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Franklin Tate
Interim Dean of Service Learning

Franklin Tate Address:
WWC CPO 6326
PO Box 9000
Asheville, NC 28815-9000

Phone: 828.771.3774

Email: ftate@warren-wilson.edu

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Service Day 2008

Service Day 2008

At Warren Wilson College, you'll serve at least 100 hours during your four years, using knowledge gained from your classes or skills picked up on your work crew. You might tutor at a local elementary school, organize a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, repair the plumbing in a homeless shelter in Georgia, or hand-feed an orphaned fawn at the Western North Carolina Nature Center.

What service is about

Service Learning projects will take you into the local community, across the country, or even abroad as part of your WorldWide Program. The Service Learning Office can provide you with opportunities with established projects, or help facilitate your own.

You'll gain new respect for the responsibility we all have for each other, and begin to define and understand your role in social change and social justice.

"College students have a lot to offer. ... their writing skills, artistic presentation skills, problem-solving skills, organizational skills any of these can make a big difference to a project struggling to improve the environment or lives of people. I envision students involving themselves passionately with critical community issues. This passion will lead to bold, joint ventures between students and communities. Knowledge students learn through academic courses and on work crews will be put to immediate use in working for social justice and environmental responsibility, locally and internationally.

Students can better serve their communities when they speak with residents, read local papers, and talk with area leaders. It's also important to learn about issues such as rural economics, racism, child development, ageism, local demographics, state and local political systems, and environmental resource management.

Good service begins with listening, learning as much as possible about problems and strengths in a community, and then addressing both short and long range solutions to the problems."

Franklin Tate
Dean of Service