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: SPEE 20
Professor Email: Yana Grushina
SIP Project Number: 54_20-21
Create effective advocacy materials to be shared on social media for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (October) and Sexual Violence Awareness Month (April).
Course: SPEE 20
Professor Email: Yana Grushina
Supporting legislative framing around access to oral health care and issues surrounding food security in the Upper Valley.
Course: SPEE 20
Professor Email: Yana Grushina
Supporting legislative framing around access to oral health care and issues surrounding food security in the Upper Valley.
Course: SPEE 20_1
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Storytelling/Writing showcasing VCDP, its mission and the ability for people of all ages to request court diversion.
Course: SPEE 20_1
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Guest blogging for the VINS website or newsletter (with topics already identified such as the importance of getting kids outside, etc.).
Course: SPEE 20
Professor Email: Yana Grushina
Storytelling with The Family Place: The people who make it such an effective and holistic parent-child center serving both Vermont and New Hampshire.
Course: SPEE 20_2
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Media writing for CATV, an NPR spot, etc. with a focus on changing the perception of addiction and those who are seeking (or actively in) recovery from the disease.
Course: SPEE 20_2
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Writing impact stories for the press/social media/printed materials about people whose lives have been influenced by their engagement with the Montshire.
Course: SPEE 20
Professor Email: Yana Grushina
SIP Project Number: 52_20-21
Redesign the Ottaquechee Health Foundation's quarterly digital newsletter to better engage with their stakeholders.
Course: SPEE 20
Professor Email: N/A
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Course: SPEE 20
Professor Email: N/A
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Course: SPEE 20
Professor Email: Yana Grushina
SIP Project Number: 84_20-21
Create marketing materials to enhance word-of-mouth recognition about Maynard House with local Upper Valley residents.
Course: SPEE 20.02
Professor Email: Svetlana "Yana" Grushina
SIP Project(s): 12_TRORC_22-23 / 16_SRLC-VIA_22-23
(12) Design an informational brochure inspiring local landowners in Stockbridge and greater Orange county to improve their flood plan preparations.
(16) Use data and storytelling to demonstrate that expanding the legal status for non-citizens is economically advantageous.
Course: SPEE 20.03
Professor Email: Svetlana "Yana" Grushina
SIP Project(s): 40_SeniorSolutions_22-23 / 60_UVHS_22-23
(40) Design a way to educate the community and local municipalities regarding the services Senior Solution provides and the realities of their organizational structure.
(60) Consult on effective brand narrative, marketing and pricing regarding the wraparound services UVHS provides with animal adoptions.
Course: SPEE 20
Professor Email: Svetlana "Yana" Grushina
SIP Project: 68_Dismas_22-23 *and* 73_NHAS_22-23
Consult on how to increase the online presence of Dismas with younger generations of changemakers and supporters (Dismas); Design a communications campaign to increase the socioeconomic diversity in the scientific community (NHAS).
Course: SOCY 10
Professor Email: Jason Houle
SIP Project Number: 184_19-20
Analyzing health outcome data to explore whether and to what extent there are significant differences in health across the region.
Course: SOCY 10
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Trend exploration and analysis of demographics associated with supporting land conservation and UVLT.
Course: SOCY 10
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Analyzing food survey data to better understand the service population and impact of Willing Hands.
Course: QSS 30.18/GOVT 50.20
Professor: Elsa Voytas
SIP Project Number: 107_VCDP_23-24
Analyze sentiment data from narrative responses and design a survey to gather more nuanced information and improve outcomes for parents, offenders and harmed parties in the restorative justice process.
Course: GOVT 10
Professor Email: Charles Crabtree
SIP Project Number: 16_SRLC-VIA_22-23
Use data and storytelling to explore whether, and to what extent, expanding the legal status for non-citizens is economically advantageous.
Course: ENVS 80.03
Professor Email: Karol Kawiaka
SIP Project Number: 109_19-20
Conducting a waste audit to improve sustainability in the areas of waste use/reuse and energy/water conservation more broadly.
Course: ENVS 80.03
Professor Email: Karol Kawiaka
SIP Project Number: 202_19-20
Identifying the gaps and opportunities in energy efficiency to the Maynard House building and infrastructure.
Course: SART 17.14
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: Kimberly Rogers
SIP Project Number: 37_20-21
Determine a means of evaluating the public health value of having art in the gallery spaces
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: Kim Rogers
SIP Project Number: 29_20-21
Develop a way to collect sensitive data from minors that can convey the impact of UVTA programs targeted toward low SES young people.
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: Kimberly Rogers
SIP Project Number: 66_20-21
Propose a means of effectively measuring key student learning outcomes across the sphere of social impact and programming at DCSI.
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Designing a longitudinal survey to assess the connection between healthcare costs (financial and otherwise) and housing/being housed.
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Designing a methodology to assess the student learning impact of engaging with the Upper Valley Trails Alliance.
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Measuring the connection between shame/pride and poverty; recommendations on reducing the stigma associated with using social services.
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Creating a campus culture supportive of talking openly about mental health.
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: N/A
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Course: SOCY 11
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Course: SOCY 11
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Course: SOCY 11
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Course: SOCY 11
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Course: SOCY 11
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Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: Kim Rogers
SIP Project Number: 178_19-20
Redesigning the survey for the Court Observers program so WISE can better assess how to support survivors during and after they appear in court.
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: N/A
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Course: SOCY 11
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Course: SOCY 11
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Course: SOCY 11
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Course: SOCY 11
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Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: Kim Rogers
SIP Project Number: 192_19-20
Creating a methodological process to assess the barriers and facilitators for rural cancer survivors' transition out of active cancer treatment back to their primary care providers (PCPs).
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: Kim Rogers
SIP Project Number: 17_20-21
Design an assessment tool that measures the intersection of physical health and social connection among aging adults.
Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: Kim Rogers
SIP Project Number: 21_19-20
Designing a methodological tool to measure the success/sustained recovery from clients once they leave the Low-Intensity Residential Treatment facility.
Course: PSYC 11
Professor Email: Kimberly Rose Clark
SIP Project(s): 10_BugbeeSeniorCenter_22-23 / 34_FairleePublicLibrary_22-23
(10) Re-imagine and redesign the current use of space to better align with programmatic and client needs.
(34) Design a 3D rendering of the internal space possibilities enhancing traffic flow and increasing accessibility for children, workspaces, privacy and internet equity.
Course: PSYC 11
Professor: Kimberly Rose Clark
SIP Project Number: 103_NorthernWoodlands_23-24
Enhance organizational optimization by surveying stakeholder and reader feedback
Course: SOCY 11
Professor: Kim Rogers
SIP Project Number: 3_Bugbee_23-24; 33_GNHC_23-24
Perform a program evaluation assessment of Bugbee with a focus on their broad holistic and generational impact (3); Design a nutritional screening tool to efficiently and effectively assess food insecurity in patients (33).
Course: SOCY 91
Professor Email: Jason Houle and Kimberly Rogers
SIP Project Number: 69_20-21
Using both quantitative and qualitative methods to holistically assess Dartmouth's transition to remote learning during COVID-19.
Course: CS 98.01
Professor Email: Sebastiaan Joosten
SIP Project Number: 79_SNSC_21-22
Design an app for parents of children with a disability to identify and access targeted resources and supports in the Upper Valley.
Course: 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 64_20-21
Design a way to leverage technology to help high school students identify racial and social injustices occurring in their school or communities, and empower them to take action
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A
Using the human-centered design process to create a set of tools to enable the WHRC to better support new parents during the first 18 months of their baby's life and development.
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 65_20-21
Design a way to help rural patients with end-stage heart and lung disease recover from their disease virtually, in the absence of in-person intensive rehabilitation therapy
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 53_19-20
Designing a creative response to the question: "What *more* can I do to support climate resilience and combat climate change?".
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 179_19-20
Designing a companion program to Valley Food and Farm with a focus on forestry.
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 85_19-20
Designing a way to foster meaningful economic growth aligned with creativity in a rural communities.
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 67_20-21
Designing a way for underserved entrepreneurs to effectively voice their priorities to elected officials in the U.S. House of Representatives in a technology-mediated way.
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 38_20-21
Design a solution to prevent physician burnout that can be deployed to various hospital or outpatient units and environments.
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 38_20-21
Design a solution to prevent physician burnout that can be deployed to various hospital or outpatient units and environments.
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 67_20-21
Designing a way for underserved entrepreneurs to effectively voice their priorities to elected officials in the U.S. House of Representatives in a technology-mediated way
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 80_19-20
Designing an innovative way for individuals living with multiple chronic illnesses to understand overlapping symptoms and better inform their healthcare.
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 64_20-21
Design a way to leverage technology to help high school students identify racial and social injustices occurring in their school or communities, and empower them to take action
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 53_19-20
Designing a creative response to the question: "What *more* can I do to support climate resilience and combat climate change?"
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 65_20-21
Design a way to help rural patients with end-stage heart and lung disease recover from their disease virtually, in the absence of in-person intensive rehabilitation therapy
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: N/A
Designing facilitated inter-provider and provider-patient communication with the goal of improving patient satisfaction and care.
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 85_19-20
Designing a way to foster meaningful economic growth aligned with creativity in a rural communities.
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: N/A
Designing tools and programming to support new mothers' well-being into the "fifth trimester".
Course: ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 80_19-20
Designing an innovative way for individuals living with multiple chronic illnesses to understand overlapping symptoms and better inform their healthcare.
Press: The app that students designed, through a subsequent collaboration with the Dali Lab, resulted in an Apple app called the "Flourish Tracker" which helps patients track and manage the symptoms associated with chronic pain and illness. (Beta launch site here: https://testflight.apple.com/join/kVsBfDoX)
Course: ENGS 15.01 & ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 48_SNSC_21-22
Design a way to improve emergency responders' identification of and response to vulnerable residents with special needs through work with the Special Needs Information Program (SNIP) and the local police departments.
Course: ENGS 15.01 & ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 20_Dismas_21-22
Illuminate the barriers for Dismas residents seeking out necessary transition resources and propose creative and accessible solutions to meet those needs.
Course: ENGS 15.01 & ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 28_SustainableWoodstock_21-22
Design an effective way for Vermont residents to learn about, and use, the cost-saving incentives and rebates dedicated to the weatherization of low-income residents' homes, saving residents money and lowering carbon emissions.
Course: ENGS 15.01 & ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 107_CATV_21-22
Design a way for Community Access Television (CATV)—a local, non-profit media organization committed to government transparency and individual expression—to more effectively engage new creators from underrepresented/unheard groups, including young people, in order to support increased political enfranchisement through media.
Course: ENGS 15.01 / ENGS 15.02
Professor Email: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project(s): 2_NHHWCA_22-23 / 28_WCSU_22-23 / 74_HEDC_22-23 / 75_COVER_22-23
Design a curricular model for clinical conversations on the intersection between climate change and pediatric health (NHHWCA);
Prepare the broader community for meaningful conversations about race and privilege beyond the classroom (WCSU);
Design the future of the Hanover downtown business district with sustainable entrepreneurial solutions for young people (HEDC);
Course: ENGS 15.01/15.02
Professor: Eugene Korsunskiy
SIP Project Number: 14_COVER_23-24; 60_SeniorSolutions_23-24; 77_TheCollaborative_23-24; 114_VTDOH_23-24
Assess and consult on how COVER can more effectively and collaboratively engage with the entire community when they are supporting NH and VT residents beyond the Upper Valley (14); Design an intergenerational solution connecting young people with low-income older adults addressing social isolation, caregiver burnout, and/or home support needs for aging Vermonters (60); Design innovative ways to retain and incentivize 7th-12th graders in The Collaborative's substance use programs (77); Identify a public health issue that a particular community experiences disproportionately and propose a new service, tool, or experience to support this population navigate health issue and improve individual health outcomes (114).
Course: ENGS 15.01
Description: In small teams, students use design thinking to support an Upper Valley organization in framing and addressing one of the challenges below.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
SIP Project Number: 105_19-20
Research consulting on the current needs/wants of teenage homeschooled students and how the Aloha Foundation can meet those needs through targeted programming.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: 26_20-21
Design creative additional uses (revenue generation and otherwise) for the TrailFinder website throughout NH and VT.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: 30_20-21
Develop a curriculum for a comprehensive new staff training on systemic poverty and its implications for clients at LISTEN.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: 73_20-21
Research and propose digital reservation systems to streamline the check-in process while also demonstrating the impact of Maynard House
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: 75_20-21
Multi-media storytelling of some of the oldest homes that COVER repairs to document the architectural history of Upper Valley and the historical memory if its residents
Course Name: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: 77_20-21
Research the diverse understandings of "affordable housing" and provide a cost-benefit analysis of the work that COVER does (in repairing homes to keep them safely habitable) compared to building new affordable housing from scratch
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: 15_20-21
Synthesize data on the needs of older adults in the Upper Valley and identify salient trends to inform future services.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: Makisa Bronson '20
SIP Project Number: 114_19-20
Designing innovative ways DHMC can incorporate the arts into their diversity and inclusion initiatives for patients and families representing the full spectrum of identities.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: Makisa Bronson '20
SIP Project Number: 133_19-20
Consulting on the structure and proposal of Employer-Assisted Housing (EAH) and how that might be implemented in the Upper Valley.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: Makisa Bronson '20
SIP Project Number: 142_19-20
Conducting a regional assessment of key local stakeholders (including staff) in the field of climate change and resiliency work in the Upper Valley.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 15_20-21
Consult on how to effectively transition the brand of Close Up away from the travel space and more fully into the educational one.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 85_20-21
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 86_20-21
Research the formation of a community in Bradford, VT exploring the intersection of environmental degradation, housing inequity, and social justice
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 39_20-21
Build on the work started by students in a Senior Design Challenge course (SDC) to expand upon the platform designed to help Upper Valley residents answer the question: "What else can I do to support climate resilience and combat climate change?"
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Professor Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 2_20-21
Develop community education materials for childhood lead screenings and other prevention work related to lead poisoning and exposure in young children
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 96_CHIP_21-22
Design a strategic communications plan increasing awareness of food security resources and decreasing barriers to access among those might benefit from those resources.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 105_ThetfordLibraryFederation_21-22
Conduct an accessibility and sustainability audit of the Thetford Bicentennial Building.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 106_EqualAccessBroadband_21-22
Consult on how best to expand technological equity throughout the state of Vermont by increasing affordable access to broadband.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 35_OHF_21-22
Consult on grant tracking and data usage to expand OHF's offering of Good Neighbor, Homecare, and Community seed grant initiatives.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 29_HARP_21-22
Design an art/music component to the HARP curriculum while allowing enough flexibility to integrate different students' Individualized Education Plans (IEP).
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 3_LMT_21-22
Determine how to expand grassroots awareness-building for Loving Moms Together and propose an effective strategy for more deeply engaging with the Upper Valley community.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 10_GNHC_21-22
Design a way to engage more Millenials as sustaining donors at GNHC by amplifying their mission, proof of impact, and ease of giving.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 42_CRC_21-22
Determine how to make the Connecticut River Valley more widely known as a recreation destination with respect to tourism as well as potential economic impact.
Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)
Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 57_SeniorSolutions_21-22
Consult on the advantages and barriers if Senior Solutions were to transition from a Fee For Service (FFS) structure to a capitation model of accountable care and compensation.