Beril Toktay, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
Beril Toktay, Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology
Integrating Sustainability and Service Learning into the Georgia Tech Student Experience
Integrating Sustainability and Service Learning into the Georgia Tech Student Experience
25 Feb 201512:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Harvard Business School faculty only
Location:
Cumnock 101B
Organizer:
Serve • Learn • Sustain is an Institutional effort to equip Georgia Tech students to learn and serve around the theme “creating sustainable communities” through engagement with content and context. The initiative was developed as Tech's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), as a key component to its reaffirmation of accreditation. Its central approach is service learning and community engagement, and it focuses on sustainability as its unifying theme, defined as “transforming our ways of living to maximize the chances that environmental and social conditions will indefinitely support human security, wellbeing, and health” (as defined in the Science article “New Visions for Addressing Sustainability”). This definition is explicit about not only environmental considerations but also community-level social considerations such as human security, well-being, and health — considerations that are expected to provide a practical and meaningful context for Georgia Tech students. In this lunch conversation, I will describe our approach, challenges and successes to date, and seek critical input from the group as we gear up for the plan's implementation.