About APPLES
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What does APPLES stand for?
Assisting People in Planning Learning Experiences in Service
What is Service-Learning?
Service-Learning is:
- A method by which students learn through active participation in thoughtfully organized service.
- An activity conducted in, and meeting the needs of, the community.
- A program integrated into and enhancing academic curriculum, which includes a structured time for reflection and helps foster civic responsibility.
What is the difference between Service-Learning and Community Service?
Service-Learning focuses on the connection made between service in the community and what one learns in an academic setting. Through reflection, students’ service experiences are also used as a tool for learning.
Community Service, on the other hand, is a basic conducting of service within the community, which has no structured ties to any academic curriculum.
Our Mission Statement
APPLES is a student-led program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill engaging students, faculty, and community agencies in service-learning partnerships. Our goal is to foster socially aware and civically involved students through participation in an enriched curriculum and hands-on experiences that address the needs of North Carolina communities.
APPLES promotes
- Sustained commitment to public service integrated in academic curricula
- Maintaining a student-led program
- Responsiveness to community needs
- Decision-making by consensus
- Equal partnership with University and community
- Teamwork and mutual respect
Contact Us
The APPLES Service-Learning Program is located in the
Carolina Student Union, Suite 3514
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB # 5210
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5210.
You may contact us at:
(919) 962-0902
(919) 843-9685 (fax)
or by email at apples@unc.edu
Directions
- Get on Hwy 54 heading towards Chapel Hill.
- After passing the exit for Hwy 15-501, you will see a visitor parking lot on your right just before the stoplight.
- Continue straight on this road (South Road).
- You will pass the Knapp Building on your left and the cemetery on your right.
- At the next stoplight, the gym will be on your left and the Student Union on your right. (This is the corner of South Road and Raleigh Road.)
- Turn right onto Raleigh Road and the first set of stairs that you see on your left leads into the Student Union.
- APPLES is located just within this entrance; it is the first door on your left upon entering.
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