Dear Students,
Are you looking for a unique, engaging course? Do you want to make a real and lasting impact on the world around you? Enroll in ENG 315 – Learning in Community (LINC) today! ENG 315 is an inquiry-guided service-learning course in which teams of students work on projects with community partners. Each section has a different community partner and interdisciplinary projects. Students with diverse backgrounds are welcome!
Engage with our new partners in India on socio-environmental projects – ENG 315 sections IP1 and IP2 (Illinois-India Community Partnerships)
These two Sp’15 LINC sections will collaborate with Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur and a variety of NGO community partners such as Healthcare Sansthan, Development Alternatives, and UNICEF, located in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Projects include a focus on sanitation and hygiene related programs, water quality, indoor air quality, and making low-cost safe drinking water technologies more accessible.
Other LINC sections offered in Spring ’15 include
CAU – COVE Alliance Uganda. Projects related to international development, nonprofit funding, donor relations and infrastructure.
C-U at Home. Projects related to homelessness, support services and advocacy.
PHD – Champaign-Urbana Public Health District. Projects related to public health, community gardening, irrigation, and education.
SI – Savanna Institute. Projects related to sustainable agriculture research, outreach, and education.
For more information, contact Shikhank Sharma (sharma24@illinois.edu)
Special Opportunity to work with Mali Water Project – ENG 398 Special Projects
The LINC program needs a small team of driven and passionate students to work with our community partner in Mali. Projects focus on providing access to clean water in the village of Konilo-Coura, including work to
- Further develop and finalize a business and operations plan for a Biosand Filter Project
- Finalize and disseminate proposals to attain funding for water distribution systems
- Maintain communication with village community members to develop and assess projects and collaborate with NGOs such as O’Horizons Foundation
We are in search of team members who have interest or experience in international development and water quality or access technologies and/or who have French translational abilities or business and technical skills related to development projects. There will be a weekly team meeting with LINC staff (time to be arranged with the team). Interested students should email Shikhank Sharma ASAP at sharma24@illinois.edu with a brief explanation of your interest in the project and experiences/skills/strengths you can bring to the MWP team. ENG 398 is a 2-credit course.