Domicology is the study of the economic, social, and environmental characteristics relating to the life cycle of the built environment. Domicologists -Recognize that manmade structures have a life cycle -Examine the life cycle continuum of the bu...

Despite impact of the COVID 19 activity restrictions, 10 farm energy audits and 11 renewable energy assessments were completed while 2 audits are on-going. The economic hardship faced by Michigan agricultural operations and the on-field person-to-per...

Provided logistical and teaching support to faculty/ practitioners who include community engaged teaching and learning in their classrooms.

Supervise undergraduate program participants who develop an educational engagement residency that provides an introduction to instrumental and vocal music through video-based learning activities and performances that k-12 students in Holt and East La...

I supervised students who received stipends to put together artist residencies (virtually) for two elementary school classes--one in Holt and one in East Lansing. The goal of the project was to teach entrepreneurship and community engagement skills t...

Students trained in coaching and teaching skills for high school string players in order to go out into the community in Spring 2022 and coach students at different high schools. They received training from area educators during Fall 2021 and observe...

This academic year I am serving as a member of the East Lansing Public School District's Wellness Policy Committee tasked with overseeing review of the policy and its mechanisms for implementation and evaluation. Bi-monthly meetings of 2 hours via Zo...

Hosted Michigan's 18th annual World Usability Day event in November 2020. 328 people attended the event. The conference offered practical topics that are helpful to IT and user experience (UX) professionals to increase their UX design and/or usabilit...

We work with the potato industry to develop new varieties that help the farmers better manage their crops, have better quality and more profitability. We run on-farm trials, hold seminars and field days. We work through the Michigan Potato Industry C...

My WRA331 class, under my guidance, designed a communications strategy for the campaign. Following that, The Cube, a publishing nexus that I run in WRAC, designed a website and social media campaign.

Along with employees of the city of East Lansing (including the diversity officer and head librarian of the public library), planned two virtual events and one in-person event for MSU and the public related to voting and civil rights, and listening t...

Street Teams are student-run, creative collaborations within ComArtSci. Interdisciplinary groups of students partner with nonprofit organizations and assist them with media projects. They have real-world learning opportunities while giving back to th...

Organized workshops on conditions in the Middle East, specifically Israel/Palestine -- specifically targeted toward improved understanding of current conditions

To help better understand the opportunities and barriers to soil and water conservation in the Western Lake Erie Basin Worked with the Michigan Association of Conservation Districts (MACD) and the county Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Lena...

Class Social Movements and Collective Identities (Soc 481) All students volunteered with a social movement organization in the greater Lansing area or virtually. These included: Metro Lansing Poor People's Campaign Meta Peace Team Planned Parenthood ...

Present in a series of public meetings, recommendations and countermeasures for improving safe movement of pedestrian and bicyclists to/from select schools.

The goal of the Senior Ambassador Program is to build relationships between students and senior citizens in the area. It was started as an initiative to combat loneliness in the area.

The goal of the Opioid Prevention Education Network through Michigan State University (OPEN-MSU) is to build the capacity of local efforts to create or expand opioid prevention, intervention, and treatment opportunities for low-income communities. OP...

Curated a free monthly concert series presented by the East Lansing Public Library.

This "project" is part of the Capstone course ITM444 (offered every Spring) where organizations with IT-related needs submit their own project proposals to be staffed by student teams of 4-5 students. We usually attract a range of organizations from...

MSU AgeAlive is a program within the College of Osteopathic Medicine that is dedicated to building a central, coordinated aging hub at MSU that can bring together aging-related research, education, and community outreach and engagement. Dr. Clare Luz...

Related to lifelong learning, AgeAlive has hosted the weekly Town & Gown Lecture Series for almost two years. It is another partnership between AgeAlive, the MSU Social Science Scholars Program and the East Lansing Prime Time Seniors Program. Because...

This was an online presentation of Special Collections materials related to Jewish culture, presented to Congregation Shaarey Zedek (local synagogue). Tad Boehmer, MSU Libraries rare books curator, and I presented.

With a team of 7 NGOs serving beginning farmers, 6 extension educators and 5 members from Center for Regional Food Systems and myself we are developing curriculum that engages beginning farmer by providing technical information on production and mark...

Field placements for social work students.