Creator: Grace Yawman Course: PT 6245 Seminar for PT 6243 Health Education, Promotion, and Wellness This reflection describes growth through service and how service-learning can be applied to the field of Physical Therapy. Students learn cultural awareness, communication skills, methods to overcoming language barriers, and much more due to service-learning, as reflected in this post….
Creators: Brian Huntley, Elliot Bangerter, Kelly Phalen Course: DS4200 Information Presentation and Visualization (Dunne) The goal of our semester-long service-learning project is to expose students to the real-world research and design process of doing an in-depth visualization design and implementation. This group created visualizations for their community partner James Monaghan in hope to make the…
Creators: Students from FSEM1000 Course: Connections & Decisions (Hoger) This artifact details some of the work the students in our Connections and Decision class had the opportunity to do with Fenway CDC, along with student reflections. https://express.adobe.com/page/zxSFX8NyKr5so/…
Creators: The Students of Professor Roches Connections and Decisions Course: Connections & Decisions (Roche) Abstract: Our artifact is a reflection on our partnerships and collective growth – we utilized a blog website to capture our thoughts and reflections. Students, faculty, S-LTA and TAs reflected on their experiences and what they have learned throughout the Spring…
Creators: Chris Hadler, George Hosea, Avery Collard, Donald Sea, Daliyah Middleton, Angelina Leach, Ben Schmitt, Phoenix Forester, Stella Clark, and Kathy Luo Course: Writing Boston (Finn) Abstract: This website is representative of the cumulative work that students put in throughout the semester for the course Writing Boston. It contains videos from our service project with…
Creator: Thea Yazbek Course: Philosophy for Children This is a book module representing what we did in Philosophy for Children. One of our main goals in the class was to convey how philosophy can be taught to children. My book module focuses on the children’s book I Love my New Toy by Mo Willems. It…
Creator: Angela Xie Course: Philosophy for Children As the first service-learning course offered by the Philosophy department, our class took on the task of facilitating productive philosophical conversation with second and fourth graders at the Hernández After School Program. Through various children’s books, we were able to discuss concepts such as courage, environmental ethics, aesthetics,…
Creators: Lorena Leza, Andrea Thomas and Jessica Lynch-Foust Course: Nonprofit Communications The following document includes one specific messaging tactic to aid in Bluebonnet Data’s goal of recruiting 300 new volunteers by this upcoming August….
Creator: Taylor Drysdale Students in Professor O’Brien’s Big Data For Cities this semester worked with data from Twitter, AirBnB, Google Places, Open Street Maps, and Craigslist. Throughout the semester they explored the data to find new and interesting ways that local municipalities could utilize this “Big Data”. Guest experts from public, private, and non-profit organizations…