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BSCI126: Pollinators in Crisis

This class dissects the pollinator crisis, and in the process students learn about insects, about the interaction of organisms in complex ecosystems, and about the human-nature interface. Students will work in groups that specialize in an aspect of pollinator biology and their challenges. Instruction will target methods for collecting information, interpretation of scientific information and the professional presentation of findings.

bumble bee on pink flower

BMGT468V Special Topics in Management and Organization; Business Models and Methods to Affect Social Change

This class organized a two hour social venture, raising money for an organizaton. This class chose to work with food insecurity and support the Community Learning Garden by raising money for the garden and the pantry and educating people on the availability of the pantry. 

Semester: Fall 2022

Community Learning Garden Irrigation

BMGT160: The Intentional Self

Course Description:

As you navigate adulthood, you will constantly be making decisions that impact your personal and professional well being and success. Making these life choices with intention and a perspective of your whole self will increase your life satisfaction. In this course, you will examine who have been, who you are, and who you want to become. We will be exploring the six pillars of the whole self including purpose/character, relationships, wellness, community, prosperity, and nature and creating a vision for your future self.

Mayer Mall Aerial

CPSP349T: Advanced Practicum: Service Learning; STS Infrastructure and Society Service Learning Project

Course Description:

Our lives and bodies are intertwined with science and technology. We depend on them to support how we live now and hope that new discoveries will improve our lives in the future. What can we do today, however, to bring about our ideal future?

Science, Technology and Society (STS) seeks to understand the challenges standing between the present we have and the future we want. Students explore the powerful social, ethical and political relationships that drive research and innovation, asking:

CLFS610: Natural Products Chemistry

Course Description

Foundations of natural products chemistry; how nature goes about making (biosynthesizing) these compounds and elements of enzymology and genomics relevant to production of these compounds; relevance of natural products chemistry as a driving force for drug discovery and innovation in biotechnology.

This lab has utilized the Chemstry Courtyard as a living classroom and continues to be involved in its care and maintenance, providing experietial learning opportunities for students in the Chemistry Department. 

BSCI126: Pollinators in Crisis

Bumble Bee pollinating pink flowerThis class dissects the pollinator crisis, and in the process students learn about insects, about the interaction of organisms in complex ecosystems, and about the human-nature interface. Students will work in groups that specialize in an aspect of pollinator biology and their challenges.

BMGT468V Special Topics in Management and Organization; Business Models and Methods to Affect Social Change

This class organized a two hour social venture, raising money for an organizaton. This class chose to work with food insecurity and support the Community Learning Garden by raising money for the garden and the pantry and educating people on the availability of the pantry. 

BMGT160: The Intentional Self

Course Description:

As you navigate adulthood, you will constantly be making decisions that impact your personal and professional well being and success. Making these life choices with intention and a perspective of your whole self will increase your life satisfaction. In this course, you will examine who have been, who you are, and who you want to become. We will be exploring the six pillars of the whole self including purpose/character, relationships, wellness, community, prosp

erity, and nature and creating a vision for your future self.

Academic Partnerships

Spanish-language workshop for landscape professionals at American University
Horticulturist Luis Alfonzo leads a Spanish-language workshop for landscape professionals at American University as part of an educational exchange.

The Arboretum and Botanic

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