GSU nutrition students learn through service

Project pilots new leadership approach

Ashley Harper, left, a student facilitator in the program piloted by the Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement at Georgia Southern University, assists Community Nutrition professor Dr. Padmini Shankar, right, in coordinating service learning projects for the 65 students in her class. - photo by Al Hackle/special

Nutrition Student Web — Ashley Harper, left, a student facilitator in the program piloted by the Office of Student Leadership and Civic Engagement at Georgia Southern University, assists Community Nutrition professor Dr. Padmini Shankar, right, in coordinating service learning projects for the 65 students in her class. - photo by Al Hackle/special

This fall, 65 Georgia Southern students in the senior-level Community Nutrition class are teaching the public about healthful eating through venues such as the Main Street Farmers Market, the Food Bank and the WIC program. Dr. Padmini Shankar, an associate professor in the College of Health and Human Sciences who teaches the course, has been involved in service learning projects for years, but this semester she has more help than ever. Ashley Harper, a senior completing a Bachelor of Science in nutrition and food science, is assisting Shankar with planning and scheduling the service learning campaign.

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