Office for Service Learning - Provides resources for faculty to integrate service learning into classroom curricula
- Cultivates, strengthens, and nurtures UAB’s relationships with Community Partners
- Develops students into engaged citizens who actively participate in the public life of their communities
Norma-May Isakow, Director As Director of UAB's Office for Service Learning, Norma-May merges her experience in community-based education with her enthusiasm for working with students. She believes that "Service, combined with Learning, adds value to each and transforms both." Jane Kendall & Associates, Combining Service and Learning.
Norma-May graduated from law school in South Africa where she practiced law, taught at the University of Cape Town, and supervised student legal aid clinics. She received an LLM degree from the London School of Economics and is admitted to the California and Colorado Bars. As Senior Research Assistant to a U.S. federal judge, she created a judicial internship program for law students. Before coming to UAB, Norma-May was Director of Public Interest and adjunct faculty at the University of Denver College of Law where she created, taught and coordinated a Public Interest Practicum program.
Office for Service Learning
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1715 Building
1715 9th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: 205.996 7080
Fax: 205.934.3522
nmisakow@uab.edu or servicelearning@uab.edu