Post on 16-Dec-2015
Student Groups Student Involvement Things to consider and resources
Student co-curricular activities as a course resource
Auburn University Specific National or Professional Institutionally Supported
Student Groups
Auburn University Specific National or Professional Institutionally Supported
Student Groups
Auburn Sustainability Action Program
• Advance environmental, social, and economic sustainability through education, outreach, and leadership
• Advisor:–Mike Kensler, Office of Sustainability
Educate Auburn's students about environmental issues and sustainability
Advisor: Donny Addison, Solid Waste and Recycling
Department
Environmental Awareness Organization
Positively influence the use of sustainable practices in the design process.
Contact: Dylan Piper Kaiser, President
Sustainable Design Organization
Auburn University Specific National or Professional Institutionally Supported
Student Groups
Increase community-based, ecologically-sound, fair, and humane food at Auburn University and the surrounding community through action-based initiatives that will reconnect people with their food.
Contact: Rob (Rosco) Davis, president
Auburn Real Food Challenge
Transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated
Creating an Environment
Advisor: Darren Olsen, College of Architecture
Auburn Green Builders
Stable and prosperous world Basic human needs
Advisor: Dr. Steve Duke, Chemical Engineering
Engineers without Borders
Society of Conservation Biology
• Expanding knowledge about conservation
• Spreading conservation awareness
• Advisor:• Robert Boyd, Biological Sciences
Campus Kitchens Project
• Mission is to use service as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds and build communities.
• Contact:• Joyce A Thomas-vinson,
Office of Public Service
Mocha Club
• online community of people
• relief and development projects in Africa
• Contact: • Shawn E.
Schooley, Political
Science
Auburn University Specific National or Professional Institutionally Supported
Student Groups
Project Uplift is an agency whose main goal is to help children develop constructive, happy lives so that the delinquency rate in our county will decrease.
Contact: Chris Nunn, Psychology Department
Project Uplift
Creating awareness about hunger and hunger-related issues
World Food Programme Representatives
Advisor: Harriet Giles- College of Human Sciences
Committee of 19 Uniting the fighting spirit of the eagle
with the compassion of the human touch.
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Community Service
Contact: Office of Student Involvement, Division of Student Affairs
Student Groups Student Involvement Things to consider and resources
Student co-curricular activities as a course resource
1. Volunteer projects
Student Involvement
2. Projects that engage students in their disciplines
Student Involvement
3. Class Projects
Student Involvement
Student co-curricular activities as a course resource
• Student Groups• Student Involvement• Things to consider and resources
Timeline Coordination Reliability Interpersonal skills
Some lessons we’ve learned
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“As much as I love education, outreach and extension, it really all comes together with hands-on projects, because seeing and doing really promote understanding,”
Dr. Eve Brantley, Agronomy and Soils