Project Ideas

These are the possible project ideas that we came up with during class on 14 February:

• Implement a system promoting environmental  sustainability on campus,
• Combat global warming (tap into other orgs on campus, EWP, SfES, etc.)
• Recycle waste vegetable oil on campus (heat, etc.)
• Conservation program perhaps energy
• Manage action team for these things, or education
• National awareness on racism
• Curriculum reform 
• Promoting diversity
• Youth involvement in politics
• Wildlife
• Conservation: global warming
• Sustainability
• Organic food
• Campus art: pictures in hallways, creating a thoughtful environment
• Service: connect campus with kids in county: mentoring?
• Kids in community are not motivated to think about academic studies; get kids involved in the community and issues: political, environmental. Get kids to think at a higher level and get them away from their video games.
• Habitat reconstruction: fix erosion problems for the local residents
• Educated the non-educated (college vs. non-college): go to high schools
• Clothing: collect old clothing for those who need it.
• Voting initiative for the 2008 election
• Campus development architecture or curriculum
• Expanding the selection of books in the library
• Getting updated equipment (electron microscope from the 80s)
• Preventing winter sickness
• Synching clocks on campus
• No ?s asked transportation
• Quality/nutrition of food on campus
• Create a history of MTU for current/prospective students.
• Peer outreach program to combat in depression for peers
• Environmental outreach program in the schools
• Advocate for programs on campus: different student groups, (Mother board)
• Human interest: help people and see our achievements (not environment) help pveerty or youth (red cors, habitat, hunger literacy, clothing) fundraiser for a charity on campus.
• Food distribution in a foreign country (Partner with local high school to generate funds or food)
• Be greener: low wattage hand driers on campus
• Pavlis advocacy; promotion
• Benefit student body generally work with USG for funding, or help them with an existin project
• Michigan legislatiure/government , something with lobbying
• Help the poor and underfed: raise money or awareness. Help the poor help themselves; help the poor with sustinence farming,
• Promote health on campus
• More fine arts: more concerts on campus
• In tropical regions: get solar panels for
• Improve honors inst.
• Teach about personal finance.
• More speakers on campus: regular lectureships