The Lowell Bennion Community Service Center was dedicated in 1987 by Chase Peterson, President of the University of Utah. He stated, "No university can rest merely with the transmission of old or the generation of new knowledge. It must also help students reach out to larger opportunities and responsibilities. That is what the Bennion Center is all about."
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Recycle Rice-Eccles | Recycle Rice-Eccles was founded in 2010 to meet the need for recycling at the Rice-Eccles Football Stadium. What started out as a few students with garbage bags is now a 300 strong volunteer effort recycling over 12 tons per season. Through effective marketing, strong leadership, and a dedicated vol... | 2014-02-22 |
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Prevention, recognizing, and treating childhood obesity: A risk factor for developing Type 2 diabetes mellitus | BACKGROUND - This integrated service project report summarizes my involvement in the Utah Pediatric Partnership to Improve Healthcare Quality (UPIQ) learning collaborative and Central City Community Health Center. The project focus is to recognize, prevent, and treat childhood obesity. The project i... | 2009-04 |
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Kindergarten to second grade biology curriculum of Title 1 elementary schools | I have served as a tutor at a Title 1 elementary for four years, and my experiences served as my motivation for my integrated service project. My integrated service project centered on the deficiency of science, particularly biology, in Title 1 elementary schools. Because Title 1 schools receive fun... | 2012-04-01 |
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Gearing up for a career in science: Giving students the tools for success in a scientific career | This paper explores a project designed to address the issues of young students (particularly high school age students) getting involved in a career in science. The issues the project was designed to address are lack of easy and accessible knowledge to career steps (particularly concerning University... | 2011-04-01 |
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Pete Suazo business center mentoring | The Pete Suazo Business Center (PSBC) is a non-profit organization that strives to develop minority entrepreneurs into successful businesspersons. This effort is only possible with the help of countless volunteer hours. The selfless service of diverse mentors and teachers help further the education ... | 2011-04 |
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Bullying stops here | Bullying Stops Here is a curriculum that has been created for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Utah organization to educate and train adults to handle bullying situations with their little brothers and sisters in the program. The research began with a survey that was given to over 200 members of the ... | |
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The U Book | The U Book serves to address the ongoing issue with low campus involvement attributed to the University of Utah's reputation of being a commuter campus. Although over 29,000 students attend the University, an overwhelming majority of students do not join student groups, attend school sponsored event... | 2009-03 |
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Fabulous 5's ISP Final Paper | This paper describes the Integrated Service Project completed at the Sorenson Center. One purpose of the project was to create the curriculum for the Fabulous 5's group in the Summer Program at the Sorenson. This program provided students with an opportunity to have enriched learning experiences. A ... | 2013 |
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Creating a "Peer-to-Peer" data bank for the University of Utah's honors college | While attending the University of Utah, I had the tremendous fortune of being heavily involved with the Honors College. This included involvement in 13 different activities within the college, enrollment of 15 honors classes (of which only 7 where required), and completion of an Honors Thesis. With ... | 2011-03 |
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Preschool for the Road Home | Introduction and Background: This Integrative Service Project (ISP) was the creation of more curriculum for The Road Home preschool, a donation drive was implemented to increase their funds and supplies, and a volunteer relationship was established in order to provide the needed assistance. Literatu... | 2014-03-27 |
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Reusable sanitary pads | The struggles and needs of the teenage girls attending Kwa Watoto School in Nairobi, Kenya was determined by the needs assessment completed in December 2011. Most teenage girls miss out on education and are isolated from activities while they are on their period. The reason why they miss school is b... | 2013-04-01 |
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Revolutionary | This is a summary of an Integrative Service Project (ISP) in partnership with the University of Utah Bennion Center and Rise, Inc. In this project, I created and administered a healthy living program for a group of teens with special needs who participated in an after-school program at Rise, Inc., c... | 2011-10-05 |
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Creation of the G.E.A.R U.P. orientation manual | There is a great need for programs which assist students from low income and minority background in having the support and resources to attend and complete college. Gear Up is a program which seeks to meet this need by providing low-income students with scholarships as well as in school and after sc... | 2009-05 |
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Raising autism awareness by providing information in a Spanish alternative | After the diagnosis of my nephews with autism, I became interested in the underlying factors behind this disease. Studies show that early preventive programs can help curb the negative effects of autism and in some cases, cure it. My integrated service project was centered on raising autism awarenes... | 2012-04-01 |
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"A guide to vision care" | For underserved populations, breaking down barriers in order to seek quality healthcare may be a difficult task. Studies have concluded that minorities and multiethnic populations are among the highest risk of populations in the United States. Among the populations most at risk include Latinos, Afri... | 2013-03-26 |
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The "Anti-hunger voter" advertising campaign with the Crossroads Urban Center | The Crossroads Urban Center is an emergency food pantry and community center dedicated to fighting the root causes of poverty and supporting members of the community with basic survival needs. One of the groups within Crossroads is the Anti-hunger Action Committee, which is focused on increasing foo... | 2013-04-01 |
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Backpack 2 School | Having identified the inequities of the achievement gap that exist in Title 1 schools, the Backpack 2 School program's mission is to make a positive impact in the lives of youth, families and educators in uniting community support to (1) excite kids about starting the school year and their education... | 2009-09 |
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Slow food's in school | This program was designed to teach and engage elementary students, as well as parents, in a better understanding of nutrition, cooking, and physical fitness by teaching and involving the student's in proper cooking skills, awareness of nutrition, and how we can better ourselves by what we eat and do... | 2013-04-01 |
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Diversity Initiative | High school tends to be a homogeneous environment where everyone is trying to be the same and fit in. Diversity is not highly valued by most students and I was on a mission to change that. I wanted students to see how diversity makes you stronger not weaker. I worked with Alta High School to develop... | |
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Humanities house integrated service project | This program thrives to integrate the humanities-centered campus community and mentor/alumni service-centered community through outreach and civic engagement. The program is structured around the Humanities House in Officer's Circle of Housing and Residential Education in partnership with the Colleg... | 2009 |
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Implementing climate-change curriculum in elementary schools | This paper briefly introduces the problems associated with the lack of climate-change and scientific literacy in our community, and recounts the experiences that the author had while attempting to find a solution to this problem. Many articles agree that it is necessary to educate the general public... | 2011-04 |
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Students achieving in science and academia (SAAE) | The integrative service project (ISP) completed is an after school engineering program, Students Achieving in Academia and Engineering (SAAE), that is implemented at Monroe Elementary a Title 1 school located in West Valley. The program is for 4th - 6th graders over 8 weeks its purpose is to cultiva... | 2014-04-01 |
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A Chemistry- and English-based curriculum on nutrition and organic gardening to ages 4-18 | The purpose of this Integrative Service Project was to design and implement a Chemistry- and English-based curriculum that would discusses the benefits of organic gardening on nutrition for children between the ages of four and eighteen. First-hand experience with gardening has proved to be an effec... | 2013-02-14 |
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Community garden passive solar system | As a culmination of activity in the Service Learning Scholars Program, the Integrated Service Project described herein blended my academic coursework at the University of Utah with service dedicated toward meeting a community need. Working with Wasatch Community Gardens, a local non-profit organizat... | 2011-04 |
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Fitness hour with seniors | BACKGROUND: The senior population is often forgotten in today's society. This results in the creation of stereotypes and ultimately discrimination against senior citizens defined as ageism. As a result of ageism, seniors tend to be isolated from the rest of society and may only have a few interactio... | 2011 |