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Service Learning at Ridgewood Elementary School
- Brittany Ann MillerChild DevelopmentUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
This presentation provides a look into the service learning experience at Ridgewood Elementary School. This poster will discuss the responsibilities of the service learning volunteer, the experiences gained and the learning that took place. Additionally, this poster discusses the systems perspective that is used to work with students in the school.
Service Learning at Sunny Brae Middle School Afterschool Program
- Xochitl Rodriguezxr19@humboldt.eduUndergraduate Student
- Gabriella SalvatoChild DevelopmentUndergraduate Student
- Ashlyn MatherChild DevelopmentUndergraduate Student
Other
We would like to discuss the benefits of service learning with adolescent children. We will discuss various aspects of working with middle school children. We will cover the after school program's purpose and their goals. Following we will mention our experiences and challenges that we encountered. Lastly we will end with a question to all HSU students, why one should consider service learning and what benefits do they see in the opportunities.
Service Learning at the Boys and Girls Club
- Ashley ClawsonChild DevelopmentUndergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
This presentation includes the learning experiences and exploration during this service learning opportunity at the Boys and Girls Club. I also connect the theoretical constructs that I learn in Child Development classes and the practical experience that I have gained during this service learning opportunity.
Service Learning at Yurok Tribe Head Start
- Chelsea ReedLiberal Studies, Child DevelopmentUndergraduate Student
College of Professional Studies
This presentation emphasizes the importance of incorporating Yurok language and culture in early childhood development. I also include the learning experiences and exploration during this service learning opportunity at the Yurok Tribe Head Start program. I also connect the theoretical constructs that I learn in Child Development classes and the practical experience that I have gained during this service learning opportunity.
SINKING MICROFIBERS ON THE NEW ENGLAND CONTINENTAL SHELF BREAK
- Jennie WarmackOceanographyUndergraduate Student
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
In June 2016, the water column abundance and vertical flux profile of microfibers was examined using Niskin bottle collection and a vertical array of surface-tethered sediment traps at the continental shelf break south of Rhode Island. Fibers were extracted and analyzed on a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer to determine the type of materials present. Sinking rates of the fibers were estimated through three independent approaches: theoretical, field-based, and lab-based. In general, the field-based approach indicated roughly 8x slower sinking speeds than those observed in the lab or predicted by theory.
Slow Violence at the Salton Sea
- Drew AndrewEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
California's largest inland body of water, the Salton Sea, is suffering from decreasing water levels. Water transfers in Southern California are responsible for the current status of the Salton Sea. Addressing the responsibility of the State of California in restoration of the Salton Sea, inaction at the state level continues to perpetuate the slow violence of health issues in Imperial Valley. Analyzing the framing of the ecological devastation of the borderlands of Southern California, mainstream white environmentalism continue's to pervade the agenda to restore a shrinking sea.
Stable Isotope Mapping of Humboldt County's Ecological Landscape
- Shannon BresnahanAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
- Andres AlcocerAnthropologyUndergraduate Student
- Walter Tovar SaldanaAnthropology
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
We gathered biological materials from animals around Humboldt County and used their stable oxygen and carbon isotopic signatures to create an isotope map of the Humboldt area. Samples of bone, teeth and shell were collected in various areas of this county. Samples were processed at the HSU Biological Anthropology Research Center (BARC) and then sent to a stable isotope facility to be analyzed. This information will be distributed in a Geographic Information System (GIS) map. This project is part of an ongoing project at BARC that aims to create a map to help identify the region of origin of animal and human remains, and address ecological questions.
Stand up for Mother Earth: music and art as a means for resilience
- Carlrey Arroyo DelcastilloEnvironemental StudiesUndergraduate Student
- Jesus RodriguezEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous peoples has been a successful 501(3)(c) organization for the past forty years. In the past years they have organized Mother Earth Day events, in order to raise the unity and interconnectedness of human lives with our planet earth. This years organized Mother Earth Day celebration will be a call to action through music to ‘wake up’ and‘ warrior through self-awareness and self-empowerment. The headliner to this event is Nataanii Means along with other indigenous hip hop artists that focus their lyrical art on self determination, resilience, indigenous rights, water, and liberation from systems of oppression.
Stand up for Mother Earth: music and art as a means of resilience
- Jesus RodriguezPsychology/Environmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
- Carlrey DelcastilloEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
nth Generation Fund for Indigenous peoples has been a successful 501(3)(c) organization for the past forty years. In the past years they have organized Mother Earth Day events, in order to raise the unity and interconnectedness of human lives with our planet earth. This years Mother Earth Day celebration will be a call to action through music to ‘wake up’ and ‘warrior up' through self-awareness and self-empowerment. The headliner to this event is Nataanii Means along with other indigenous hip hop artists that focus their lyrical art on self determination, resilience, indigenous rights, water, and liberation from systems of oppression.
STEAM Education and Environmental Studies: Embracing Diverse Imaginaries
- Tara TompkinsEnvironmental StudiesUndergraduate Student
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
My service learning experience explores the role of diverse imaginaries in education. At the Arcata After School Program I am exploring educational imaginaries by engaging students of diverse age groups and backgrounds in integrated learning opportunities. In a system where 'objectivity' is largely valued over unique subjectivities, I am interested in deconstructing the value of 'objective' education and creating a space for subjective learning experiences.