This is a long-term advisory group role in partnership with Wayne State University's Shiffman Medical Library. Shiffman serves as NLM National Outreach Library with the goal of disseminating trusted health care and scientific research information to ...

The building of a co-operative grocery store

Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) is a comprehensive, national and community-based process to plan for and bring about transformational and sustainable change, and to address the historic and contemporary effects of racism.

Partnership with Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan on early childhood research, new line of research to support health nutrition lessons in home visiting and head start

The goals of this conference are to highlight critical issues within the Great Lakes; provide the audience with the latest research and management concerning these topic areas and have an interactive question and answer session with speakers and audi...

Introduction to Lakes Online is a six-week course specially designed for lake users, lakefront property owners, and lake managers interested in learning about inland lakes. There are six online units each with closed captioned video lectures, interac...

Involved in discussion and planning with Nick Thompson and other board members to plan and review courses and course materials for the Ag Program and various classes at Charlotte High Schools. Review and provide input on equipment use and future pla...

We provided input to MDNR and USDA APHIS on mute swan management. Mute swans are an invasive species and state and federal agencies are legally obligated to control their numbers. Multiple meetings were held to provide input on potential control stra...

Identification of wood species used in 1910 and 1913 to build Lansing City Rescue Mission. Wood identification using macroscopical features

Working with Michigan communities and stakeholders, this project seeks to improve the state of broadband connectivity throughout the State. We work with community partners, such as Merit Network, to help communities map availability of broadband in t...

The project examines three questions: 1. Were students with broadband home Internet access and more digital skills better protected from declines in a) academic performance, b) educational aspirations, and c) psychological well-being, due to disrupt...

I am the principal investigator of Health in Our Hands. Funded by the Science Education Partnerships Award (National Institutes of Health), this project, lead by CREATE for STEM Institute at Michigan State University in collaboration with the Health ...

I am a project associate on Teaching Science Outdoors Urban Partnerships. TSO-UP (Gail Richmond, Principal Investigator) brings elementary teachers to outdoor spaces and allows them to practice science in a variety of habitats, with a focus on activi...

MiSciPLN is a network of science education specialists from districts, intermediate school districts, MiSTEM, Michigan Department of Education, and academic institutions in Michigan.

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...

The Sugarbeet Advancement variety trials are agricultural research trials conducted to compare several traits of different sugarbeet varieties. During the growing season, the Sugarbeet Advancement team worked to set up, plant, harvest, and collect da...

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...

Created a partnership with the Public Will Campaign and the Traverse Bay CAC to provide a Community Engaged Project as part of an advanced social work practice course, SW866 Leadership in Communities. In 2020, we spent this time on development of thi...

Studying an online intervention delivered to National Guard couples.

Drawn primarily from the MSU Broad collection and grounded in matters relevant to our region, InterStates of Mind is an exhibition that takes a critical look at American car culture and the way that the automobile has become a symbol of American valu...

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Furthermore, in the last 40 years the incarceration of girls and women has grown by 834% according to the Prison Policy Initiative. Per(Sister): Incarcerated Women of the United Stat...

Making art can be a transformative experience. It helps us to confront and address some of the most pressing issues of our time. Art has the power to shift the way we see and understand the world around us, and the worlds within us. Free Your Mind: A...