job Network website and began working with CEL in the fall…
April 18, 2023Delving Deep: Advice From an Elon Publishing Internby Caroline BunderWorking at the Center for Engaged Learning for two semesters has been life changing in many ways. In addition to giving me structure on Elon’s campus, my role as Senior Publishing Intern has allowed me to delve deeper into the…
March 28, 2023Art in Pedagogical Partnership Scholarship by Emily Pridgen, Kellie Keeling, J. Michael RifenburgIn a recent issue of the International Journal of Students as Partners (IJSaP), the editorial team argued that “valuing a wider range of genres” (Cook-Sather, Healey, and Matthews 2022) in IJSaP can draw more student authors to student-as-partners scholarship. They…
December 20, 2022Through the Eyes of a Student: Integration in Practiceby Ellery Ewell, Sophie Miller, and Christina WyattLast year, we, as CEL Student Scholars, had the pleasure of attending the 2021 meeting of the (Re)Examining Conditions for Meaningful Learning Research Seminar, in which we dealt with imposter syndrome, budding relationships with participants, and developing our own body…