Student Involvement

 Now recruiting undergraduate and graduate students from all academic disciplines:

Earn credit and professional experience in a semester-long project with a team of students from across campus. 

Find your fit below for an immersive learning project. There are a variety of ways that it could fit creatively into your course work, including independent study.

Submit an online application for the program.

A $1,000 scholarship is available to one chosen student for each team based on emerging media skills and leadership. Your application to the program is also your scholarship application.

2012 SUMMER SESSION II

Underground Railroad Simulation – Learning the Past, Equipping the Future

Students from English, Graphic Design, Art, Photography, Computer Science, History and other related disciplines are needed for this collaborative design effort.  During Summer Session II, this immersive learning team will refine an existing prototype and design an educational tool that will interpret the experiences of the Underground Railroad.  The design will be ultimately be developed into a full simulation that will place elementary students directly into the social and factual experience of the Underground Railroad journey from slavery to freedom.  For more details about the project, contact Ron Morris, faculty mentor for this innovative, high impact endeavor.  Apply now!  

 

2012 FALL SEMESTER

Innovation Connector Ambassadors – Program Development for Small Business Mentorship

Marketing, Public Relations, Communication Studies, Entrepreneurship, Telecommunications, Graphic Design, and Sales students will benefit from this project experience with Muncie’s Innovation Connector, a small business start-up support network seeking to develop a formal mentorship program. Become an “IC Ambassador” on the ground level of a project that will lead to a comprehensive marketing and media campaign for this newly-created program. Contact faculty mentor Peggy Fisher for more information. Apply now!

Nature Play – Responsible Design for Environmental Learning

Research shows that children who play in and explore natural environments adapt conservation and sustainability values as adults. Explore an environmentally responsible design ethic with this student team researching best practice case studies and developing design principles for environmental education. Collected data will be used to further develop and illustrate nature-based outdoor learning areas for the local Head Start pre-school program. Student team members are needed from early childhood education, sociology, psychology, environmental management, architecture, landscape architecture, and other applicable program areas. For more information, please contact Pam Harwood, College of Architecture & Planning. Apply now

Sustainability Report for the City of Indianapolis—Global Reporting Initiative
Learn about living and working in a sustainable way as you assess the environmental, economic, and social impact of life in Indiana’s state capitol.  The results will be a part of a sustainability report to the City of Indianapolis.  Undergraduates and graduates are invited to apply to be a part of this team from a variety of majors.  Acquire experience that puts your work on par with what has become mainstream reporting among the largest 250 companies in the world.  For more information, please contact Gwen White, Department of Accounting. Apply now!