Browse Exhibits (2 total)
BSU Sociology Capstone Immersive Learning Project
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.
Student contributors:
Kirby Barger, Alex Dixon, Bradley Fletcher, Madeleine Hollinger, Megan Jones, Emma Moeller, Gracie Mulholland, Sarah Orr, Jon Sorgenfrei, Joe Trentadue, Garrett Watkins, Schaefer Watson, and Kate Winslow.
Special Thanks to Robbie Mehling for Photography.
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
To sensitize students to the depth and breadth of food insecurity in our community, senior dietetics students volunteered at several Tailgate events to see firsthand the 'faces of hunger' in our community. There, in the freezing cold of January and February, they helped load box after box of food into people’s cares. Next, each student chose two healthy, simple recipes -- one that used a frequently distributed food item from the tailgate and one that included a plant-based protein source. The students made videos that demonstrated how to prepare the recipe, created a recipe sheet that included the cost and a fun nutrition fact, and created a coloring page, word search, cross word puzzle, etc., to provide a bit of nutrition education. The materials will be placed on the Second Harvest Facebook page for easy access. Throughout the experience, the students were exposed to resources they can use as dietitians when they work with food insecure individuals and families wherever they live and work.