Director of  Academic Community Partnerships

Edward ?Al? Hearn, Ph.D., the Director of Academic Community Partnerships, works with UC faculty to develop and support service-learning courses and interdisciplinary service-learning projects. He assists with the identification of appropriate community partners and helps manage all aspects of the partnership including planning, implementation and evaluation of the projects as well as consulting on course development and syllabus construction.

Experiential education, including service-learning, is an important part of the UC 21 General Education Plan and the Integrated Core Learning initiative.

The Director of Academic Community Partnerships oversees the Service-Learning Council, organizes guest speakers and course development workshops. Watch the news and special events section on this website for upcoming workshops and other service-learning events.