Partners for Citizenship

Wright State will offer two courses: French 321 Advanced Grammar and Composition and Honors: Social Activism and the First Amendment. WSU students in French will partner with Stivers School for the Arts to engage in discussion of historical, current, and changing attitudes toward immigrants and will jointly develop material in French and English to present at WSU's French Immersion Day as well as in their schools and communities.

Honors students in the second course will involve Westwood PreK-8 students to identify limitations they face as a public school. They will present their research together at school board meetings and to public officials as well as devise solutions on how to improve public education.

The Learn and Serve America, Great Cities Great Service grant led by Otterbein College, Ohio Campus Compact, and University of Cincinnati is a state-wide consortium to mobilize college students and urban youth volunteers in civic service through their model initiative, youthLEAD (Learn, Engage, Act & Decide). Twelve campuses are currently incorporating youthLEAD into one or more service-learning courses on their campuses. Participants serve side-by-side with urban youth as capacity builders, solving community problems, serving those living in poverty, and strengthening urban wellness.