Social Impact Practicum (SIP) Course Search

Course: EDUC 56
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Creating programming concepts via curriculum for children ages 9-14.

Course: EDUC 56
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Developing ecological guides/lesson plans for classroom and field-based Valley Quest sessions with local elementary and middle school students.

Course: EDUC 56
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Course: EDUC 56
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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
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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
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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: PSYC 81.09
Professor: Jeremy Manning
SIP Project Number: 37_ClimateInteractive_23-24

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: Karol Kawiaka

SIP Project Number: 108_21-22

Design solar house arhcitectural options for Upper Valley Habitat for Humanity homes and exploring possibilities to enter the U.S Department of Energy's 2023 Solar Decathlon.

Course: ENGS 44

Professor Email: Karol Kawiaka

SIP Project: 65_Habitat_22-23

Build a sustainable and cost-effective house for Upper Valley Habitat and use the prototype to enter the U.S. Department of Energy's 2023 Solar Decathlon

Course: ENGS 44
Professor: Karol Kawiaka
SIP Project Number: 106_TRORC_23-24

Consult on how Hartford could deppen housing access by converting larger homes with unused space into a duplex that still creates a sense of privacy for homeowners sharing the land.

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. 

**Press: "Tango Class Holds Promise for Parkinson's Patients" (Valley News: 7/26/19)

**Press: 'Tango Argentino: Music, Dance, Poetry, Community': Tango dancing opens windows to Hispanic culture in Noelia Cirnigliaro's Spanish class" (Dartmouth News: 8/6/2019)

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
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Course: BIOL
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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
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Course: ENVS 80.08
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Course: ENVS 80.08
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Course: ENVS 80.08
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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
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Course: ENVS 80.08
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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
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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: SOCY 65
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Course: SOCY 65
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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: 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

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Tracy Dustin-Eichler
SIP Project Number: 83_20-21

Design a targeted marketing plan to recruit and retain more Dartmouth student volunteers for the varied work that COVER does on homes and with residents of the Upper Valley

Course: Class of '82 UVCI Fellowship
Professor Email: Seth Arico
SIP Project Number:  20_20-21

Create a way for the Upper Valley Humane Society (UVHS) to convey to stakeholders what it looks/feels like to be on the front line of animal welfare and social justice for animals

Course: GEOG 57
Professor Email: N/A
SIP Project Number: N/A

Course: ENGL 52.17
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Designing an interactive display at the Norwich Public library to re-envision classic fairytales for the current generation of young readers.

Course: ENGL 52.17
Professor Email: Christie Harner
SIP Project Number: 61_20-21

Create a digital library installation reflecting on what it means for the imagination to exist in play, what it means to be "at home" in this historical moment, and how to support one's community via literature.

Course: ENGL 52.17
Professor: Christie Harner
SIP Project Number: 104_HartfordLibrary_23-24

Design a series of community engagement events at the Hartford Public library to re-envision classic fairytales for the current generation of young readers.

Course: PBPL 41

Professor Email: Julie Kalish

SIP Project:  80_V4A_22-23

Develop communication tools around unintended aspects of ageism in public policy and/or public attitudes that impact those working to address the needs of older Vermonters and their families.

Course: PBPL 41
Professor: Julie Kalish
SIP Project Number: TBD