CLASSES

Be the Change

Be the Change - Career Development meets Social Action

This ten-week course for mature and graduate students is  devoted to facilitating career development, social activism and community outreach through academic research, project design and implementation.
Each student is offered the opportunity to choose a social, environmental or political issue for research and fieldwork. Students explore educational requirements for participation, career opportunities and current best practice being implemented by local, national and international service organizations in the field.
This class taught by Lola Broomberg is offered both at the University of Oregon (through the PODS department in Architecture and Allied Arts) and through the counseling program at Lane Community College.

For more information about scheduling and to see a copy of the current syllabus:
Contact  Lola@uoregon.edu

Class Texts:

The impossible will take a little while – a citizen’s guide to hope in a time of fear edited by Paul Rogat Loeb

How to Change the World; Social Entrepreneurs and the power of new ideas by David Bornstein

The Transformative Way   by Scott Sherman

World Change 2.0  by Scott Sherman

 

Women in Transition

Women in Transition at Lane Community College

An entry program to assist single parents, and other women in transition become economically self-sufficient through access to education, training, and employment. Lola teaches the hybrid version of the Women in Transition class. This seven credit course assists women in transforming their lives and assists them in making informed personal and professional choices to support themselves in thriving rather than surviving.

 

Career and Life Planning

Career and Life Planning

Lola teaches Career and Life Planning classes at the U of O and LCC. These courses are designed to assist students in ascertaining their values, skills and passions and guides them towards goal setting in order to manifest the career of their dreams.