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Recreation Management Program
University of Maine at Machias
Promising Approaches
(3) Design/implement programs linking community service to curriculum.
(4) Provide opportunities for students to be engaged in their communities
(8) Involve students in developing and sustaining of campus/community partnerships
Overview
The UMM Recreation Management program infuses service learning program development and
implementation across its curriculum. Each project includes coordination with
local governmental agencies, community groups, and non-profit organizations.
The projects themselves develop citizenship and enrich community capacity.
Projects include the annual East Machias canoe race, the Machias "haunted forest,"
and the Down East Special Olympics. Annual ad hoc activities also include such
projects as facility design for municipal parks and fairgrounds. These projects
allow students to apply their academic program and facility design learning to
community development. In the process, they learn how to engage as citizens in
a wide range of governmental and community organizations (e.g. town
governments, state conservation agencies, recreation interest groups, and
environmental organizations).
Special Features
Civic Learning Goals
- Civic Knowledge: Understand the role that governmental and non-governmental
organizations have in developing community and recreational opportunities.
- Civic Skills: Ability to
coordinate with schools and local civic organizations in the design and
implementation of projects; develop recreation models that ensure access for
individuals of all ages and abilities.
- Civic Attitudes/Dispositions: Recognize the importance of citizen initiative in the
development of community improvement; enhance understanding of and appreciation
for diversity within communities.
Contact Information
William Eckart and Rick Scribner
weckart@maine.edu, scribner@maine.edu
http://www.umm.maine.edu
