This project will expand on a past SCC project in spring 2015 that evaluated Foxdale’s recycling program. Students will identify ways to motivate residents to recycle and how to increase interest in sustainability as a community and as individuals Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info […]
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This project was completed by this class as a part of the 2018-2019 UniverCity Year partnership with Green County. Green County is the UniverCity Year partner for the 2017-2020 academic years. Local government and community leaders have identified projects for faculty and students to work on. Green County is located in South Central Wisconsin and […]
This project was conducted for the city of Salinas to assign geographic coordinates to a large set of public data, so that the city is able to obtain the locations of business licenses visibly by using ArcGIS. Our team was assigned approximately 8,252 total businesses and we had to verify the address location to ensure […]
This project was part of the USCB’s Students Connected. USCB communication studies students were given the opportunity to explore and apply communica- tion research methods to a transportation project sponsored by the community partner, Together for Beaufort County. This project included an extensive four- pronged data collection with four groups of students collecting and analyzing […]
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This project was developed as part of the UniverCity Year, a partnership between the Green County Economic Development Corporation and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Green County Healthy Community Coalition determined that transportation presents a significant challenge for many residents in Green County in accessing medical care, grocery stores, and other services. In consultation with […]
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This project was part of USCB’s Students Connected experiential learning program. USCB public health students were given the opportunity to work with the Beaufort County Clubhouse to develop and propose a social marketing campaign to recruit community members to volunteer as Certified Peer Support Specialists (CPSSs) for Clubhouse members in Beaufort County. Read the final […]
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This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. Ramsey County Behavioral Health provides comprehensive mental health and chemical health services to children and adults, many of whom lack access […]
This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. The Rush Line is a future bus rapid transit line that will provide all-day, high-frequency transit service in Ramsey County between Saint Paul and White Bear Lake by way of Maplewood, Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, and White Bear […]
This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. Ramsey County knows little about social vulnerabilities to emergencies among many demographic groups in the community that would potentially reduce their resiliency in the face of natural and human-created disasters. Ramsey County project lead Karma Kumlin-Diers worked with […]
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This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. Ramsey County wanted to assess the accessibility for visitors and clients of County-owned service facilities to make informed decisions about future capital investment in or relocation of these facilities to better meet the needs of the public. Ramsey […]
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