FYS 198-2: Tryin’ to find a way back Home: An Introduction to the Literature and Legacy of Homelessness in America 

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Course Schedule
Course CYC Component

 

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Learn about the service component of this class through media coverage:

 

"We Have a Sacred Duty to House all Homeless Veterans" The Hill
(November 10, 2017)

Facebook Live Interview on Homelessness in America for National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day 2016

"Battles Won, but War on Vet Homelessness Continues," Philadelphia Inquirer (November 11, 2016)
"Sharing our Blessings with Those in Need," Gettysburg Times (November 10, 2016)
"Housing Our Homeless Vets is a Duty We’ll Always Owe," MarketWatch (November 11, 2015)
"Too Many Veterans with Children are Still Homeless," MarketWatch (November 10, 2014)
"A Dereliction of Duty: Homeless Veterans in America," Fair Observer (June 5, 2014)
"Want to Honor Vets this Memorial Day? Help End Veterans' Homelessness," PennLive (May 25, 2014)
"Our National Shame," Huffington Post (December 6, 2013)
"Putting a Human Face on the Minimum Wage," MarketWatch (March 13, 2014)
"What a Living Wage Looks Like," NPR's Academic Minute (May 8, 2014)
"Yes, Gettysburg C.A.R.E.S.," Gettysburg Times (April 24, 2014)
"These Kids Today," Huffington Post (March 27, 2014)
"A Lost Generation," Huffington Post (May 29, 2014)

Course Information:

Instructor: C. Fee
FYS Meeting Time: MWF 9:00-9:50 AM
CYC Meeting Time: TH 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Meeting Place: 339 Carlisle St 122
Office: Breidenbaugh 314E
Office Hours: MWF 10:00-11:00 AM, MWF & TH 1:00-2:00 PM, and by appointmentOffice Phone: x6762
Home Phone: 717.528.4799 (Call before 10:00 PM)
Cell & Text: 717.357.2314 (Text Preferred)

E-mail: cfee@gettysburg.edu

CYC Partner: J. Allen
Office: Office of Student Activities & Greek Life (College Union Building 210)
Office Hours: TBA
Phone: 717.337.6301
Cell Phone: 207.632.8213 (Text preferred)

Email: jallen@gettysburg.edu

Peer Learning Associate: S. Fletcher
Cell Phone: 410.279.0620

E-mail: fletsh01@gettysburg.edu

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Read a 2018 story about Inspiring Student-Athletes in this Course

Read a 2017 article that discusses how the CPS Polos Fund for Immersian Trips is related to this course

Read a 2010 College Press Release about the Course Trip to DC

Read a Winter 2009 story about how the Campus Kitchens Project at Gettysburg College is related to this course

Read the Winter 2007 Gettysburg Magazine story about this class:

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See students from this class in a Voice of America story about DC Central Kitchen

View a video about Service-Learning at Gettysburg College which highlights this course

 

 

 

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