1. Argos in Action
Laura Glasgow and Paul A. Hinkle
Department of Housing and Residence Life

2. What is Argos in Action?
• A partnership
between Career
Services &
Housing and
Residence Life
to promote and
encourage
community
service in the
residential
population at
UWF.

3. What is Argos in Action?
• Program
created
Summer 2013
• First
implemented in
Fall 2013.
• 1 High Impact
Experience
each semester.

4. Program Development
Influenced by:
• John Dewey
• David Kolb
• George Kuh
• UWF Quality
Enhancement
Plan (QEP)
• UWF
Strategic Plan

5. John Dewey on Education
(1923, 1938)
• Curriculum
should be
relevant to
student lives.
• Learning
through doing is
the most
impactful
learning
experience

6. Kolb’s Experiential Learning
Cycle, 1984
1. Do
2. Observe
3. Think
4. Plan

7. George Kuh: High Impact
Practices, 2008
Institutions
should aspire
for all students
to participate in
2 High-Impact
Practices.
One in their first
year, and one in
the context of
their major

8. Community Service: A High
Impact Practice
UWF defines community service as a
voluntary donation of time and effort to the
benefit of a community-based nonprofit
organization off campus

9. Community Service Hours
Collected
• JasonQuest- CSO system through
Career Services
– Hours are submitted through website
– Evaluated/ verified by Career Services/
Leadership and Service and awarded if
meet criteria
– Can win awards depending on how
many hours are awarded

10. Where to Volunteer?
• Residence Halls are partnered with
different community organizations

11. The Event: Argo Hall
• Argo Hall: First-Time-In-College
Students
• Partner: Pensacola Humane
Society

12. The Partnership
• Creating the
bond
• Challenges &
Rewards
• Planning
ahead

13. The Event: The Villages
• Village East and West: Mix of
upper-classmen (sophomore-
graduate students)
• Partner: Boys and Girls Club of
Pensacola
• Halloween Carnival for children
ranging in age from 5-17 years old
• Over 30 students in attendance
– International students attended

14. “”
Reflection
No experience
having a
meaning is
possible without
some element of
thought…
“
-John Dewey (1923)

15. Defining Reflection
The process of examining
and interpreting
experience to gain new
understanding and is vital
to successful service-
learning experiences

16. Benefits of Reflection
• Genuine learning about individual values and
goals and larger social issues.
• Challenges students to connect service
activities to course objectives
• to develop critical thinking skills.
• Works against the perpetuation of
stereotypes.
• Students will remain committed to service
throughout life if they develop a sense of
community.

17. Student Reflection
• All students are
encouraged to
fill out an
evaluation &
reflection
• Based on
Social Change
Model of
Leadership
Komives,S. (2009). [Figure]. Reproduced.

18. Reflection and Evaluation

19. “”
Student Reaction
“ I feel so
satisfied after
this experience
“”
“This experience
reinforced my
goals in life of
Helping Teen
Youth

20. Impact on Students

21. Impact on Students

22. Impact on Students

23. Future Goals of the Program
• 3 events per semester
– 1 awareness
– 1 onsite
– 1 on campus
• Student Leadership Awards
• President’s Volunteer Service
Award

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