A volunteer from the North Country Animal League recently brought two furry helpers to help teach JSC Child Development Center students about how to approach dogs they don't know and to learn about animal shelters. The children have been collecting donations for the NCAL shelter.
On November 6, Brad Moskowitz and students from the Introduction to Outdoor Education class worked with the Catamount Trail Association and other volunteers to reroute and cut a new section of trail near the village of Jay. The Catamount Trail is a 300-mile backcountry ski/snowshoe trail that runs from Massachusetts to Canada. The Outdoor Education Program has volunteered to be a steward of a section of the trail (section 30, Hazen’s Notch to Jay Pass) in order to demonstrate their commitment to sustainable outdoor recreation in Vermont.
On October 18, students from the Introduction to Outdoor Education class worked with Brad Moskowitz and representatives from the Green Mountain Club to rebuild and maintain part of the Long Trail, in Johnson. The installed new puncheon (or “bog bridges”), cleared water bars and cleaned up illegal fire pits at Prospect Rock. Dave Hardy, the Director of Field Programs and Kathryn Wrigley from the GMC helped to guide their efforts.
The Johnson State College community took a big bite out of hunger on Friday, November 20, 2009 by donating 22 boxes of Thanksgiving meal fixings, as well as $619 to go toward the purchase of turkeys and other seasonal foodstuffs, to the Johnson Food Shelf. Students James Dempsey and Ashley Favreau, leaders of the "Hunger and Homelessness" Break Away trip that 10 students will be taking to Washington, DC during their February break, organized the local service event.
The EHS Department's department-wide watershed research project was highlighted as part of faculty and administrative efforts to cultivate a "culture of research" at the college. You at the can read the story here: http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11516426 -- click on the video icon under the heading "Featured Videos" to view the newscast.
JSC alum Jeanine Bunzigiye is featured (and on the cover of!) of the most recent Seven Days weekly newspaper, as part of a story about emerging leaders in the Burlington area. Read the story here: http://www.7dvt.com/2009minority-rule
On Friday, November 13, SERVE Fri participants toured and cleaned up the 1000-acre Babcock Nature Preserve in Eden. View some images of the event below.
On Monday, November 9, the JSC community and guests gathered at the newly renovated SHAPE Facility for the grand re-opening ceremony. View a slideshow of images from the ceremony, ribbon cutting and open house below.
On Friday, November 6, 2009, students and other JSC community members took part in the first annual Coral Reef Run, a fundraising event aimed at generating support to protect coral reefs around the globe. Below are images from the event, including details of a mural designed and painted by Visual Arts Center artists: Designed by Chelsea Spear, and painted by Chelsea and Chelsea Draper, Ben Ferguson, Katie Foster, Nate Furlong, Tara Goreau, Coty Marsh, Dana Russo, Chelsea Sicely, Carly Stugart and Lizzie Wein. (Photos from the event courtesy of Ellen Hill).
