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Skill development using interdisciplinary problem solving in a natural resources capstone course
- North Dakota State University (ND)
Post-secondary curriculum is designed to prepare students for their careers following graduation, which traditionally revolves around technical aspects of their respected career field. Capstone courses were introduced to help ease ...
- Posted April 29, 2022
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M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management
- Georgetown University (DC)
The Georgetown Master of Science in Environment and Sustainability Management (MS-ESM) is a jointly offered degree that blends scientific knowledge with business principles—a powerful combination that will enable you ...
- Posted Aug. 11, 2021
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Implementing Composting at Eureka College: Challenges and Successes of Small Campus Composting
- Eureka College (IL)
Composting systems are slowly becoming a common addition to college and university dining halls and facilities operations across the country, yet smaller campuses with fewer resources face unique challenges in ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Solar Energy Systems: Site Assessment of Eureka College
- Eureka College (IL)
Students in the Environmental Science and Environmental Studies majors at Eureka College are required to complete both an internship for college credit and a capstone course to earn their degree ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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A Problem Solving Approach to Teaching Sustainability Studies
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
There has been a recent proliferation in the number of undergraduate and graduate programs in sustainability-related areas. Many of them have capstone experiences. Here I describe a culminating capstone experience ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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When Academics and Operations Collide
- Chapman University (CA)
This proposal explores how using student senior Capstone projects can push operational activities forward and provide a new understanding of both the student experience and the inter-workings of a university ...
- Posted Dec. 4, 2019
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Developing a capstone course on ecological and social sustainability in business education
- XLRI-Xavier School of Management (Jharkhand State)
Sustainability is an important goal of management education, but it has not been integrated properly into all the functional courses. One option for management schools attempting to fix this misalignment ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2018
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Rebel Rot: An Engineering Capstone Project to Convert a Dumpster into an In-Vessel Composter
- University of Nevada Las Vegas (NV)
Building off a past AASHE presentation (2017) by Dr. Brian Barnes from the University of Louisville, the University of Nevada Las Vegas Sustainability Coordinator partnered with the College of Engineering ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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From Theory to Practice: Applied Community Projects in Environmental Capstone Courses
- Earlham College (IN)
Over the past five years, Environmental Studies and Environmental Sustainability seniors at Earlham College have completed an 'integrated research project (IRP)' in collaboration with a community partner. The IRP is ...
- Posted Nov. 5, 2018
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Developing Campus Sustainability Plans in a Capstone Course
- Furman University (SC)
- AASHE (MA)
Sustainability education high impact practices emphasize the importance of project-based, applied learning experiences as well as collaborative learning. Higher education professionals also emphasize the importance of capstone signature experiences. Students ...
- Posted April 5, 2018
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Sustainability and the Capstone Experience: Lessons from 5 Years of Applied Sustainability at Southwestern University
- Southwestern University (TX)
For the past five years, the Southwestern environmental studies capstone experience has allowed students to engage with salient social, economic, and environmental sustainability issues on their campus. Each year, environmental ...
- Posted Dec. 1, 2017
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A Rubric to Analyze Student Abilities to Engage in Sustainable Design
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- James Madison University (VA)
- The Citadel (SC)
As engineering programs have begun to infuse sustainability into their undergraduate curricula, assessment tools are needed to further inform these reform efforts. The goal of this project was to demonstrate ...
- Posted May 1, 2017
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Ohio State University Sustainability Goals Project and Campus As A Living Laboratory Digital Archive
- The Ohio State University (OH)
Undergraduates in the Environment, Economy, Development, and Sustainability (EEDS) major at The Ohio State University (OSU) complete a capstone course where student research teams analyze specific action priorities of the ...
- Posted June 16, 2016
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Empowering Students, Sustaining the University: The Southwestern Environmental Studies Capstone Experience
- Southwestern University (TX)
Southwestern University’s Environmental Studies department has created a unique curricular program for their capstone students that allows them to identify aspects of the university where the social, economic, and ...
- Posted June 10, 2016
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A Delicate Balance: Requiring Capstone Sustainability Projects of all Students
- Green Mountain College (VT)
How can we effectively engage all students in applying their disciplinary strengths and their passions in projects that increase the sustainability of a community? For five years, Green Mountain College ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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Sustainability Practicum: Making a Seamless Transition from Classroom to Career
- Indiana University South Bend (IN)
Typically, the transition from classroom to career has been seen as the primary responsibility of the students themselves, perhaps with some support (if available) from student affairs and the ‘Career ...
- Posted Feb. 26, 2016
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