Students Wow Branch Out Burlington!
Students Wow Branch Out Burlington!
November 7, 2011
The ‘Greening Our Cities with Trees’ Research & Service class has been busy this month! The students continue to wow Branch Out Burlington! with their incredible weeding and mulching at the nursery – the director of the organization has never seen the nursery look so good! We also had a chance to work with trees […]
Exciting Things are Happening in Research & Service this Semester!
November 1, 2011
In addition to teaching English to new immigrants from Nepal each Friday, the Changing Face of Vermont Research & Service class has been working with English Language Learners at the Sustainability Academy, a public elementary school in Burlington. Working together with these students who have all immigrated recently to Vermont, the VCS class is collaborating […]
Bike Drive for Bike Recycle Vermont
October 11, 2011
In the Bike Recycle Research and Service, different groups have been working on projects to help Bike Recycle Vermont, a program that gives bikes to low income Vermonters and refugees. One group held a bike drive. Last week ten bikes were brought in, and all of them will be going to Bike Recycle Vermont (BRVT). […]
Caring for Trees with Branch out Burlington
October 11, 2011
The “Greening Up Our Cities with Trees” Research and Service class has been busy caring for trees in the local Branch Out Burlington! (also known as BOB!) tree nursery. At least once a week, we walk right behind the school, through the UVM Horticultural Farm, to the Burlington Community Tree Nursery. We are preparing trees […]
The Changing Face of Vermont
October 4, 2011
Mark Cline Lucey’s Research and Service class, “The Changing Face of Vermont,” is working with resettled Nepalese refugees in Burlington every Friday. Students have been challenged with teaching English to these new Americans, ranging from those with a few English words to those with absolutely none. On Wednesdays, this Research and Service class will also […]