Students will design a vehicle wrap for two new compressed natural gas vehicles to be used on campus. The wrap will include elements that communicate the environmental friendliness of the vehicles as an educational component Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info University Faculty Contact Ryan […]
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Graphic Design For Centred Outdoors Summer Challenge
Students will be tasked with creating a visual identity for a family outdoor challenge coming in the summer of 2017. The visual identity will include logos, fonts, colors, textures, photography, etc. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info University Faculty Contact Ryan Russell Communications Associate Professor […]
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Employee Engagement For Sustainability
Students will benchmark MiniTab against other businesses in regards to employee engagement. Specifically, the project will focus on sustainability and corporate recycling. The resulting product will be a set of recommendations that will help MiniTab improve employee engagement and competitiveness. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact […]
Role Of The Arts In Workforce Skill Development
Students will collect research on how the arts contribute to healthy, productive workplaces and how the arts have been incorporated. With this information, the project will develop strategies and models for businesses to include the arts in their workforce skill development Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative […]
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Local Economic Resiliency Dashboard
Students will conduct background research on the design for a local economic resiliency dashboard. The dashboard would be used for communities to determine the economic strength. The project will focus on identifying the components of such a dashboard, potential audiences, and data sources for creating the tool. Read the final student report delivered to the […]
Green Marketing Plan For The Nature Inn
Students will be divided into three groups to support the design of potential marketing approaches at the Nature Inn. Two groups will focus on website design and function, eco-tourism certifications, and benchmarking against comparable national and local hotels. The third group will devise a comprehensive marketing strategy for the Inn that includes flyers, press releases, […]
Water Quality Monitoring Of Halfmoon Creek And Buffalo Run
Students in ASM/ERM 309 will install water monitoring equipment at Halfmoon Creek and Buffalo Run to measure dissolved oxygen, water level, and rainfall. They will create technical maps of land uses in the watershed and create a comprehensive report of the water quality and land use findings. Read the final student report delivered to the […]
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Stormwater Runoff Analysis: Huntingdon
Students determine why the current stormwater management practices in Huntingdon Borough are not handling the current rainfall, and to offer a practical, long term, innovative stormwater management plan. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Collaborative Contact Info University Faculty Contact Megan Marshall Agricultural Sciences Associate Teaching Professor mnm11@psu.edu […]
Multi-Residential Recycling And Energy Conservation
State College Borough is home to about 30 fraternity houses off campus. In an effort to reduce its carbon footprint, the borough would like to increase recycling and energy conservation behaviors among multi-residential housing occupants and in particular in fraternities in the borough. Students in BA 442 are to determine effective messaging based on research […]
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Starbucks Reusable Cup At Penn State
Penn State is seeking a plan that includes appropriate, ongoing messaging and tactics with the goal to affect behavior change among students to regularly reuse the cup and to be aware of and encourage sustainable behaviors that reduce overall waste. The plan should also include associated events for cup distribution that student interns can facilitate. […]