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<p>As part of ����̽̽’s growing commitment to service learning — the idea of educating students through acts that benefit others — Professor David Raphael’s class teaches students how to design, plan and construct environmentally friendly infrastructure projects.</p>

<p>The classification certifies that ����̽̽ has a significant and institutionalized local, national and global commitment to community engagement through reciprocal partnerships that benefit both community partners and the faculty, students and staff at the university.</p>

<p>During his service-learning experience at ����̽̽, McKelvie developed skills to help him later on with tutoring and teaching. “I learned how to encourage independence in students—to teach through a process, not just give them the answer.”</p>

<p>In Spanish 101: Composition and Conversation, senior lecturer Rachael Montesano gives her students the opportunity to see life through the eyes of someone coming from a different culture. Sometimes it means making them a little uncomfortable.</p>

<p>The determination of a single student to become an accomplished reader was one of Jessica O’Brien ’14’s most rewarding memories as a tutor at Edmunds Middle School in Burlington.�� It also helped inspire her to become a teacher.</p>