Group Photo

This moment was captured from the Immersive Learning Project visit to Second Harvest in Spring 2021. These students worked through the midst of a pandemic, cold weather, masks, and social distancing to gather data for this Immersive Learning Project. Please take the time to view the materials available to see the wonderful work they did in the Spring 2021 semester!

Special thanks to Robbie Mehling for taking this photo!

Partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank in Spring 2021, this Immersive Learning Project aimed to examine the needs of the community through application of sociological knowledge to synthesize research and literature. Students in this Immersive Learning Project collected data from Second Harvest "Big Idea" Events in the form of surveys and interviews. They then synthesized their findings and presented the research to the community partner: Second Harvest Food Bank. Second Harvest will then use this research to earn grants and gain a better understanding of how COVID-19 impacted food insecurity in Indiana.

Please click on the following links for more information:

Department of Sociology | Ball State University (bsu.edu)

Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana (curehunger.org)