ACORN is wrapping up a strategic planning process and a key metric we've identified that we'd like to start measuring again is the local food index. (We measured this from 2011-2016). Your names were identified by our summer interns as folks Read more
Community Connected Learning (INTD 0121)- Every Semester
admin2024-03-15T19:51:24+00:00In this course students will develop and implement community connected projects in collaboration with community partners to contribute to the public good. Center for Community Engagement (CCE) instructors will meet with students weekly in cohorts to develop social-issue knowledge, build collaboration skills, Read more
Local public health
admin2024-01-24T15:01:14+00:00The fall 2023 class GHLT0257 ("Global Health") is a broad foundations course that introduces students to public health and global health issues, trends, structures, and governance. The course has lectures and weekly discussion sections. Discussion section time can be devoted to Read more
Revitalization of the Moscow Village
admin2023-06-19T19:04:51+00:00We are a municipal electric utility working to develop a renewable microgrid in the center of the Moscow Village. We are restoring the historic Seaver Sawmill to house hydropower, so the project incorporates a lot of dynamic issues. We currently are Read more
Spring 2022 Geoscience for the Common Good (GEOL 0370)
admin2023-03-07T15:31:13+00:00This course is intended to provide students a hands-on demonstration of the fundamental relevance of the geosciences. My hope is that through collaboration with one or more community partners, students will apply field and lab-based analyses to generate and interpret data Read more
Spring 2022 Statistics Capstone Consulting Experience
admin2023-03-07T15:28:52+00:00In this course, students will practice interfacing with local clients to better understanding their data-related needs. This may involve helping clients collect, analyze, visualize, or model data in a meaningful way. Students will then present their findings to a larger audience Read more
Outdoor Recreation Database
admin2022-05-16T15:46:02+00:00Compile a database of all outdoor recreation opportunities in Addison County including details of opportunity, location, period of operation, any available information or resources about opportunity, brief description, and create a map of the locations of all opportunities. Community Partner Contact: Read more
Theories of Change
admin2021-10-04T19:58:41+00:00In this course, we will tackle the question of social change. More specifically, we will (1) analyze various organized efforts trying to make social change happen; and (2) troubleshoot their different methods, strategies, ways of operating, and sets of assumptions about Read more
Firefly Science and Arts Outreach
admin2023-03-07T15:30:23+00:00As part of the Broader Impacts of a National Science Foundation grant on firefly communication, we've got support to host a local outreach event that combines art and science around the topic of fireflies. We are collaborating with Ibiyinka (Ibi) Alao, Read more