Students will create a plan to increase awareness and support of the Friends and Farmers Cooperative. The plan will target University faculty and staff, students, and the general community and determine the best channels to reach these audiences. It will utilize storytelling as a major marketing strategy and define how the campaign can be measured […]
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Cng Vehicle Wrap
Students will design a vehicle wrap for two new compressed natural gas vehicles to be used on campus. The wrap will include elements that communicate the environmental friendliness of the vehicles as an educational component Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info University Faculty Contact Ryan […]
Pr Plan For Sustainable Food Systems Program
Students will create a PR campaign that determines how to engage various audiences in the Sustainable Food Systems Program. It will include what specific messaging to use dependent on audience and how to communicate these messages in an effective way. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact […]
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Employee Engagement For Sustainability
Students will benchmark MiniTab against other businesses in regards to employee engagement. Specifically, the project will focus on sustainability and corporate recycling. The resulting product will be a set of recommendations that will help MiniTab improve employee engagement and competitiveness. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact […]
Role Of The Arts In Workforce Skill Development
Students will collect research on how the arts contribute to healthy, productive workplaces and how the arts have been incorporated. With this information, the project will develop strategies and models for businesses to include the arts in their workforce skill development Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative […]
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Local Economic Resiliency Dashboard
Students will conduct background research on the design for a local economic resiliency dashboard. The dashboard would be used for communities to determine the economic strength. The project will focus on identifying the components of such a dashboard, potential audiences, and data sources for creating the tool. Read the final student report delivered to the […]
Green Marketing Plan For The Nature Inn
Students will be divided into three groups to support the design of potential marketing approaches at the Nature Inn. Two groups will focus on website design and function, eco-tourism certifications, and benchmarking against comparable national and local hotels. The third group will devise a comprehensive marketing strategy for the Inn that includes flyers, press releases, […]
Graphic Design For Centred Outdoors Summer Challenge
Students will be tasked with creating a visual identity for a family outdoor challenge coming in the summer of 2017. The visual identity will include logos, fonts, colors, textures, photography, etc. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info University Faculty Contact Ryan Russell Communications Associate Professor […]
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Food Insecurity In Centre County
Students will assess the effectivenness of the Centre County YMCA’s backpack program which distributes food to food insecure children in Centre County on weekends. Students will analyze key questions about the initiative, such as does it unintentionally lead to obesity? Does it encourage healthy eating choices? Does it leave children undernourished? Etc. Read the final […]
Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Led Street Lights
Students in PHIL 118H will use existing data about street lights in the borough to estimate current energy use and current GHG emissions attributable to street lights, calculate the cost of switching to LED lights, estimate energy and GHG emission reductions from switching to LED lights, identify potential rebate/funding sources to help defray the cost […]