Freshmen Students Presenting Service-Learning Projects on November 19th
November 10, 2014
This fall’s freshmen ME 1111 class has been active in several projects within our community that help promote project management, teamwork, innovation, problem-solving, and communication skill-sets, among other things. Most of this year’s projects have several groups of students submitting competitive proposals for creative design within budgetary and safety constraints.
The ME 1111 student groups are completing competitive proposals for the following service-learning projects and community partners:
- A play area for children waiting on flights with Community Partner Golden Triangle Regional Airport
- A playground design for the developing Nanih Waiya Community Park. Students working on this design also displayed their proposals at the Nanih Waiya 2nd Annual Fall Festival on October 25
- A walking bridge near the Starkville Sportsplex with Community Partner Starkville Parks and Recreation
- A dog shade construction with Community Partner Oktoc Animal Rescue
- A project to teach children about health needs with Community Partner MSU Extension’s Know Your Numbers Campaign
- A project to increase sign visibility with Community Partner Oktibbeha County Starkville Public Library
Additionally, students are again working with Community Partner
- MSU Extension’s 4-H Robotics to develop an innovative curriculum for teaching engineering and physics concepts, complete with video instruction, to Mississippi’s 4-H Cloverbud youth (ages 5-8).
Best proposals and projects will be selected on Nov. 19 for the ME 1111 Poster Display of Service-Learning Projects. This event will take place in the Griffis Room of the Palmeiro Center at MSU, from 3:30pm to 5pm. Please plan to come by and see what these freshmen students have done!
Assisting these hard-working freshmen students this semester are eight junior/senior students who have been working as ME 1111 mentors. They are: Khoi Van, Robby Escobar, Timmy Langston, Evan Howell, Andre Wawryszczuk, Laura Miller, Caleb Yenusah, and Demetre Holder
Thanks to each of them for all of their hard work and support for this freshmen class!
