Winning CASE Projects
| Douglas W. Smith wins ServiceBook Monthly - July 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - July 2008 |
| Project: | Engineering Outreach through Robotics in Inner City Education: STEM Outreach Initiative at Kiser School |
| Student: | Douglas W. Smith |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Exposing inner-city school children to the fields of engineering, science, technology, and mathematics |
Snapshot: Through the proposed Robotics Program, students will be exposed to values of engineering and its related fields of science, technology, and mathematics. The program will utilize Lego Mindstorms NXT to show students the practical side of math and science through engineering. This project will also host a daily camp for interested students and create a teaching program to allow the older students to provide instruction for their younger peers. |
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| Bridget Hill wins ServiceBook Monthly - June 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - June 2008 |
| Project: | Water Development: The Key to Sustainable Agriculture in Malawi, Africa |
| Student: | Bridget Hill |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Designing and constructing a manual water pump to improve an African community's ability to create a sustainable food source |
Snapshot: This project's target community in Malawi, Africa, currently suffers from a lack of a reliable food source and therefore must depend on foreign and governmental aid during dry seasons. Without consistent food, the Malawians are unable to focus on other entrepreneurial opportunities in order to pull them out of poverty. The focus of this project is to provide Malawians in this impoverished area with an affordable, locally available (and repairable) manual pump to support local agriculture. |
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| Liz McCreary wins ServiceBook Monthly - May 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - May 2008 |
| Project: | Art for Artists |
| Student: | Liz McCreary |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Art education program for homeless children in St. Paul, Minnesota |
Snapshot: Currently, there are no shelter programs in St. Paul catering to the mental health and creativity of homeless children. Art education offers a medium through which children, overwhelmed by intense emotions, can face and express their feelings in a supportive environment and experiment with various forms of art. This program intends to draw from practices of art therapy, as well as local art resources, to address the unmet mental and emotional needs of homeless children in St. Paul. Activities will include art projects, guest speakers, field trips, and community displays. |
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| Jenna McNair wins Elon University - Elon University Spring 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Elon University - Elon University Spring 2008 |
| Project: | Wheelchair Accessible Greenhouse for Kopper Top Life Learning Center |
| Student: | Jenna McNair |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Creating a wheelchair-accessible greenhouse at a therapeutic riding center and farm |
Snapshot: Kopper Top Life Learning Center is a certified therapeutic horseback riding center and working farm located in Liberty, North Carolina. In addition to therapeutic horseback riding lessons, it offers animal-assisted therapy and horticulture therapy programs. Through the horticultural program, GROWTH, visitors to the farm have a chance to heal through helping other things to grow. This project will focus on creating a wheelchair-accessible greenhouse to allow the center to operate more efficiently in meeting the needs of the farm, its volunteers, and clients. Kopper Top offers many opportunities for its clients and volunteetrs to grow both mentally and physically; many of the volunteers were once or are still riders who take part in the programs. |
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| Kristina Doan wins Minnesota Campus Compact - Minnesota Campus Compact CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Minnesota Campus Compact - Minnesota Campus Compact |
| Project: | Mentorship Program for Adopted Vietnamese Youth |
| Student: | Kristina Doan |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Creating a mentorship program for adopted Vietnamese youth |
Snapshot: This project will build upon the work of the Vietnam Culture Camp, established by the Catalyst Foundation, to implement a Mentorship Program for adopted Vietnamese youth. A network is needed to develop the leaders of tomorrow who have a common understanding of their identity and who are willing to act upon their beliefs. This Mentorship Program is designed as a resource beyond Vietnam Culture Camp, building a strong foundation for the development of an appreciation for the Vietnamese heritage for more than just one weekend a year. |
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| Elizabeth Duffield wins Elon University - Elon University Spring 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Elon University - Elon University Spring 2008 |
| Project: | Health and Wellness Enrichment Program |
| Student: | Elizabeth Duffield |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Advancing programs offered through the Boys and Girls Club |
Snapshot: This project will focus on improving two programs offered through the Boys and Girls Club of Alamance County, 1. Health and Life Skills and 2. Sports, Fitness, and Recreation. Health and Life Skills focuses on developing young people’s capacity to engage in positive behaviors that nurture their own well-being, set personal goals, and live successfully as self-sufficient adults. Sports, Fitness and Recreation focuses on the development of fitness, positive use of leisure time, skills for stress management, appreciation for the environment, and social skills. Instilling positive values and lessons concerning health, wellness, and recreational activities at a young age will build responsible and well-rounded adults. |
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| Katharine Rae wins South Dakota State University - South Dakota State University CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | South Dakota State University - South Dakota State University |
| Project: | Native American Mentors |
| Student: | Katharine Rae |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Establishing a peer-mentor program to provide positive role models for Native American school children |
Snapshot: Like many areas with high Native American populations, poverty and lack of resources create problems for Flandreau and many other towns in South Dakota. In a 2007 article in the Native American Times, it was stated that "Every social ill known to man afflicts the Lakota people. Low life expediency, high infant mortality, off the charts addiction and rampant racism are killing Lakota people in numbers that would call for a national emergency if it happened anywhere else." Communities like Flandreau need programs that will begin to reverse the unproductive and negative patterns that have developed over time for Native Americans. This project will focus on leading a small group of students from Flandreau and teach them to be mentors. The group will be made up of high school students who will then use what they learn to mentor elementary-age students in the same community. |
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| Eric Sauder wins International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering - IJSLE CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering - IJSLE |
| Project: | Solar Charging Station - Jacob's Ladder |
| Student: | Eric Sauder |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Building solar-powered charging stations for electric carts used by staff at a community for disabled persons in Jamaica |
Snapshot: Mustard Seed Communities (MSC) is a faith-based non-profit organization working in central Jamaica to build Jacob's Ladder, a sustainable community for 500 mentally and physically handicapped young adults. The site for Jacob's Ladder is a partially-reclaimed bauxite mine in a poor area. The workers use taxis to transport themselves from the nearby towns to edge of the mine; however, taxi drivers charge exorbitant amounts to travel the final mile into the site on an unpaved, pothole-filled road. Staff do not feel safe walking this road as people have been killed there in the past, but are forced to because no affordable transportation is available. MSC has purchased two electric powered golf carts to shuttle workers from the site entrance. The goal of this project is to construct two solar-powered charging stations at the Jacob's Ladder site to provide a sustainable solution for golf cart recharging. |
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| Rebecca Warner wins New York Campus Compact - NYCC Spring 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | New York Campus Compact - NYCC Spring 2008 |
| Project: | 1891 Fredonia Opera House Community Makeover |
| Student: | Rebecca Warner |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Helping to restore a 100-year-old opera house |
Snapshot: The 1891 Fredonia Opera House in Fredonia, New York, is an historical institution within the community. The architecture and interior still hold the majority of its original designs. To stay true to this historical foundation, the Opera House provides a cultural experience for the town's residents. All year long, the Opera House plays documentaries, foreign films, and indie films. The space is also used for local artists to perform, and it attracts more well-known performers to the town. This project will involve launching a campaign to increase the attendance and interest in the Opera House, as well as restore one of the meeting rooms in the building. |
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| Aaron Krolikowski wins New York Campus Compact - NYCC Spring 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | New York Campus Compact - NYCC Spring 2008 |
| Project: | Western New York Environmental Justice Grant Writing Collaboration |
| Student: | Aaron Krolikowski |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Helping communities acquire funds for clean up of polluted sites through a grant writing assistance program |
Snapshot: As has been widely noted in the national media through neighborhood environmental disasters such as Love Canal, the Buffalo-Niagara Region has a history and reputation of toxicity. Hundreds of brownfield sites and thousands of hazardous waste sites are located throughout the region. Certain communities, particularly those composed of low-income and minority populations, bear a disproportionate burden of environmental hazards. The key to rectifying this situation is to remove the contamination through remediation and place pressure on local, state, and federal governments to take action on these polluted sites. This project will target community groups and block groups to assist them in obtaining the funds needed to clean up properties and increase the political capital of the areas they serve by helping to give a sense of ownership back to neighborhoods. |
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| Elizabeth Kovalak wins ServiceBook Monthly - April 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - April 2008 |
| Project: | Barombi Village Water Project |
| Student: | Elizabeth Kovalak |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Designing and constructing a safe drinking water supply system for a village in rural Cameroon, West Africa |
Snapshot: According to UNICEF, only 44% of people in rural areas of Cameroon, such as Barombi Village, have access to safe drinking water. Currently Barombi villagers take water from either a nearby stream or lake, both of which are contaminated. The goal of this project is to design a water supply system to provide the village with clean, potable water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, bathing, etc. |
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| April N Abbott wins ServiceBook Monthly - March 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - March 2008 |
| Project: | Hope for Paws |
| Student: | April N Abbott |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Design and creation of new cages to help control feral cat populations and disease |
Snapshot: The Beverly Animal Shelter in Seneca County, New York, is a private, no-kill shelter that relies almost entirely on the local community for its support. This shelter plays a major role in controlling the local feral cat colonies. Feral cats are not only a nuisance, but also a health hazard to both pets and people as colonies spread diseases quickly once an illness is introduced. This project's focus is to design and create new cages that would allow the shelter to not only increase its trap, fix, and release capacities, but also promote a safer environment for all the cats it takes in. |
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| Rosa D. Manzo wins UCLA - UCLA IDEA 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | UCLA - UCLA IDEA 2008 |
| Project: | Westside Initiative for Leadership (WIL) |
| Student: | Rosa D. Manzo |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Fostering a college-bound culture necessary to develop leaders in a low-income community |
Snapshot: San Joaquin has a population of roughly 3,200, a 34.6% poverty rate, and an average education level below the ninth grade level for adults over age 25. Children and parents in San Joaquin often have scant access to academic and admission resources, let alone access to comprehensive leadership training programs. With the Westside Initiative for Leadership (WIL), this project's aim is to fill this void and inspire a new generation of leaders to tackle the salient issues of poverty and development that have a bearing on the Central Valley. |
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| Rachel Lindor wins Minnesota Campus Compact - Minnesota Campus Compact CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Minnesota Campus Compact - Minnesota Campus Compact |
| Project: | Mayo Medical School-Salvation Army EMR |
| Student: | Rachel Lindor |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Creating electronic database of patient records at a free healthcare clinic |
Snapshot: The aim of this project is to increase the efficiency, efficacy, and safety of Olmsted County's sole provider of free health care, the Good Samaritan Medical Clinic (GSMC) at the Salvation Army. Currently, GSMC is open two evenings per week, averaging over 20 patient visits per night. At present, the patients' medical records are managed on paper, but as the number of patients grows, so, too, do the problems associated with this system. Medical records are regularly lost, resulting in frustration from both the patients, who are then forced to repeat all of their paperwork, and from the volunteer physicians, who are uncomfortable treating patients with no knowledge of their medical history. This project will involve the transfer of existing paper medical records from Salvation Army GSMC to a customized EMR, developed from a collaboration between medical students, Mayo Clinic staff, and GSMC staff. |
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| Mark Douglas wins Armstrong Atlantic State U, - AASU Spring 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Armstrong Atlantic State U, - AASU Spring 2008 |
| Project: | SOS |
| Student: | Mark Douglas |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, HIV prevention education |
Snapshot: This project aims to provide regular education on HIV prevention, testing, and risk reduction for students attending Armstrong Atlantic State University. The project involves a course instructing students on how to reduce the incidence and prevalence of HIV/AIDS cases and other STDs among their population and the community. |
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| Andrea Walker wins Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving - RCIC 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving - RCIC 2007 |
| Project: | Feed the Need to Read |
| Student: | Andrea Walker |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Battling illiteracy by providing books to school children |
Snapshot: Poverty, illiteracy and disability go hand-in-hand-in-hand in the counties around Georgia Southwestern State University. Illiteracy and limited education diminish workforce standards, hampering economic development, then making it difficult to obtain an adequate living wage. Twelve percent of area students have learning disabilities and up to 30% of those students are below standard in reading. Compounding the problem is the heritage of under-educated caregivers. Andrea Walker and her team plan to reverse this cycle with “Feed the Need to Read:” giving books to every school child to take home, and training caregivers in reading skills, this helping both the caregiver and child appreciate and gain skill in reading. |
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| Steven Marshall wins International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering - IJSLE CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering - IJSLE |
| Project: | Sensory Dew Collection Systems |
| Student: | Steven Marshall |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Mechanical engineering student to design dew collection system in Jamaica |
Snapshot: Steven Marshall, a mechanical engineering student, will design a dew collection system at Jacob's Ladder, a community in Jamaica for persons with disabilities. The community is currently being created by Mustard Seeds Communities, a Catholic non-profit organization devoted to taking care of abandoned physically and mentally disabled children of Jamaica. The dew system will provide water to the homes within the community and incorporate sensory design techniques for the children. This will involve piping the harnessed water through a system designed to enhance the children’s daily use of their senses. Current sensory design techniques involve the sound of running water, various shapes, colors, and textures, and other interactions of the children with their environment. |
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| Elijah Pearce wins International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering - IJSLE CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering - IJSLE |
| Project: | Building Tomorrow Sustainable (BST) |
| Student: | Elijah Pearce |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Architecture major and team at Notre Dame to help design school for community in Uganda |
Snapshot: A small community outside of Kampala, Uganda, is in need of a new school. The nonprofit organization Building Tomorrow has raised the funds to build a basic school, but the design is based on a "cookie cutter" standard set of blue prints. Architecture student Elijah Pearce and his team at Notre Dame will improve this process by creating a complete set of construction documents (blue prints) that respond to the region and climate of Kampala. Using Skype, the team will engage villagers who will use the building in the design process to tap their knowledge of local weather patterns, local sensibilities, local materials and building techniques, etc. This exchange will help students understand the client/architect relationship and also allow the community's wisdom to be part of building their own school. |
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| Lucas Stritt wins University of Nebraska, Omaha - UNO 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | University of Nebraska, Omaha - UNO 2007 |
| Project: | Hope Center for Kids |
| Student: | Lucas Stritt |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Helping inner-city youth develop employment skills |
Snapshot: The Hope Center for Kids provides afterschool programs to inner city youth in North Omaha that foster social skills, physical training, emotional awareness, and spiritual understanding. In 2005, Hope Center for Kids opened a 22,000 square foot roller skating rink to provide a safe and secure entertainment venue that was sorely needed in the neighborhood. This rink also provides local employment opportunities for young members of the center. In order to take this vital program for children to the next level, the Hope Center is working toward a phased approach of development, allowing children to become successful employees and functioning members of society. The ideal outcome is to enhance children’s lives with employment skills that will be realized throughout their lifetime. |
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| Michaella Loewens wins University of Nebraska, Omaha - UNO 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | University of Nebraska, Omaha - UNO 2007 |
| Project: | Community Practice Service Learning Project |
| Student: | Michaella Loewens |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Sponsoring a community forum for organizations created by friends and families of inmates |
Snapshot: Like the inmates themselves, organizations that support incarcerated and returning offenders often operate in isolation. As part of a class in Advanced Community Practice, Michaella Loewens and fellow students will work with Family and Friends of Inmates (FFI) to sponsor a forum to bring similar groups together to find the resources needed to expand their work. These organizations rarely receive recognition, support or advocacy for their cause. This forum will help create a network of organizations dedicated to this cause find the common ground for these organizations and help secure increased resources and support. |
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| Jennifer Lamb wins Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
| Project: | Sustainable Agriculture in Soya Production |
| Student: | Jennifer Lamb |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Agricultural economics major will market soybean production in Kenya |
Snapshot: Transitioning from current crops to soybeans in Kakamega, Kenya would add protein to the diets of farmers, increase farmer income through more valuable crops and enrich the soil through crop rotation and "fixing" nitrogen in the soil. The obstacle: farmers don't know where or how to sell this crop, which is new to them. The project is "Sustainable Agriculture in Soya Production." As an agricultural economics major, Jennifer Lamb brings the expertise and determination to identify external markets through research and promote community consumption of soy products through education. |
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| Emily Barry wins Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Inventing the Future Course CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University - Inventing the Future Course |
| Project: | Virginia Tech Community Partnership Program |
| Student: | Emily Barry |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Improving lives in a developing country through cooperation and partnerships |
Snapshot: This project focuses on the symbiotic exchange of resources and information between the Virginia Tech Honors Program and a community in a developing country. Through a partnership program, the developing community will receive improvements to its living conditions through the personal involvement of students and faculty associated with the Virginia Tech Honors Program. These improvements include but are not limited to improved education, literacy, sanitation, housing, and healthcare. |
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| Aaron Fleishman wins International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering - IJSLE CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | International Journal of Service Learning in Engineering - IJSLE |
| Project: | Mashavu |
| Student: | Aaron Fleishman |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Design and development of medical stations in Tanzania |
Snapshot: In addition to malnutrition, many children in the developing world have especially high instances of communicable diseases and infection. Inadequate prevention and treatment of these problems is directly related to the lack of medical care within their communities. This project involves the design and development of networked medical stations in Tanzania capable of communicating valuable medical information from the developing communities to medical professionals in the developed world. These stations collect essential medical information, such as images, body temperature, age/height/weight, blood pressure, and stethoscope rhythms for individual children on a regular basis. Web servers aggregate this information and provide it to medical professionals through an online portal. Medical professionals log on to this portal to supervise the health of the kids they have "adopted" and provide medical feedback to the medical station operators and caregivers. |
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| Lori Hanna wins ServiceBook Monthly - January 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - January 2008 |
| Project: | Solar Autoclave |
| Student: | Lori Hanna |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Designing and constructing solar autoclaves to sterilize medical instruments in rural health clinics in Nicaragua |
Snapshot: The Solar Autoclave project will provide rural health clinics in Nicaragua the ability to sterilize medical instruments. Currently, staff working in clinics without electricity must travel many miles to the nearest health center in order to have instruments sterilized. This is a time-consuming and often infrequent process, and therefore patients must sometimes be turned away from the clinics or be exposed to contaminated instruments. This project will focus on the community of Sabana Grande where local women currently produce 30-40 solar cookers. Their production will be expanded to include the solar autoclaves, thus increasing local economic opportunities. |
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| Kimberly L Jones wins Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving - RCIC 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving - RCIC 2007 |
| Project: | RCI Homework Help |
| Student: | Kimberly L Jones |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Many kids are being raised by their grandparents or other family members. The RCI Homework Help project is designed to assist these children with their homework, tutor them in a variety of subjects, and to help them improve in other school-related activities. The project will provide weekly, one-on-one after-school tutoring sessions. Students who cannot attend the weekly sessions at the Institute can make appointments for weekly in-home sessions. |
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| Kyle Conlon wins Illinois Campus Compact - Illinois Campus Compact CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Illinois Campus Compact - Illinois Campus Compact |
| Project: | 2008 in 2008! |
| Student: | Kyle Conlon |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, College and Community voter registration campaign |
Snapshot: Students from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will prepare voter registration information packets and encourage community members and students at several universities to register and vote. By increasing awareness, the project team, led by Kyle Conlon, will motivate students and community members to take their concerns to the voting booth, thereby increasing the number of people who participate in the democratic process. The project includes a regional mapping analysis and survey to identify issues and compare 2008 concerns with past years. |
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| Nicole Laliberte wins ServiceBook Monthly - February 2008 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - February 2008 |
| Project: | Deployment of XO laptops and Opportunity Evaluation for Social Entrepreneurial Ventures in Tanzania |
| Student: | Nicole Laliberte |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, Providing solar-powered laptops to students in Tanzania |
Snapshot: This project will introduce new computing technologies to K-12 students at Mt. Meru Peak School in Tanzania via solar-powered XO laptop computers. The computer was designed at MIT and will provide an exciting opportunity for the students that they have not had before. Tools such as a Web browser, rich media player, and e-book reader bring into reach domains of knowledge that are otherwise difficult or impossible for rural, poor, third world children to access. |
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| Meghann P Hilty wins Illinois Campus Compact - Illinois Campus Compact CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Illinois Campus Compact - Illinois Campus Compact |
| Project: | Art Miles Mural Project Uniting Students in the Midwest |
| Student: | Meghann P Hilty |
| Headline: | 2008 CASE Winner, An art student led a team with an elementary school to develop “portable murals.” |
Snapshot: An art student led a team in partnership with the local elementary school “Young Rembrandts” to develop and showcase “portable murals” on these themes: celebrity, children's, environment, fairy tale, hero, indigenous, multicultural, music, peace, senior, sport, and women. |
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| William Clark wins Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2007 |
| Project: | ReStore our Parks |
| Student: | William Clark |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: ReStore Our Parks hopes to strengthen the communities and neighborhoods of Hamilton by cleaning up parks and play areas and spreading awareness of the availability of ReStore, an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity, which provides a low-cost alternative for purchasing home-maintenance materials. The focus will be on establishing enjoyable community areas within densely populated, low-income neighborhoods and developing a long-standing relationship between the community and students of Miami University. |
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| Whitney L. Prose wins Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2007 |
| Project: | Plan-It Earth |
| Student: | Whitney L. Prose |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: This project’s goal is the continued transformation of an overgrown sterile pond into a natural place that can be enjoyed by the local community. Project activities will include developing a path around a portion of Otterbein Lake and the creation of a native plants garden. In addition, at the completion of the path and garden, project leaders plan to expand an annual summer festival that brings the community out to the lake to learn about native plants and animals. |
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| Heather Stump wins Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2007 |
| Project: | Project Inspire |
| Student: | Heather Stump |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Heather Stump of Mount Union College has developed an after-school program for children of Alliance, Ohio. This program is designed to help inspire children to want to learn and apply themselves in school. Every Thursday after school, children in the program will meet at the Alliance Neighborhood Center (or other community building) to learn about various subjects such as science, history, music, careers, life in other countries, theatre, and other languages. |
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| Nicole Jackson wins Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2007 |
| Project: | Kid's Day Out Project at Marietta College |
| Student: | Nicole Jackson |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner, Developing a program of cultural and diverse learning experiences for pre-school children |
Snapshot: The project involves coordinating and carrying out "Kid's Day Out" at Marietta College. The program would involve Community Action’s Head Start program and Marietta College. The Head Start program is a free preschool for income-eligible families that specializes in the educational and social development of children ages 3-5. One goal is to take 20 children to different events on campus to provide them with cultural and diverse learning experiences. Students of Marietta College will be asked to volunteer their time for these events. The events could include, but are not limited to, drama plays, a reading day, tours around campus, and musical ensemble or concert events. The program would be a great way for the children of the community to become more acquainted with the college, and also would be a great program for students to interact and serve as role models for the children. |
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| Christine Exley wins ServiceBook Monthly - December 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - December 2007 |
| Project: | Indoor Air Pollution-Honduras |
| Student: | Christine Exley |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: The goal of this project is to improve indoor air quality for residents of Siete de Abril in El Progreso, Honduras. This is a refugee village that is stricken with extreme poverty. The project will take place over three phases. During these phases project activities will include conducting baseline health studies, measuring household CO and particulate matter emissions, holding local focus groups, distributing improved stoves to households, and educating the community about indoor air pollution. |
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| Britney Elise Sudmann wins ServiceBook Monthly - September 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - September 2007 |
| Project: | Interactive Theatre Sessions for At-Risk Youth |
| Student: | Britney Elise Sudmann |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: As a peace studies and theatre arts student at the University of North Dakota, Britney Sudmann has developed a proposal to provide a series of sessions of interactive discussions and theatre games/role playing to teens. These teens are ages 14-17 and are currently on probation or in juvenile custody. Her program will work through an existing program, the Lutheran Social Services Day Report. This is an after-school/early evening program for youth referred by juvenile court or the Division of Juvenile Services. The goal is to teach these teens new and constructive ways of expressing themselves. |
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| Carol Larson wins ServiceBook Monthly - October 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - October 2007 |
| Project: | Peer Assistance through Worthwhile Service (PAWS) |
| Student: | Carol Larson |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: This project was developed to educate at-risk students about volunteer work in order to guide them in how to work with others to carry out volunteer projects and thus improve the lives of other students and children in their local community. It is hoped that this will set these at-risk students on a path to greater academic success and lifelong community involvement. Volunteer projects will be determined, planned, and carried out by the students. Examples of potential projects include holding a book, clothes, and games drive for homeless children, painting colorful pictures for a pediatric hospital ward, or, by using a simple pattern, sewing teddy bears for children who have been through a traumatic event. |
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| Mary Gossett wins Stetson University - SU 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Stetson University - SU 2007 |
| Project: | Community Choir and Private Voice Lessons for High School Students in Need |
| Student: | Mary Gossett |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Mary Gossett's proposal involves providing musical lessons to high school students who otherwise might not be able to afford them. Stetson students enrolled in vocal pedagogy will be required to travel to a specified local community center once a week to teach a private voice lesson to a high school student. Each Stetson student will be assigned one high school student that they will teach basic voice technique and music. The high school students will also meet and practice once a week as an ensemble. |
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| Jason Von Eschen wins University of South Dakota - University of South Dakota CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | University of South Dakota - University of South Dakota |
| Project: | Photography for Adults with Disabilities |
| Student: | Jason Von Eschen |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Jason Von Eschen seeks to create opportunities for personal and creative expression for adults with disabilities, as well as access to social integration for this sometimes marginalized population. Activities for this project include teaching photography skills, connecting volunteers with adults with disabilities, holding a photo exhibition, and displaying participants’ work at the state legislative session. It is hoped that participants will be able to develop their self-determination and self-expression skills, as well as their creativity. |
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| Josh Lawson wins Associated Collegiate Press - ACP 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Associated Collegiate Press - ACP 2007 |
| Project: | Photo Adventures |
| Student: | Josh Lawson |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Students at North Carolina State University and staff members of the campus paper, The Technician, saw a need in their community to provide photojournalism education to high school students who may not have the opportunity for such instruction at their local schools. Through this project, students of NC State will provide hands-on training of photography to high school students through mini-workshops and “photo adventures” and help teach the students about the power of the media in their local community. The high school students will be given basic instruction in photography, as well as learn how to best display their work once it is completed. They’ll be taken out in their local community to shoot photos or a “photo story” in the hopes that the student’s will learn something new about their community. At the project’s end, the students’ work will be displayed in places such as local businesses, community centers, or on the Internet. |
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| Allison Ingalls wins ServiceBook Monthly - November 2007 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | ServiceBook Monthly - November 2007 |
| Project: | Moving GRUB Forward |
| Student: | Allison Ingalls |
| Headline: | 2007 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: In 2000, a 2.7 acre garden was developed in the heart of Rochester’s northeast neighborhoods in response to this low-income community’s need for access to affordable, nutritious food. Today, the Greater Rochester Urban Bounty or GRUB has grown this all-volunteer endeavor into one that produces over 9,000 pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables a year. GRUB needs to transform itself from a volunteer organization into one with a more stable staff with concrete business policies and practices. This project will focus on achieving this through the following areas: a volunteer program, invoice and production tracking, and organizational promotion. |
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| Alexis D'Angelo wins Michigan Campus Compact - MICC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Michigan Campus Compact - MICC 2006 |
| Project: | LOUD: Leadership Orientation for Urban Detroit |
| Student: | Alexis D'Angelo |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Alexis D’Angelo worked with her classmates at Wayne State University, Michigan, during ASBD: Alternative Spring Break in Detroit. But, she felt the school’s student leadership needed to know the city better in order to design better ASBD projects. Alexis partnered with the Detroit Orientation Institute to create LOUD: Leadership Orientation for Urban Detroit, a one-day immersion experience for student leaders with community leaders, institutions, neighborhoods, and residents throughout Detroit. The CASE funds were used to create workbooks for homework assignments, notes, and follow-up action lists and pay for transportation and a pre- and post-event evaluation exercises for students and community participants. |
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| Meghan Griffith wins Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 |
| Project: | West African Cultural Awareness |
| Student: | Meghan Griffith |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Meghan Griffith's CASE project expanded a partnership between Marietta College and the Ely Chapman Education Foundation (ECEF). Working with other Marietta College students in the ECEF middle school program, Meghan recognized the need for West African cultural awareness in the neighborhood of the school. Meghan partnered middle school students with Marietta mentors to create a West African Art and Artifacts Museum open house each November, February, March, and April for visitors from all over the Mid-Ohio Valley. Middle school students researched, documented, and prepared displays for artifacts. This educational component benefited the students directly; the impact, however, extended beyond into the greater community as residents visited the museum. |
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| Angie Kent wins University of South Dakota - University of South Dakota CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | University of South Dakota - University of South Dakota |
| Project: | Adaptive Skiing |
| Student: | Angie Kent |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Angie Kent at the University of South Dakota wanted to interest persons with disabilities in adaptive skiing as a therapeutic recreation strategy. Two groups needed to participate to make this work: ski instructors and USD students interested in rehabilitation, either from nursing or the school’s therapeutic recreation program. Angie used the CASE grant to get local ski instructors trained in adaptive skiing and then to train students as assistants. She recruited local sponsors to pay for the equipment. This project made it possible for many persons with disabilities to participate in the joyous activity of skiing. |
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| Liz Nabor wins University of South Dakota - University of South Dakota CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | University of South Dakota - University of South Dakota |
| Project: | Campus Recycling Program |
| Student: | Liz Nabor |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: This project focused on improving recycling at the University of South Dakota, which is one of the largest generators of recyclables in Vermillion, SD. With the CASE grant, Liz helped create a new committee of the campus service organization, SERVE, to inventory campus recyclable sources, install appropriate containers, publicize the program, and monitor collections. Additionally, each committee member acted as liaison between a recyclables source on campus, such as computer labs, and a local business as a “sister recycler.” |
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| Allison Ziehm wins Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 |
| Project: | Books for Kids |
| Student: | Allison Ziehm |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Allison Ziehm's CASE project extended a partnership between Lourdes College in Ohio and First Book to provide books to children who do not have any. The Lourdes Campus Advisory Board provides reading mentors for children at a low-income neighborhood school. The CASE grant enabled the partnership to reach 200 new children with 400 books. |
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| Lauren Burianek wins North Carolina Campus Compact - North Carolina Campus Compact CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | North Carolina Campus Compact - North Carolina Campus Compact |
| Project: | Gardening with Boomerang |
| Student: | Lauren Burianek |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Lauren Burianek of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill used the CASE grant to expand UNC-Chapel Hill’s partnership with Boomerang, an alternative-to-suspension program at the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA. Instead of unstructured, unsupervised absence from school, Boomerangs engage in educational and life lesson activities at the “Y.” With the CASE award, Lauren partnered with the Circle K chapter at UNC-Chapel Hill to establish and maintain a self-sustaining garden within Boomerang to provide lessons about biology, agriculture, aesthetics, responsibility, and respect. Lauren’s service-learning included conducting research, designing lesson plans, and creating educational materials for participants. |
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| Deepti Vanguri & Brigid Belko wins North Carolina Campus Compact - North Carolina Campus Compact CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | North Carolina Campus Compact - North Carolina Campus Compact |
| Project: | Stop Global Hunger |
| Student: | Deepti Vanguri & Brigid Belko |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Deepti Vanguri and Brigid Belko's project expanded a partnership between North Carolina State and Operation Sharehouse from Stop Hunger Now. Sharehouse tackles global hunger with volunteers who package dehydrated, fortified rice-soy meals specially formulated with 20 vitamins and minerals for the severely undernourished. The meals are vacuum-sealed in plastic for storage in Stop Hunger Now warehouses before shipment around the world. Deepti and Brigid used the grant funds to integrate Sharehouse with NC State’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Service Challenge (sponsored by the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service). At the event, NC State students worked alongside local inner-city middle school students who are candidate protégés for NCS mentors. The event also included learning and reflection about the impact of hunger and related issues, such as poverty and AIDS. |
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| Amanda Vande Zande wins University of South Dakota - University of South Dakota CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | University of South Dakota - University of South Dakota |
| Project: | Introduction to Music |
| Student: | Amanda Vande Zande |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: While working with the Vermillion Area Arts Council, Amanda Vande Zande learned that students who begin music instruction in middle school years lack a basic understanding of pitch and beat, which can be mastered by five-year-olds. In order to get ahead of this deficiency, Amanda used the CASE grant to buy bells, rhythm sticks, and other basic instruments, and design Vermillion, South Dakota’s first introduction to music for four- and five-year-olds. The program was advertised to social service agencies throughout the community to ensure that income was not a barrier to participation. |
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| Andrew Hawkins wins Oklahoma Campus Compact - OKCC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Oklahoma Campus Compact - OKCC 2006 |
| Project: | Financial Literacy Program for the Homeless |
| Student: | Andrew Hawkins |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: During his work with the Mission of Hope Homeless Shelter, Andrew Hawkins realized that not all homeless people have crippling emotional or psychiatric problems. Many are otherwise economically viable individuals or family units who hit a financial snag that had cost them a place to live. Therefore, Andrew adapted a financial literacy program from junior high school to the circumstances of homelessness and used the CASE funds to create workbooks, templates, reference binders, and other materials. Also included is a presenter package so the program can be utilized by other students in various locations. |
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| Katherine Polefko wins Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 |
| Project: | Warming Up the Hearts of Cleveland |
| Student: | Katherine Polefko |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Katherine Polefko of Ursuline College in Ohio devised “Warming Up the Hearts of Cleveland” as her CASE project. Katherine organized students to produce sweaters, blankets, and scarves for low-income residents in the community. Grant funds were used to purchase material and equipment for the project. She connected the activity to learning by recruiting fashion merchandising majors to help with design, business majors to help with budgeting, and sociology majors to assist in connecting the activity to the needs of the disadvantaged in the community. Katherine further extended the impact of the program with letters and visits to engage local businesses to donate needed materials and to recruit students from a local high school to help sew the garments. |
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| Jamie Finfrock wins Michigan Campus Compact - MICC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Michigan Campus Compact - MICC 2006 |
| Project: | Low-Income Tax Filing Assistance |
| Student: | Jamie Finfrock |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Jamie Finfrock at Schoolcraft College in Michigan used her CASE grant to recruit and train both students and practicing accountants to staff the Accounting Aid Society’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program to help low-income workers file tax returns. In addition to accounting students, who learned about the “real world” of taxpayer situations, Jamie recruited and trained non-accounting majors, such as education and sociology majors, to participate. While more training and supervision was needed in these cases, these non-accounting majors learned more about the challenges faced by the families they would serve in later careers than would be possible in classroom case studies. |
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| Doug Walton wins Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 |
| Project: | Seeds of Hope |
| Student: | Doug Walton |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Doug Walton's project created a new mentoring program called “Seeds of Hope” as a partnership between John Carroll University, Ohio, and Gallagher Elementary School. Doug recognized that Gallagher students face daunting challenges: violence is a problem in the community, students largely come from low-income families (96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-cost meals), and English language proficiency is low with 15 other native languages spoken at school. With Doug's CASE program, mentors met twice a month with students to teach them about nutrition, health, interpersonal relationships, and other topics. In addition, mentor-protégé matches participated in cultural opportunities at area museums and events at John Carroll University. |
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| Eric Jacuzzi wins Michigan Campus Compact - MICC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Michigan Campus Compact - MICC 2006 |
| Project: | Engineers Helping Persons with Disabilities |
| Student: | Eric Jacuzzi |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Eric Jacuzzi of Kettering University, Michigan, worked with Kettering Engineers Without Borders (KEWB) to discover ways to apply engineering skills in service to the community. With the Flint Michigan Disability Network, KEWB used the CASE grant to study, design, procure materials, and build wheelchair ramps at the homes of families that otherwise could not afford them. Students put classroom theories into practice and learned about “real world” engineering challenges. |
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| Fatima Pina wins Oklahoma Campus Compact - OKCC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Oklahoma Campus Compact - OKCC 2006 |
| Project: | Nutrition Education For Seniors |
| Student: | Fatima Pina |
| Headline: | 2006 Grant Winner |
Snapshot: In her study to become a certified geriatric nutritionist, Fatima Pina of Oklahoma State University (OSU) worked with the Stillwater Oklahoma Senior Center. There she realized that many seniors thought first of medication rather than diet to control conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. Fatima devised a special unit class with a professor at OSU to teach nutrition at the senior center by embedding the lessons in cooking classes. She used her CASE funds to purchase equipment that the seniors used to print personalized recipe books that included their favorite foods prepared in healthy ways. |
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| Chelsea Merriman wins Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | Ohio Campus Compact - OCC 2006 |
| Project: | Growing Hope for At-Risk Youth |
| Student: | Chelsea Merriman |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Chelsea Merriman of Otterbein College, Ohio, and other students worked with at-risk youth in a local children’s home and was frustrated with trying to get the residents to be more open with the Otterbein students. Then she heard about a speech where the question was asked: “How do you get at-risk youth to look with hope to the future?” The answer – “Grow something with them” – inspired Chelsea to apply for a CASE grant to purchase tools, seeds, fertilizer, and related materials to grow vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a garden at the children’s home for sale at a local market. The goal was to sell enough to buy more seeds and continue “growing something” as a way to connect with the youth served. The residents of the home made most decisions and learned about money, balancing a checking account, and how a market economy works, as well as the biology of garden production. |
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| Robert B. Rainbow wins University of North Dakota - UND 2006 CASE Grant Competition. | |
| Competition: | University of North Dakota - UND 2006 |
| Project: | Native American Heritage |
| Student: | Robert B. Rainbow |
| Headline: | 2006 CASE Winner |
Snapshot: Robert B. Rainbow, a member of the Turule Mountain Band of Chippewa and a student at the University of North Dakota, proposed bringing Native American elders into an after-school project with Native American youth to teach the skills and significance of traditional crafts and culture. This project taught the youth about their heritage, engaged and honored tribal elders, and enriched Robert’s educational experience. |
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