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Ms. Anja Marković from Bonsai Association held a lecture on
sustainable volunteering
October 31, 2018
On Tuesday, October 30, we had a pleasure of hosting a guest
speaker during the Year One class at the Dubrovnik campus. Ms. Anja Marković,
Executive Director of the Volonterski centar Dubrovnik/Bonsai Association, was
invited by professor Milena Kužnin to deliver a lecture on sustainable
volunteering and the importance of volunteering, especially for undergraduate
students. Ms. Marković will also work with RIT Croatia Dubrovnik campus on our
service learning/community project for the next semester.
Service learning is not identical to volunteering – it is a
joint effort from both the faculty and students with community representatives
in structured activities to meet the learning objectives set by the higher
education and the program of study. Also, service learning is not the same as
internship as service learning is more about the civic engagement and reflection
about the need to give back and connect to the community.
"The lecture that was held today by Ms. Marković held a
great deal of meaningful messages about the importance of lifelong service learning
and continuous volunteering that we wish to implement into our students’
mindset. We hope that Ms. Marković will
be able to assist us in identifying the community representatives that would be
willing to cooperate with us in the future”, commented professor Kužnin.
