Instructor Name: Mitch Cruzan
CRN: 81160, 81210
The objectives of Research and Society are: Community service with an emphasis on the sciences and your research interests; Learning to communicate scientific material in various media to professional and lay audiences; Higher level thinking about questions about scientific processes & ethics—synthesizing knowledge; and, Preparation to complete undergrad work and enter grad school and the workforce.
Summer 2019Summer 2020Summer 2021
Business-Engineering-Technology Community Health Research Science
Instructor Name: Denissia Withers
CRN: 14182, 81212
Students will explore community food security through community engagement in learning garden programs. Class time will focus on issues of community food security and ways to create food justice through community engagement and learning gardens. Students will work with a variety of people and organizations partnered with the Learning Gardens Laboratory (SPR term) and the Oregon Food Bank Learning Gardens (SUM/FALL term). View Video of Seed to Supper Program
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Summer 2019
Sustainability Community Food Security Garden-based learning Sustainability Leadership Learning Gardens Food Literacy community engagement
Instructor Name: Gabe Sheoships
CRN: 81166, 14129
Students will participate in interpretive programs facilitated within the Tryon Creek State Natural Area.
It is important to ground ourselves and acknowledge the people whose land we are utilizing; the
Clackamas Chinook, the Wasco-Wishram, the Willamette Tumwater, the Multnomah, and other
Chinookan peoples, as well as the Tualatin Kalapuya, the Cayuse, the Molalla and other tribes and bands
of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. It is important to acknowledge the original inhabitants of the...
Fall 2019Fall 2020Summer 2019Summer 2020Spring 2020
Education-Youth Sustainability Community Health Science Culture
Instructor Name: Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate
CRN: 81214
Natural Food Industry and Cooperative Business Model This Capstone investigates sustainable food systems from producer to consumer, with a focus on the business practices of food cooperatives. We will work with our community partner People's Food Cooperative on projects related to health and nutrition, farmers markets, local and equitable food distribution, food justice and ethical business practices.
Class Specific Learning Goals
Introduce students to the complexities and challenges of...
Summer 2019
Business-Engineering-Technology Community Health
Instructor Name: Tracy Dillon
CRN: 81141, 81188
A grant is a proposal that seeks funds to solve a problem and normally is directed by a nonprofit organization [IRS 501(c)(3) designation] to a federal, state, or local government agency, a foundation, or a corporation.
Each term, partners for this capstone change. You will be writing on behalf of a nonprofit that promotes or engages in sustainability in some way. Specifics about these partners and their funding needs are provided in the Course Learning Modules on the Home Page. Read the...
Summer 2019Summer 2020Summer 2021Winter 2020
Sustainability Grantwriting
Instructor Name: Molly Gray
CRN: 81153, 81202
The Rock & Roll Camp for Girls is a local non-profit organization that works to buld girls' self-esteem through musical & performance mentorshp as well as empowers/prepares young women of diverse backgrounds for leadership roles within their communities. Students in this Capstone will examine contemporary social issues related to the lives of girls today, as well as participate in Rock Camp programming & the creation of a final communication plan to secure on-going community...
Summer 2019Summer 2020Summer 2021
Education-Youth
Instructor Name: Deborah Smith Arthur
CRN: 81143, 81190
This course asks each participant to examine and discuss their own spiritual beliefs, and use that reflection as a spring board for social justice activism on an issue of their choosing. All students are welcome - those with a solid faith tradition, and those with none - and anywhere in between. Each student will develop their own partnership; each partnership and project must be approved by the Instructor.
Students will have the opportunity to create meaningful relationships with their chosen...
Summer 2019Summer 2020Summer 2021
Instructor Name: David Hall
CRN: 81202
Partnering with the Little White Salmon Biodiversity Reserve (LWSBR), participants will help tend farm and forest lands while exploring relationships among science, culture, stewardship and community development. LWSBR is committed to providing a place-based, systems-aware learning environment while serving community well-being and ecological health. Time will be split between campus meetings and two overnight site visits in the Columbia Gorge. Students will create multimedia materials to...
Summer 2019