Thirty experiential education practitioners gathered on the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ campus July 30 to focus on best practices and legal issues in experiential education with the workshop 21st Century Experiential Learning: Examining Best Practices & Managing the Risks.
The program, hosted by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Career Services, was jointly sponsored by the National Society for Experiential Education, NC Campus Compact and the NC Association of Colleges & Employers.
Sarah Coble ’03 from the Charlotte employment law firm of Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson gave participants a glimpse of issues at the intersection of employment and educational law. Her responders were Bill Kornegay of the Somers-Pardue Agency and Lisa Flint-Morris, internship coordinator for the NC State Government Internship Program.
Steve Kenny, director of Risk Management Services at UNC-Chapel Hill, discussed campus applications of legal issues. His responders were Mary Morrison, director of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Kernodle Center for Service Learning, and Karen Thompson, UNCW internship coordinator and associate director of the Career Center.
– Information submitted by Pam Brumbaugh, Director of Experiential Education
