2025 CDS Annual Conference

Students enrolled in a service-learning First-Year Seminar gained an understanding of the social power structures that support or inhibit community building, and how that impacts individual and collective well-being.  “Exploring Community” has been taught 3x by two instructors, and leveraged the work of former US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, and co-authors of “The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness,” Robert Waldinger, MD, and Marc Schulz, PhD.  Panelists will include instructor(s), student, and a community partner, and examples of how the principles of good practice were embedded, as well as an assessment tool, will be shared.