Participation in service learning and internships, combined with invaluable opportunities to meet and work with powerful community leaders, allows students to gain knowledge about professional etiquette and what it means to be a good neighbor in a diverse community. …show more content…
Elementary Education major Caissa Dieatrick, ’18 appreciates the ability the FULE House gives her to live in the same neighborhood as the students she teaches at St. Paul City School: “I wanted to be able to see the world from my students’ perspective and be sharing the same space as them, not driving in and out from the suburbs each day. I didn't want to be ignorant of the challenges they face or the reality of the world they live in.” Dieatrick goes on to explain how she feels she is better prepared to connect with others as a result of her FULE House experience: “I am more open-minded and critically aware of what is going on around