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

  1. Get on Hwy 54 heading towards Chapel Hill.
  2. After passing the exit for Hwy 15-501, you will see a visitor parking lot on your right just before the stoplight.
  3. Continue straight on this road (South Road).
  4. You will pass the Knapp Building on your left and the cemetery on your right.
  5. 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.)
  6. Turn right onto Raleigh Road and the first set of stairs that you see on your left leads into the Student Union.
  7. APPLES is located just within this entrance; it is the first door on your left upon entering.

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