ACE Student Showcase: Spring 2010

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    Academic Civic Engagement Showcase: Moving the Classroom Into the Community

    May 6th, 2010
    The Crossroads in the Buntrock Commons

    Approximately 100 students from eight courses presented on a wide range of academic civic engagement projects

    Courses and Project Titles:

    Asian American Experiences (ARMS 250)
    Oral histories with Asian-Americans living in the Northfield area:

    1. The Story of an Amerasian’s Search for the American Dream
    2. Living in a New World While Maintaining Cultural Identity
    3. My Journey, Our Story: the Asian American story of Naomi Munggai
    4. America has been beautiful for me: an interview with Gam
    5. The Story of Pai Yang: There’s an American Dream in All of Us
    6. Dao Hella: A real Life Romance Novel

    Ethnographic Research Methods (SOAN 373)
    Community-based research projects in collaboration with local organizations:

    1. The Northfield Latino Community and Existing Perceptions
    2. Economic Impact of the Northfield Library on the City Center
    3. Local Food Infrastructure: Collaboration with Market Fair

    Environmental Studies Senior Seminar (ES 399)

    1. Northfield Sustainable Building Policy
    2. School Gardens
    3. Teaching Food and Farming at St. Dominic’s School
    4. Composting at St. Dominic’s School
    5. Making Homes More Energy Efficient in Northfield
    6. How to Build a Rain Garden

    Community Engagement in Social Work (SW 381)

    1. Measuring the Needs of the Unemployed and Underemployed in Northfield
    2. Cedar House Inc.: Staff Training Modules
    3. Means of Survival and Service Utilization Among Rice County Residents Ages 18-25

    American Conversations (AMCON 202)
    Our American Lives: Globalization & Citizenship Radio Project

    1. Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Skin Color Alteration across Cultures
    2. The Invasion: Invasive Species in Minnesota
    3. How to Become an American
    4. Where’s My T-Shirt At? [From]: The Journey of a T-Shirt from Global to Local
    5. Globalization in Northfield
    6. Coffee
    7. Four-Day School Week
    8. The Lake
    9. Ethanol in Bridgewater
    10. Instrument Makers: The Last Craftsmen
    11. The St. Olaf Mailroom: Breaking the St. Olaf Bubble
    12. FISHHHHHHHH
    13. Engaged Citizens of the World

    Evaluation of Social Work Practice and Programs (SW 274)
    Community assessment project relating to drug abuse prevention in partnership with the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative

    Introduction to Environmental Studies (ES 137)
    Earth Day Educational Community Outreach Projects

    1. Outreach Liaison for the Earth Day Events
    2. Building Community Awareness: Tap Water vs Bottled Water
    3. How to Conserve Energy at Home and in the Dorm
    4. Establishing a Community of Bicycle Users
    5. A Comprehensive Guide to Recycling
    6. Community Outreach:  Tours of Regent’s Hall and the St. Olaf Wind Turbine
    7. Eco-Trivia: What is your Environmental IQ?
    8. The Northfield Landscape
    9. Minnesota Invasive Species
    10. Planting Minnesota Native Trees
    11. Designing a Community Green Map

    Water: The Global Crisis (ES 281)
    Posters on topics such as water conservation awareness, the bottled water controversy, rain water collection and constructing your own rain garden

    Marriage and the Family (SOAN 260)
    Creating Brochures on Domestic Violence for HOPE Center

    Archivist at the Northfield Historical Society
    Academic Internship

    Academic civic engagement is an approach to teaching and learning that encourages students to learn in the community and to apply academic knowledge and tools to address community issues as an integrated component of an academic course. To learn more about Academic Civic Engagment, see this website.