Instructor Name: Robert Bremmer
CRN: 63541, 63542, 80905, 80906
Community issues and needs are addressed by developing online media. Students form teams, developing web pages, videos and other digital media to assist community partners achieve their goals, and to address community needs.
We are fully online, students may be remote anywhere in the world with good internet connection. Expect considerable communication between students in groups; the course is split between group work and individual work You must communicate and work as part of a...
Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023Winter 2024
Online Course Business-Engineering-Technology-Visual Design Sustainability Community Health Social Inequity Solutions
Instructor Name: Catherine Howells
CRN: 63523
Portland's Water: History and Challenges. This course is designed to give students an opportunity to learn about tap water and create community outreach products for the Portland Water Bureau. Our community partner for this class is the Portland Water Bureau. This class will focus on the Bull Run watershed (the source of Portland's drinking water) and the work of the Portland Water Bureau -- how they deliver our water to our taps. We will learn about the history of the water system, the...
Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023
Sustainability Research Community Health Business-Engineering-Technology
Instructor Name: Megan Kupko
CRN: 63495, 80913
The time is ripe to be part of the growing sustainable food movement! This class addresses the current food issues that face urban citizens by holistically engaging students in the many layers of Portland's local food and farm culture. Students will critically analyze the state of our current food systems while being engaged in positive solutions to agricultural-related issues. The community partner and classroom is the Learning Gardens Lab, where students will gain hands-on farming...
Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Summer 2021Summer 2022Summer 2023Summer 2024Winter 2021Winter 2022Winter 2023Winter 2024
Education-Youth Sustainability Community Health Science
Instructor Name: Annie Knepler
CRN: 63518
This Capstone will partner with the Learning Gardens Laboratory (LGL), a 12-acre garden education site on Portland’s southeast side. Students work collaboratively to gather stories of community gardeners, teachers, and community partners who regularly gather at LGL to learn and farm. Capstone students will gain skills in interviewing, storytelling, and using narrative as a means for social change, in addition to learning about sustainable food systems and the impact of learning gardens.
Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Spring 2020
Community Health Sustainability Education social justice Ecology Garden-based learning food