Service  |  Academic Work  |  Education & Training  |  Capacity Building  |  Deliberative Democracy 

Types of Service   short-term  |  ongoing school year  |  summer

• Collecting oral histories of community members
• Direct service projects like town clean-up
• Housing rehab and repair
• Conducting community needs assesments
• Hosting community discussions and forums

Academic Work   courses  |  service-learning  |  CBR and policy research   |  departments and institutes

• Several courses in the Public Policy and Community Service major have service-learning components designed to work towards issues of sustainable economic development in different communities.
• Those classes include, but are not limited to Introduction to Public Policy and Community Service, Community Organizing, Applied Civic Methodologies, Politics and Public Policy, Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality, Sustainable Community Development, the Senior Practicum placement, and Senior Seminar.

Education & Training   forums  |  workshops  |  reflection activities

• Bonner scholars working on sustainable economic development are involved in weekly reflection activities.
• Students also attended the Appalachian Community Economics conference in the fall. 

Campus and Organizational Capacity-Building   training  |  fundraising  |  resource development

• The Appalachian Center for Community Service has made Sustainable Economic Development one of it's four focus groups. Through it's efforts, it has worked in community partnerships with Big Creek, West Virginia, Meadowview, Virginia, and Fries, Virginia.

Research, Policy Analysis, Deliberative Democracy   evaluations  |  policy research  | issue forums  |  advocacy

• Many responses have been collected from community gatherings and forums as well as through community needs assesments.
• The Appalachian Center for Community Service has worked with the places it is partnered to identify strengths and needs of the community. Then, working with the community members, The Center is helping find resources to address those needs. 

Contacts   staff  |  faculty  |  students  |  community partners (local, regional, national)

• Tal Stanley, Director, Appalachian Center for Community Service.