FHWS showcases Service-Learning projects
SHOWCASE: Twenty projects were presented during the event.
Wednesday, 04 June 2025
The Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences recently hosted its first online Service-Learning Showcase, offering an insightful glimpse into the faculty’s impactful projects in various communities.
The event brought together faculty members, students and community partners and featured presentations of 20 of the 30 Service-Learning (SL) projects in the faculty.
The projects range from an initiative that assists matric learners with Life Science revision to a project that helps to look after the well-being of the cats on campus.
“This year was the first time that the SL projects were officially or formally showcased to the rest of the faculty, community partners and students. When capturing these amazing initiatives, often led by students, I realised the need to inform faculty members about them - to create awareness and also identify possible collaborations between departments/projects,” said Dr Lizel Hudson, Faculty Coordinator: Work-Integrated Learning and Language.
Jacqui Searle, Manager: Service Learning and Community Engagement unit, was the guest speaker and gave an insightful overview of the origins of Service-Learning and Community Engagement, and included the current framework used at CPUT.
Hudson continued: “The event, initially unknowingly, coincided with Reach for a Dream's Slipper Day, and the aptly themed 'do it for the dreamers' set the scene for what Service-Learning is and is not. Each Service-Learning convener has a full lecturing load, but with their students and trusted community partners, still make time for intentional engagement with communities. I am proud of my colleagues - from conceptualising a project, to building a relationship with internal support units and external community partners”.
Written by Ilse Fredericks
Email: Frederickskennediji@cput.ac.za
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