Social Impact Practicum (SIP) Course Search

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 15.01 & 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: 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: 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.

Course: Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)

Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle

SIP Project Number: 58_UVLT_21-22

Map indicators of environmental degradation across New Hampshire and Vermont to better inform town and regional planning decisions around social justice and housing equity.

Social Impact Nonprofit Consulting (SINC)

Staff Adviser Email: Ashley Doolittle

SIP Project Number: 57_SeniorSolutions_21-22

Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: N/A
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Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: Luke Chang
SIP Project Number: 113_19-20

Analyzing why attendance has been low at DHMC's quarterly art shows (and what could be done differently to engage more people).

Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: Luke Chang
SIP Project Number: 12_19-20

Exploring how best to educate the public about proper waste removal, what is/is not recyclable, and what happens when items are mis-allocated.

Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: Luke Chang
SIP Project Number: 41_19-20

Proposing creative solutions to how the AVA art gallery can support the new (younger, more digital) creative economy of the Upper Valley.

Course PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: N/A
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Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: N/A
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Course: PSYCH 53.10
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: SOCY 35
Professor Email: Jason Houle
SIP Project Number: 121_19-20

Connecting with the 99 Faces exhibit and creating a response piece about the current and evolving stigma associated with mental illness.

Course: SPAN 3

Professor Email: Kianny Antigua

SIP Project Number: 66_WISE_21-22

Translate current WISE brochures into Spanish to expand access, advocacy, and support for non-English speakers in the Upper Valley.

Course: EDUC 56
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Creating programming concepts via curriculum for children ages 9-14.

Course: EDUC 56
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Developing ecological guides/lesson plans for classroom and field-based Valley Quest sessions with local elementary and middle school students.

Course: EDUC 56
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: EDUC 56
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: EDUC 46
Professor Email: Dave Kraemer
SIP Project Number: 42_19-20

Developing professional development curriculum merging experiential and arts -based ways for students to engage with STEAM concepts.

Course: EDUC 56
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: PSYCH 81.09
Professor Email: Jeremy Manning

Understanding data related to local supporters of land conservation to better direct UVLT's outreach and efficacy.

Course: PSYCH 81.09
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course:  PSYC 81.09

Professor Email: Jeremy Manning

SIP Project Number: 47_VT-DOH_21-22

Analyze health equity data to better understand social determinants of health and disease across the state of Vermont.

Course: ENGS 44
Professor Email: Karol Kawiaka
SIP Project Number: 135_19-20

A life-cycle analysis of Habitat's housing materials to minimize the costs to homeowners while maximizing house longevity.

Course: ENGS 44
Professor Email: Karol Kawiaka
SIP Project Number: 136_19-20

Consulting on cost-efficient home designs that maximize accessibility for homeowners as they age.

Course: ENGS 44

Professor Email: Karolina Kawiaka

SIP Project Number: TBD

Course: SPAN 43.06

Professor Email: Noelia Cirnigliaro

SIP Project Number: 88_OpenDoor_18-19

Explore Tango's connection to political resistance alongside community building with a special emphasis on the enhanced sense of connection and well-being that can occur for patients with Parkinson's Disease through movement. 

Course: SPAN 43.06

Professor Email: Noelia Cirnigliaro

SIP Project Number: 92_Osher_21-22

Share a digital window into the history and poetry of Tango through discussions and a culminating live-streamed Tango quartet.

Course: ENGL 53.04
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: COLT 70.05
Professor Email: Damiano Benvegnu
SIP Project Number: 195_19-20

Documenting the synergistic relationship between land conservation and the storytelling that cinematography especially can provide.

Course: ANTH 64
Professor Email: Zane Thayer
SIP Project Number: N/A

Educating the community on grandparents-as-parents in addition to sustainable ways to provide menstrual products to local women living in poverty.

Course: ANTH 64
Professor Email: Zane Thayer
SIP Project Number: N/A

Determining strategies to address the long term health impacts of adverse childhood experiences.

Course: ANTH 64
Professor Email: Zane Thayer
SIP Project Number: N/A

Creating a prenatal information book for expecting mothers.

Course: ANTH 64
Professor Email: Zane Thayer
SIP Project Number: N/A

Working alongside doctors at Geisel Medical School to support curriculum development on a prenatal health intervention for/with mothers in Honduras.

Course: ANTH 64
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: BIOL
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: GEOG 56
Professor Email: Xun Shi
SIP Project Number: 8_20-21

Create a portfolio of New Hampshire and Vermont maps to illustrate 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: Xun Shi
SIP Project Number: N/A

Mapping confounding factors associated with the spread of hrHPV in Honduras, part 1.

Course: GEOG 56
Professor Email: Xun Shi
SIP Project Number: N/A

Mapping confounding factors associated with the spread of hrHPV in Honduras, part 2.

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: N/A
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Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: N/A
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Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: Melody Brown Burkins
SIP Project Number: 10_21-21

Develop a short educational video that offers tips for supporting family members and friends in quitting tobacco.

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: Melody Brown Burkins
SIP Project Number: 5_20-21

Identify barriers and propose solutions to current legislative policies regarding individuals with a criminal record crossing the NH/VT border to find employment or access vital health services.

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: Melody Brown Burkins
SIP Project Number: N/A

A public policy brief educating the public about the disproportionate impact that climate change has on historic buildings and communities.

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: Melody Brown Burkins
SIP Project Number: N/A

Building local momentum around tires, plastic, or polystyrene policy around docks in NH in support of CRC's current efforts working on Extended Producer Responsibility policy in Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Course: ENVS 80.08
Professor Email: Melody Brown Burkins
SIP Project Number: N/A

Connecting the social impact of campus research to the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Course: ENVS 80.08

Professor Email: Melody Brown Burkins

SIP Project Number: 27_SustainableWoodstock_21-22

Design a way to educate and inspire landowners and foresters to better manage their carbon footprint.

Course: SOCY 65
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: SOCY 65
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: SOCY 65
Professor Email: Kim Rogers
SIP Project Number: 178_19-20

Assessing how WISE can most effectively support survivors during and after they appear in court.

Course: SOCY 65
Professor Email: Kim Rogers
SIP Project Number: 46_19-20

Assessing the Haven's longitudinal impact on generational poverty and exploring the ideal "dose"/length of engagement.

Course: SOCY 11
Professor Email: Kim Rogers
SIP Project Number: 46_19-20

Assessing the Haven's longitudinal impact on generational poverty and exploring the ideal "dose"/length of engagement.

Course: CLST 2
Professor Email: Simone Oppen
SIP Project Number:  25_20-21

Engage in a virtual collaborative dramatic reading of Aeschylus' Persae exploring themes of  law, community and justice alongside local high school students

Course: Tuck Community Consulting
Professor Email: Jane Lee
SIP Project Number: 138_19-20

A Return on Investment (ROI) report on the work of CHaD's fundraising and impact to determine the most effective use of staff time and investment.

Course: Tuck Community Consulting
Professor Email: Jane Lee
SIP Project Number: 71_19-20

Conducting focus groups to qualitatively explore the barriers that may exist with respect to physician referrals to GNHCs.

Course: Tuck Community Consulting
Professor Email: Jane Lee
SIP Project Number: 34_19-20

Designing a business plan exploring revenue-generating options that both financially support UVHS and simultaneously contribute to the needs of other local shelters in the process.

Course: Tuck Community Consulting
Professor Email: Jane Lee
SIP Project Number: 25_19-20

Re-branding support and patient journey mapping to demonstrate impact and affective resonance for the work of Headrest.

Course: PSYC 52.06

Professor Email: Caroline Robertson

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: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Leah Torrey
SIP Project Number: 63_20-21

Design a campaign of engagement strategies to combat isolation and "pandemic fatigue"

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Tracy Dustin-Eichler
SIP Project Number: 49_20-21

Review the Ottauquechee Health Foundation's internal processes and identify gaps in services to patients

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Ashley Doolittle
SIP Project Number: 43_20-21

Explore how the Upper Valley Land Trust can engage with/take into account the wisdom of the Abenaki people and other indigenous populations in their conservation efforts

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Leah Torrey
SIP Project Number: 110_19-20

Supporting the Sullivan county schools alongside VCDP staff to educate about the long-term impact on educational equity in using restorative justice practices with students as opposed to punitive ones.

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Leah Torrey
SIP Project Number: 83_19-20

Research and programming to re-envision what it looks like for Lebanon to celebrate and educate across sectors (education, law enforcement, government) about the value of diversity in the Upper Valley.

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Leah Torrey
SIP Project Number: 83_19-20

Research and programming to re-envision what it looks like for Lebanon to celebrate and educate across sectors (education, law enforcement, government) about the value of diversity in the Upper Valley.

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Leah Torrey
SIP Project Number: 110_19-20

Supporting the Sullivan county schools alongside VCDP staff to educate about the long-term impact on educational equity in using restorative justice practices with students as opposed to punitive ones.

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Leah Torrey
SIP Project Number: 110_19-20

Supporting the Sullivan county schools alongside VCDP staff to educate about the long-term impact on educational equity in using restorative justice practices with students as opposed to punitive ones.

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Leah Torrey
SIP Project Number: 83_19-20

Research and programming to re-envision what it looks like for Lebanon to celebrate and educate across sectors (education, law enforcement, government) about the value of diversity in the Upper Valley.

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Tracy Dustin-Eichler
SIP Project Number: 53_20-21

Document and map WISE's 50-year trajectory working to end gender-based violence alongside the historical context of both the United States and the Upper Valley

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Seth Arico
SIP Project Number: 22_20-21

Research what the Animal Welfare and Sheltering industry is currently doing to be antiracist and what additionally can be done to dismantle inequities in both labor and leadership

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Leah Torrey
SIP Project Number: 13_20-21

Determine if/how to formally integrate new volunteer positions that have evolved in the wake of COVID19 into Senior Solutions' permanent model

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Tracy Dustin-Eichler
SIP Project Number: 51_20-21

Develop a strategic social media plan to help the Ottauquechee Health Foundation share information and resources with current and prospective patients