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English class conducts interviews with veterans
By Devin Dziuk
Issue date: 9/28/07 Section: News
Originally published: 9/27/07 at 2:12 PM CSTLast update: 10/3/07 at 12:24 PM CST
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Twenty-three students are working with Lackland Air Force Base and the United Services Organization to interview veterans this month.
This project is a part of a service learning project that offers a partnership between faculty, students and outside organizations to involve students in real-life situations.
"This is a great way to learn," Audrey Grams, service learning coordinator, said Sept. 21. "We are losing veterans and this is a crucial time to record it."
This program is funded by a Learn and Serve grant, which gives the college $85,610 annually.
The program came after Bailey was looking for a way to introduce service learning into a class, and Grams suggested this project.
Bailey has incorporated this project into the curriculum by making this project 70 percent of the students' grade.
"Learning history is a very important part in life," Bailey said. "Along with this, students gain better interviewing skills."
Each student is assigned a veteran to interview. Then the student transcribes the interview and types a transcript to submit with the audio version.
The veteran has an opportunity to look over the information, and both the student and the veteran sign a release form agreeing that the information is accurate.
Students also will write about their experience in a reflection journal, connect three papers with the interview and write a persuasive paper encouraging others to take part in this program.
An official from Lackland said the project is beneficial to students.
"To hear it firsthand has a greater impact to the students," said Tech Sgt. Tracy L. English, who is in charge of the 37th TRW office of History and Research.
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