A Social Impact Practicum (SIP) is a project-based experiential learning opportunity connecting undergraduate courses at Dartmouth with community needs identified by nonprofit organizations throughout the Upper Valley.
Details about the specific projects and community partners associated with each SIP course can be found below.
Course: ENGS 8822
Professor Email: Sol Diamond
SIP Project Number(s): 86_EqualizeHealth_21-22; 87_EqualizeHealth_21-22
86-Design a way to safely deliver CPAP therapy via nasal interface to reduce adverse events and address interface challenges on neonates.
87-Design a method of blending oxygen and air to clinically safe percentages to enable bubble CPAP therapy in low-income neonatal care settings lacking access to conventional gas blenders.
Course: COLT 70.05
Professor Email: Damiano Benvegnu
SIP Project Number: 59_20-21
Create social media narratives that connect environmental communication, ecological imagination, and digital technology for both a local and a national audience.
Course: ITAL 7
Professor Email: Damiano Benvegnu
SIP Project Number: N/A
Creating a dynamic soundscape for the Upper Valley Land Trust.
Course: ANTH 12.26 / GEOG 68
Professor Email: Maron Greenleaf
SIP Project Number: 80_XXX_21-22
Conduct applied anthropology research to support equitable "community power" and a just energy transition in local New Hampshire towns.
Course: ANTH 12.01
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: FILM 41.09
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: FILM 41.09
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: FILM 41.09
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: FILM 41.09
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: FILM 41.09
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: FILM 41.09
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: Anth 64
Professor Email: Zane Thayer
SIP Project Number: 80_20-21
Create educational and locally-based social media content for GBUV aimed at engaging both parents and children together.
Course: Anth 64
Professor Email: Zane Thayer
SIP Project Number: 81_20-21
Design participant material for the prenatal preparation "Transformation through Childbirth" course offered at Gentle Landing.
Course: Anth 64
Professor Email: Zane Thayer
SIP Project Number: 82_20-21
Conduct a literature review and generate clinically-focused content regarding what is known about birth experience for parents with addiction
Course: CLST 07
Professor Email: Simone Oppen
SIP Project Number: 52_UVLT_21-22
Explore connections between contemporary ecological resilience data and colonial practices of land fragmentation and parcelization.
Course: Foundations
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Consulting on sustainability possibilites and incorporating new initiatives into LISTEN's mission to expand organizational efficacy and have a greater environmental impact.
Course: Foundations
Professor Email: Leah Torrey; Seth Arico
SIP Project Number: 111_19-20
Designing innovative programming responding to The Family Place's strategic visioning to be both for as well as of parents.
Course: Foundations
Professor Email: Leah Torrey; Seth Arico
SIP Project Number: 112_19-20
Designing innovative solutions to create a more welcoming and accessible space for fathers at The Family Place.
Course: Foundations
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Consulting on sustainability possibilites and incorporating new green initiatives into LISTEN's mission to expand organizational efficacy and have a greater environmental impact.
Course: Foundations
Professor Email: Seth Arico
SIP Project Number: 9_20-21
Develop a toolkit to encourage patients to quit cigarettes/vapes and utilize the D-H Tobacco Treatment Program.
Course: Foundations
Professor Email: Seth Arico
SIP Project Number: 11_20-21
Create engaging educational content about the importance and availability of preventative lung cancer screenings
Course: Foundations
Professor Email: Seth Arico
SIP Project Number: 9_20-21
Develop a toolkit to encourage patients to quit cigarettes/vapes and utilize the D-H Tobacco Treatment Program.
Course: Foundations
Professor Email: Seth Arico
SIP Project Number: 11_20-21
Create engaging educational content about the importance and availability of preventative lung cancer screenings
Course: GEOG 50
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Mapping clusters of high-risk spatial areas implicated in the spread of hrHPV in Honduras.
Course: GEOG 50
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: GEOG 50
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: GEOG 50
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: GEOG 50
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: GEOG 56
Professor Email: Xun Shi
SIP Project Number: 71_NCCC_21-22
Continue to build upon a portfolio of New Hampshire and Vermont maps illustrating the geographic distribution of tobacco use by county in relation to social health determinants, rurality, marijuana use, and/or other health risk factors.
Course: GEOG 50
Professor Email: David Parr
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: GEOG 4.01
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Analyzing the valuation/devaluation of elder care through both weekly immersion in direct service and co-creating an ethical care analysis.
Course: GEOG 4.01
Professor Email: Patricia Lopez
SIP Project Number: 61_Hanover-DLibrary_21-22
Support stewarding the Old Dartmouth Cemetery and help conserve gravestones as an act of both care and historic preservation.
Press: "Keep History Alive...In a Cemetery" (Dartmouth Communications: 11/29/21)
Course: GEOG 4.02
Professor Email: Patricia Lopez
SIP Project Number: 61_Hanover-DLibrary_21-22
Continuing support stewarding the Old Dartmouth Cemetery and help conserve gravestones as an act of both care and historic preservation.
Course: ENGL 52.16
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: ENGL 52.16
Professor Email: Christie Harner
SIP Project Number: 191_19-20
Creating an interactive museum exhibit entitled "Deus Ex Homine," exploring evolutionary and religious narratives as constructions of mankind.
**Press: "Museum Openings and Social Impact!" (Dartmouth Admissions Blog)
Course: ENVS 61
Professor Email: Michael Cox
SIP Project Number: N/A
Determining whether farmland conservation make a difference in the lives of farmers and the sustainability of agriculture/agricultural economy in the region.
Course: ENVS 61
Professor Email: Michael Cox
SIP Project Number: N/A
Analyzing the current revision process for Act 250, the dominant policy that governs land use and development in Vermont.
Course: ENVS 61
Professor Email: Michael Cox
SIP Project Number: N/A
Developing a set of recommendations to the VT Department of Forest Parks and Recreation for a new forest management plan of Coolidge State Park.
Course: ENVS 61
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: ENVS 61
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: ENVS 61
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: ENVS 61
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: FILM 39
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: EDUC 15
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Exploring the research-practice continuum: creating a professional resource detailing developmentally appropriate experiences for K-8 students that capitalize on the intellectual resources at Dartmouth.
Course: SPEE 26
Professor Email: Yana Grushina
SIP Project Number: 204_19-20
Exploring the successful social media practices of peer organizations and how Maynard House can incline in that direction in support of their broader community outreach strategy.
Course: SPEE 26
Professor Email: Yana Grushina
SIP Project Number: 139_19-20
A social media analysis of CHaD's current strategies with targeted suggestions for how to better communicate their impact with different stakeholders.
Course: SPEE 26
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: SPEE 26
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: ENVS 11
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: COCO 18
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: COSC 29.04
Professor Email: Lorie Loeb; Thalia Wheatley
SIP Project Number: 119_19-20
Creating personalized experiences of delight for students at HARP.
Course: COCO 18
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: COSC 29.04/PSYCH 15
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Creating an experience of delight for students at HARP.
**Press: "Impact Design: How I'm Taking a Class about Delight" (Dartmouth Admissions blog; 11/10/2018)
Course: EDUC 51
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: ENGS 171
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Creating "smart locker" hardware to complement MyTurn's software platform for product sharing.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 19_20-21
Identify funding sources and write a grant for the Upper Valley Humane Society's general operations.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Supporting the building of a new middle school.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Access to digital technologies supporting the learning of students on the Autism spectrum.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Finding new financial sponsors for the CHaD Hero.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 28_20-21
Identify funding sources and write a grant to support the Upper Valley Trail Alliance's Passport to Winter Fun Program.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Developing arguments for energy policy around battery storage in relation to hydroelectric plants.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Advocacy campaign around extended producer responsibility in NH.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Supporting additional water quality testing and aquatic invasive species inventories in the Connecticut River.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Cultivating new support for the Montshire STEM Alliance.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Support for Senior Solutions' Friendly Visitor program.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Building playgrounds for children at several Twin Pines housing project sites.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Initiatives related to Lyme Disease prevention and education on its link to climate change.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Financing trail building and maintenance efforts.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Grant Writing: Pitching place-based education to expand the reach of Valley Quest throughout the Upper Valley.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 152_19-20
Grant: Accompanying educational programming and curriculum for middle and high school students.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 134_19-20
Grant: Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity's first duplex home build in Lebanon, NH.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 186_19-20
Grant: Hiring of the organization's inaugural Executive Director.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 1170_19-20
Grant: Playground at The Briars, a 24-unit property for low- and moderate-income families in White River Junction.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 79_19-20
Grant: Curriculum development training local police departments on an integrative Special Needs Registry database.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 187_19-20
Grant: Identify funding enabling Restore Hope: Liberia to expand critical organizational infrastructure.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 47_20-21
Identify funding sources and write a grant for the Ottauquechee Health Foundation's (OHF) Good Neighbor Grant program.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 59_19-20
Grant: Jacob House repairs to adapt the historic home into a Universal pre-K school.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 48_20-21
Identify funding sources and write a grant for the Ottauquechee Health Foundation's Windsor Central Wellness and Mindful SELF program.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 57_19-20
Grant: Matching National Center for Preservation Technology and Training grant funding training videos on ADA compliance/accessibility and proper masonry for historic buildings.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 200_19-20
Grant: Upgrade outdated technology systems to improve efficiency, reporting, guest support, and volunteer management.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 29_19-20
Grant: Safety Cameras for Low-Intensity Residential Treatment Facility.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 27_19-20
Grant: Headrest's 24/7 Crisis Hotline.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 73_19-20
Grant: New dental chairs for the Red Logan Dental Clinic.
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 45
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: 20_19-20
Grant: Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations.
Course: PBS 11
Professor Email: Kimberly Rose Clark
SIP Project Number: 18_20-21
Propose space modifications and design/flow insight targeted toward improving staff culture at the Upper Valley Humane Society.
Course: PBS 11
Professor Email: Kimberly Rose Clark
SIP Project Number: 56_20-21
Propose a new layout for the Norwich Public Library that enhances patrons' user experience and increases their engagement with library materials.
Course: PSYC 11
Professor Email: K. Rose Clark
SIP Project Number: 17_WCSU_21-22
Design a way to use the physical space inside the Woodstock school(s) to greater educational effect.
Course: PSYC 11
Professor Email: K. Rose Clark
SIP Project Number: 24_Haven_21-22
Evaluate the spatial movement of clients through the shelter to maximize efficiency while maintaining psychological safety.
Course: PBL 51
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: PBPL 51
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: N/A
Engaging in active philanthropy through the Philantrhopy Lab which provided the class with $40,000 to distribute to up to 8 Upper Valley nonprofit organizations.
Course: PBPL 51
Professor Email: Ron Shaiko
SIP Project Number: N/A
Engaging in active philanthropy through the Philantrhopy Lab which provided the class with $40,000 to distribute to up to 8 Upper Valley nonprofit organizations.