As the sole recycling service in Orange County, the Orange County Recycling Co-Op will work with students to create a website with the goal of more effectively engaging community members. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info Jane Rogan Sustaining Hoosier Communities Director jrogan@indiana.edu (812) 855-0568 […]
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I’m working with a second grade class in Salinas with the picture book, I Know the River Loves me. We are working on issues of the environment through a study of “habitat.” We will anchor ourselves in the text with both reading and artwork. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. […]
The Geography Department at San Diego State University, in collaboration with the Sage Project and the City of Lemon Grove, produced an inventory of stop sign and street identification sign locations within the city limits of Lemon Grove. Two teams collected stop sign coordinates with ESRI’s Collector for ArcMap and street sign coordinates with Google’s […]
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In collaboration with the Sage Project at San Diego State University and the City of Lemon Grove, this report details the methods and findings of the Spring 2017 course, Communication 462. Qualitative data were collected using ethnographic techniques, including in-person interviews with Lemon Grove residents, to examine placemaking and homelessness in Lemon Grove. An ethnographic […]
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User Experience, a course about improving online experiences of internet users, evaluated the visitor page of Apache Junction’s website (ajcity.net) for issues and recommendations for improvement. Students determined that its visitor page is difficult to navigate, and lacking in relevant information. Because of these challenges, users may be driven away from the website and, as […]
Undergraduate students in the honors discussion section of a communication research methods class conducted research for Iowa City arts nonprofit Public Space One. The primary function of research was to discover community perception of art within the Iowa City area. Additional goals were to a) provide Public Space One with applicable data on local attitudes […]
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Tourism Planning focused on the overall picture of tourism,from its present state to its promise, in Apache Junction. The students in this course evaluated Apache Junction’s strengths, weaknesses,opportunities, and threats based on community engagement and literature-based research. Results included that its outdoor attractions(Superstition Mountains, Canyon Lake, Lost Dutchman State Park) and nearby events (Renaissance Festival, […]
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 involved promotion of the opportunity to apply to the City for the startup monies. The information on the opportunity was spread by this class via fliers and word of mouth at various events prior to the deadline. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable City Years Program Contact […]
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This project is an experiment in deep listening. A group of California State University Monterey Bay students enrolled in the Media for Social Change class have engaged in one-to-one conversations with diverse Salinas residents exploring their experience of living and working in the city. Students used questions as civic tools to generate curiosity and conversations […]