60-Second SoTL – Episode 49

This episode features on open-access article on service-learning and leadership development in first-year seminars:

Krsmanovic, Masha. 2022. “Fostering Service-Learning and Leadership Development through First-Year Seminar Courses.” Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education 15: 54–70.

View a transcript of this episode.

This episode was hosted by Logan Morral, Graduate Apprentice for the Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Diversity Education at Elon University. The episode was edited and produced by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

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