A UGC-Funded Collaborative Forum on Service-Learning

You are invited to a lecture and workshop series by Dr. Andrew Furco, distinguished scholar on Service-Learning, at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. This series is funded by the UGC as part of the Collaborative Forum on Service-Learning and is co-organized by the Office of Service Learning (OSL), the Educational Development Center (EDC), and the Community of Practice (CoP) on Service-Learning.

Andrew Furco is Associate Vice President for Public Engagement at the University of Minnesota, where is also serves as an Associate Professor of Higher Education. As Associate Vice President, he oversees the advancement of community-engaged research, teaching, and outreach initiatives across the University. He has led more than 30 research studies on service-learning and has produced over 70 publications on the subject.  Prior to arriving in Minnesota, he served as a faculty member in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley and as the founding Director of Berkeley’s Service-Learning Research and Development Center.  He currently serves on the board of directors for the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE).

EDC Coordinator: Josie Csete