Semester-long Service Learning courses and experiences are available in all five academic colleges, the College of Business Administration, College of Education and Human Development, College of Engineering, College of Liberal Arts, and in the College of Sciences.  Graduate students also may enroll in service learning experiences.  Students enrolled in Interdisciplinary Studies may integrate service learning into their approved programs.  Finally, students may elect to enroll in value-added summer service learning experiences through Metropolitan College, International and Interdisciplinary Studies.

Summer In New Orleans

How does the song go? Summertime…and the livin’ is easy. Easy? Life isn’t so easy in the Big Easy these days. Summer, however, is full of challenging recovery work, meaningful people projects, and an abundance of opportunities to make a difference, to contribute, and to have a life-defining experience!

Summer semester will bring Living Lab students the opportunity to engage in various value-added, intensive community service experiences. We encourage you to spend the summer in the New Orleans region, participating in one of our summer session service learning experiences.

The summer term provides a great opportunity to condense your Living Lab experience, immersing yourself in the recovery process, and helping to restore and preserve unique cultural, architectural, historical, and environmental resources, while getting to know the region and the people that define it.

Here is a list of the types of service learning experiences that already may be available or customized for your interests in each of our colleges. Contact us to discuss your specific interests in service learning at UNO:

College of Business Administration

• Rebuild, Recover, Rebirth, ReNew Orleans
• Economic Recovery of New Orleans
• Tourism Planning
• Eco-Tourism
• New Small Business Ventures
• Entrepreneurship in Post-Katrina Gulf South
• Environmental Management
• Change Management

College of Education and Human Development

• Rebuild, Recover, Rebirth, ReNew Orleans
• Rebuilding the Schools and the System
• Reaching out to Displaced Students
• Crisis Management
• The Epidemiology of the Storm
• Public Health Issues
• Post-Katrina Needs of Special Education Student
• Post-Katrina Counseling

College of Engineering

• Rebuild, Recover, Rebirth, ReNew Orleans
• Engineering Levees and Pumping Stations
• Environmental Management after the Storm
• Politics and Engineering
• Preparing for the Next Event
• Coastal Restoration
• Civil Engineering Solving Problems

College of Liberal Arts

• Rebuild, Recover, Rebirth, ReNew Orleans
• Where Did the Music Go?
• Public Art in New Orleans
• Race, Gender, Class and post-Katrina New Orleans
• The Political Response to Katrina
• Writing Katrina
• Meteorology: Predicting Hurricanes
• Coastal Restoration
• Gathering the Stories: An Oral History
• Cultural Shifts in New Orleans
• Political Changes in Region
• Changing Physical and Cultural Geography
• Documentary Filmmaking

College of Liberal Arts - School of Urban Planning and Regional Studies:

• Rebuild, Recover, Rebirth, ReNew Orleans
• Coastal Restoration
• City Planning
• Public Administration
• Environmental Planning
• Neighborhood Planning
• Environmental Hazards
• Cultural and Social Rebuilding
• Eco-Tourism
• Rebuilding Transportation
  
• Hazard Planning for the Future

College of Sciences

• Rebuild, Recover, Rebirth, ReNew Orleans
• Conservation Biology
• Coastal Restoration
• The Physics of Hurricanes and Levees
• Social Psychology and Katrina
• The Geology of New Orleans and South Louisiana
  
• What Happened to the Biota after Katrina?
• Chemical Hazard and Recovery
• Environmental Biology and Public Health

UNO Metropolitan College, International and Interdisciplinary Studies

UNO Metropolitan College is your hub for community engagement at the University of New Orleans.  With its responsibility to extend the university’s programs and services into the surrounding community and region, Metropolitan College administers Interdisciplinary Studies and provides connections to its network of non-profit organizations and internship partners.  The college also provides services to numerous government agencies and businesses engaged in the recovery of the greater New Orleans region.  These organizations are the community partners through which Living Lab participants will engage in service internships and work experiences.