Service | Academic Work | Education & Training | Capacity Building | Deliberative Democracy
Sub-categories in this issue
Types of Service short-term | ongoing school year | summer
Academic Work courses | service-learning | CBR and policy research | departments and institutes
Courses and Possible Service-Learning Partners
Anthropology 318: Ecological Anthropology (Professor Whitehead) Professor Whitehead is interested in the interactions between humans and their environment. The course is an overview of anthropological approaches to human and cultural ecology, as well as the varied means by which human groups adapt to and modify their environments, covering foraging groups, horticultural and agricultural peoples, and pastoralists.
Biology 247: General Ecology (Professor Wallace) Interactions of aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals with their environment. Course discusses human impacts on the environment and uses/abuses of natural resources.
Biology 226 & 227: Plant Anatomy and Physiology, Biology of Plants (Professor Wittler) The anatomy of flowering plants as it relates to the physiological phenomena of nutrition, water relations, photosynthesis, development and physiological ecology. A comprehensive study of the kingdom Plantae.
Biology 337: Terrestrial Ecology (Professor Wittler) Study of the ecology of the terrestrial ecosystems of central Wisconsin. Emphasis will be placed on the natural history of plant communities of the natural areas near Ripon. Field trips to prairies, savannas, woodlands and forests will demonstrate firsthand the range of communities in this part of Wisconsin. Professor Wittler is deeply involved in the maintenance of the nearby Ceresco Prairie Conservancy and campus grounds, frequently takes students to observe the natural and not so natural habitats nearby, and has expressed interest in giving his advice on the community garden to be constructed.
Business Administration 310: Nonprofit Organization Management (Professor Avery) Professor Avery has many local business contacts and already connects students with community members. The course is a study of the world of philanthropy including history and current practices, an introduction to the world of nonprofit organizations, and the application of business and entrepreneurial models to community problems and the needs of nonprofit organizations.
Business Administration 325: Business and Society (Professor Avery) A review of business and its relationship to society as a whole. Corporate social responsibility including corporate philanthropy, employee relations, environmental responsibility and business ethics will be the primary focus of the course. Students develop projects that help build ethical leadership skills.
Chemistry 100: Global Chemistry (Professor Byron) A course which explores the chemistry behind global environmental issues on a need-to-know basis. Air pollution, ozone depletion, global warming, acid rain, water pollution, energy and nuclear energy issues are addressed from chemical and political points of view.
Chemistry 352: Environmental Chemistry (Professor Katahira) Professor Katahira is active in campus and community organizations focused on sustainability, environmental responsibility, and human rights. The course is built upon chemical principles introduced in previous courses and integrates these principles within the context relevant to environmental concerns. Topics include water pollution and treatment, atmospheric chemistry and pollution, geochemistry, soil chemistry, industrial impact on the environment, hazardous waste and toxicological chemistry.
Communication 336: The Rhetoric of Social Movements (Professor Roy) The role of rhetoric in the development, maintenance, and decline of social movements. Impact of social movements on American ideology.
Economics 332: Resource and Environmental Economics (Professor Hauge) Topics include public goods and common-property resources; private cost, social cost, externalities, and market failure; designing and implementing environmental policies; benefit-cost analysis; the global environment.
Economics 361, 461: Development Economics (Professor Hauge) Major analytical and policy issues facing the “less developed” nations--3/4 of the world’s people. Global issues include defining development, its global patterns and historical process, theories of growth and underdevelopment, role of the state in industry, and finance and trade. Applications to selected topics, such as poverty and inequality, agriculture and the environment, women and health and education and employment that are imbedded in local food issues.
Economics 451: International Economics (Professor Hauge) International trade in goods and services, and its effects on national welfare and economic structure. Fundamental theories applied to policies regarding international trade , finance, economic integreation, and related labor and environmental issues.
Environmental Studies 120: Environmental Studies (Professor Wittler) Correlation of ecological, ethical, political, legal, economic, social and historical aspects of the study of our environment.
Environmental Studies 243: Philosophy and the Environment (Professor Jeffries) Professor Jeffries is interested in local food issues and has spoken at several events, such as the Feast or Famine? dinner recently hosted by Amnesty Int'l. The course is an exploration of the relationship of human beings to the natural world. An examination of such contested issues as what responsibilities, if any, do we have to the rest of nature and how we can weigh wisely competing claims about natural resources.
Environmental Studies 332: Resource and Environmental Economics (Professor Hauge) Theoretical framework for the analysis of environmental pollution and renewable and nonrenewable resource management. Topics include public goods and common-property resources; private cost, social cost, externalities and market failure; designing and implementing environmental policies; benefit-cost analysis; the global environment.
First Year Studies 175: Economics (Professor Hauge) The course examines relationships with our planet, focusing on their economic aspects, looking at the sources and environmental impacts of economic choices, evaluating and explaining problems of natural resource depletion and pollution -- especially global warming -- and looking for their solutions. "While thinking globally, we will act locally to address environmental choices in the campus and surrounding communities."
First Year Studies 175: Environmental Studies (Professor Beres) An overview of ecological, political, social, economic and ethical facets of environmental studies with an emphasis on issues related to climate change.
Politics and Government 112: Global Political Economy (Professor Farrell) Defines political economy and examines its manifestations in today’s increasingly interdependent world. Specific issues include resources, environmental protection, and human rights. History 340: Ripon Local History (Professor Blake) Students choose areas of study in the history of Ripon that interest them, which may include the history of the Ceresco community, economic and social life in the Midwest, and Ripon's role in national political issues.
Philosophy 353: Human Rights (Professor Jeffries) An examination of the concept of human rights in historical perspective in both Western and Eastern thought. Also, an exploration of some contemporary issues in human rights, including the rights of minority peoples and the relationship between human rights and the natural environment.
Departments and Institutes
The Ethical Leadership Program (ELP)
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
Local chapter of Amnesty International
Chefs Anonymous Club
Environmental Group of Ripon (EGOR)
Education & Training forums | workshops | reflection activities
Campus and Organizational Capacity-Building training | fundraising | resource development
Research, Policy Analysis, Deliberative Democracy evaluations | policy research | issue forums | advocacy
The Office of Community Engagement's local food intern Elizabeth McHone has spent time researching producers near Ripon, WI and organizing lists of community members with connections to local food issues, as well as some of the assets in Ripon. Scary statistics on the economic, health, and environmental impacts of not eating locally have been gathered. Elizabeth has been working on establishing a network of students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in local food in Ripon in the hopes that student opinion will guide school food policies in the future. Further attempts to attain information on food issues, educate the community on those issues, and create a local food movement beneficial to the Ripon community are embodied in R.I.P.E.N.
The first of R.I.P.E.N.'s videos is completed and available for viewing on YouTube and Facebook. http://www.youtube.com/user/RiponLocalFood
Contacts staff | faculty | students | community partners (local, regional, national)
click here for the contact information of producers near Ripon: List of Producers local to Ripon, WI
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