UCAP 395 Projects

(last updated on April 20, 2010)

This page describes projects suggested by various sources and available to Case students through UCAP 395.

(To add a project to this listing, contact the SAGES Capstone Coordinator at gary.chottiner@case.edu . )

(posted October 7, 2009)

UCAP 395 Community-based Capstone: Environment and Sustainability
Spring Semester 2010

See http://studentaffairs.case.edu/civicengagement/learning/capstones/commbasedprojs.html and http://studentaffairs.case.edu/civicengagement/learning/capstones/capstoneexample.html for more information.

This capstone provides an opportunity to learn about and become involved in environmental issues in Cleveland. Limited to five students, the capstone weaves together interdisciplinary knowledge, research, writing, and community-based experience. Each student will choose an environmental issue relevant to Northeast Ohio to investigate in-depth over the course of the semester. Students will also serve at a local non-profit agency to gain hands-on experience with an organization actively addressing today’s environmental issues. During the semester, students will meet together in seminar to learn from each other’s experiences at their partner organization placement, share the issues they are working on, and to discuss readings that explore environmental topics and the Cleveland community. Students will synthesize information, apply critical thinking skills, and write a significant paper based on the environmental issue they have identified. They will utilize experience at their partner organizations to further their understanding and analysis of the issue. At the end of the semester, each student will make a public presentation of their work. For additional information, contact Elizabeth “Betsy” Banks, Center for Civic Engagement & Learning,  ewb@case.edu.

(posted July 10, 2006)

The Cleveland Hillel Foundation, founded in 1947, works to ensure the Jewish future by maximizing Jewish identity and community on college campuses in Northeast Ohio . To commemorate and celebrate our 60 years of operation, we would like to write a brief history of the agency and create a display of photos and other materials to be displayed at the Cleveland Hillel Jewish Student Center and at venues throughout the Cleveland community.  Included in the project is reviewing and organizing materials to be donated to the Jewish archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society.

The project would take place during the 2006-07 academic year.  For more information, please contact Cleveland Hillel Foundation Executive Director Marcia Bloomberg at mbb11348@aol.com or 216-231-0040.