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Introduction to Service Learning e-term students gained knowledge of the local community surrounding Ferrum College while engaging with and supporting local agencies, organizations, and families. Their first hands-on project with Habitat for Humanity was a modular home that needed remodeling and renovations.

Students in ESC 208: Ireland’s Natural History: Interaction of Nature and Culture traveled in Ireland for E-term 2018. The May 13 itinerary included Belfast, Titanic, Carrick-a-Rede Bridge, Giant's Causeway, and Dunluce Castle. Dr. Bob Pohlad photograph.

This course is an intensive study of crop and animal production in this region. The course requires several field trips to nearby farms including a trip to the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Thor Helgeson, right, helps Advaith Balaji, both undergraduate students in Robotics, set up for an in-the-field practice session with the robot “Spot,” at the University of Michigan Campus Farm at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, on Tuesday morning, August 20, 2024.

 

The project is connected to research at the U-M Autonomous Robotic Manipulation Lab (ARMLAB). The primary investigator is Robotics Professor Dmitry Berenson. “This is part of the bigger ‘agrobots’ subteam of ARMLAB that focuses on creating robots and autonomous systems to support farming, gardening and agriculture to create a more sustainable future,” said Balaji. The research focuses on enabling robots to retrieve objects in agricultural environments using semantic memory.

 

Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing

FER199 Intro to Service Learning students spent their final day of hands-on service learning working at Henry Fork Center in Rocky Mount to help them prepare for their summer program serving children in the community. Photo courtesy of Dr. Jan Nicholson Angle.

 

Ferrum College E-term 2018 included CHM 405: Advanced Chemistry Laboratory.

IDBI witness the realm of nature at Zice Camp Red Stone

Team of 56 members meet up for a 1Night/ 2 Day program. Activities included were team games, rappelling, swimming, raft building, body surfing, obstacle course , cave treks , flying fox, shooting.

   

Students participate in primate research at the Barbados Wildlife Reserve in Saint Peter Parish, Barbados on June 12, 2017 as part of a study abroad program.

Nicaraguan sunset at Laguna de Apoyo.

 

Photo by Mason Kluge-Edwards

Introduction to Service Learning e-term students gained knowledge of the local community surrounding Ferrum College while engaging with and supporting local agencies, organizations, and families. Their first hands-on project with Habitat for Humanity was a modular home that needed remodeling and renovations.

Students participate in a First Year Experience Strengths activity on the Drillfield. The exercise required students to practice teamwork, communication, and problem solving in order to complete their task.

The American West in History and Memory/Photography students traveled by rail to survey the history of the United States west of the Mississippi from the 17th century to present during a guided tour of important mid-western and western cities, museums, and monuments. Photographs courtesy of Dr. Tim Daniels.

The American West in History and Memory/Photography students traveled by rail to survey the history of the United States west of the Mississippi from the 17th century to present during a guided tour of important mid-western and western cities, museums, and monuments. Photographs courtesy of Dr. Tim Daniels.

Students participate in a First Year Experience Strengths activity on the Drillfield. The exercise required students to practice teamwork, communication, and problem solving in order to complete their task.

Some impressions from the EFEU Action Workshop in Frankfurt (Oder), April 2008.

Students participate in primate research at the Barbados Wildlife Reserve in Saint Peter Parish, Barbados on June 13, 2017 as part of a study abroad program.

Ferrum College E-term 2018 included CHM 405: Advanced Chemistry Laboratory.

Temple University undergraduate experiential learning course Education in the Global City. This studetn wanted to see more parental involvement, particularly in afterschool programming at local North Philadelphia community centers.

The American West in History and Memory/Photography students traveled by rail to survey the history of the United States west of the Mississippi from the 17th century to present during a guided tour of important mid-western and western cities, museums, and monuments. Photographs courtesy of Dr. Tim Daniels.

The American West in History and Memory/Photography students traveled by rail to survey the history of the United States west of the Mississippi from the 17th century to present during a guided tour of important mid-western and western cities, museums, and monuments. Photographs courtesy of Dr. Tim Daniels.

Students participate in a First Year Experience Strengths activity on the Drillfield. The exercise required students to practice teamwork, communication, and problem solving in order to complete their task.

Students in ESC 208: Ireland’s Natural History: Interaction of Nature and Culture traveled in Ireland for E-term 2018. The May 18 itinerary included Dingle Peninsula, Sleigh Head Drive, Dingle Town, and a fungi boat trip. Dr. Bob Pohlad photograph.

Students studied the economic and environmental history pertaining to sustainable development in the Dominican Republic and its effects on the Dominican people and their culture. Photograph courtesy of Dr. Delia Heck.

British Literature I and Pilgrimage students traveled to England for E-term 2019 to visit places that made timeless pieces of literature come alive.

Ferrum College E-term 2018 included CHM 405: Advanced Chemistry Laboratory.

Ferrum College E-term 2018 included CHM 405: Advanced Chemistry Laboratory.

Indiana University President McRobbie visits IU Kokomo to talk with students, faculty and staff. While in Kokomo he also took a moment to visit the local business, Kokomo Opalescent Glass.

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