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Tim Andrews & Tom Brandner sent us
photos of their recent field trip for
Roots & Shoots human issues class.

Tim says "We visited ancient 12,000 year-old
rock shelters at Natural Bridge State Park
and Pine Hollow.
We also visited Pewitts’ Nest in Baraboo."

Research on Community's perspective on service-learning leads to list of "Community Standards"

Visit the website that contains the qualitative research findings of a 2006 community-based study done by members
of a graduate-level sociology seminar at the University of Wisconsin, joined by Elizabeth Tryon, Community Partner
Specialist with the Human Issues Program.

In response to the recommendations of 64 community organizations, a brochure was designed collaboratively that
gives the standards of service learning that would help to make the experience a win-win-win for students, faculty,
and agency staff in the community.

Beth has been co-presenting the findings of this Community-based research at various conferences around the region
and farther. Recent presentations include the State Superintendent's K-16 Conference on Service-Learning and the
American Democracy Project Conference at UW-River Falls, at which an award was given to our presentation for
"Most Sustainable Project". She and Professor Randy Stoecker of the UW-Madison are currently editing the rough
draft of the report for possible publication, and have had several articles accepted for review or publication by scholarly
journals.

Community organization personnel are now in the process of endorsing the Standards brochure, for the purpose
of increasing their voice and visibility with college administration to help ensure good service-learning practice.

To see the Standards, go to: http://comm-org.wisc.edu/sl

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VISTA grant renewed

lat year, our AmeriCorps VISTA renewal grant was successful, providing us with a
VISTA for another three years. Tricia Dusick, Edgewood’s VISTA for the last three years (a national record!), has been stewarding
projects and partnerships related to the grant, recruiting tutors for School of Hope, and managing MCCC students.

The VISTA grant supports our membership in the Madison Campus Community Collaboration (MCCC), a partnership
among Edgewood, UW-Madison, MATC, the Urban League, RSVP of Dane County, the Madison School District,
the United Way, and recently-added partner YWCA. The previous focus had been on recruiting, placing, and supporting
students in the Schools of Hope (SoH) Project. Many of our students and a number of our faculty have been involved in
these efforts. The new grant expands on the SoH support to focus on women and children in poverty through both YWCA
and Urban League Programs.

The MCCC has been recognized statewide for its accomplishments and for the impact that it has had on enhancing community
programs. Among the other benefits of this grant and our MCCC partnership are:

· Increased coordination among the three higher education institutions for development of community partnerships;

· Measurable impact on the community;

· Enhanced support for service-learning, Human Issues Studies, and civic engagement efforts at Edgewood;

· Increased involvement of Edgewood students and faculty in the community; and

· Increased awareness around the state of Edgewood’s community commitments.

The third "Nolen to Now" conference was hosted by
Edgewood College May 18 - 20, 2006.
Conference organizers brought in Mayor Dave, County
Executive Kathleen Falk, city planners, architects, and
others interested in "Green Urbanism" to hear
and interact with experts from around the country.
Site visits were made to areas of development in and
around Madison using sustainable building practices,
pedestrian-friendly elements, and other green ideas.

Buses ready to depart on neighborhood tours Jerry brings up the rear of the bus cavalcade!

Tim Beatley gives a talk on renewable power sources So many attendees biked to campus we ran out of bike racks!

Forty students from Edgewood College spent the day beautifying Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison in celebration of
National and Global Youth Service Day on April 22, 2006. Students helped spruce up the zoo for spring by
sweeping, raking, weeding, and mulching. Edgewood students were among some of the 3000 volunteers across
Dane County who took part in various service projects in conjunction with National and Global Youth Service Day.

The Esperanza Club, advised by Beth Tryon of the Human Issues Office, held a successful fundraiser
called "The Giving Tree" for Centro Guadalupe's food pantry before the holidays. Over $750.00 was
raised which provided 5,325 pounds of food from the Second Harvest Food Bank. During finals week,
members of the Edgewood College Baseball team, along with Coach Al Brisack and Luke LeNoble
of the Marketing and Communications Dept., accompanied Beth to Second Harvest to shop for, load,
and deliver over 1000 pounds of food to CentroGuadalupe to help tide them over through the holidays.

Esperanza also has sponsored a fundraising
campaign to help reforest the country of El Sal-
vador in honor of Bishop Oscar Romero, who was
assassinated 25 years ago. If you'd still like to do-
nate, please click here:
www.justgiving.com/pfp/esperanza.

If you're interested in joining this student
organization, please email Beth at
etryon@edgewood.edu for meeting times and other
projects we are involved in.


ESL Coordinator Sheila Hopkins talks to Michelle Martinez and Rebecca Zambrano from the Migrant Education Program about opportunities for students with the Latino community.	Libby Weiland, VISTA volunteer from the Community Action Coalition, talks to student Amy Froiland about volunteer opportunities

Representatives from several community organizations discuss their programs with students and faculty, including our own Dean Pribbenow.	A fun festive event!

Human Issues 405 Trip to China: Jinxing Chen and Binbin Fu took a group of students and adults on a 3-week tour
of China, including Beijing, Shanghai and the Forbidden City, as part of a Human Issues class.

At a Dai (an ethnic group in China) restaurant in Beijing.
They were having a performance during the dinner,
and invited some of the Edgewood group
to join in their dance!

Students from several Human Issues courses,
as well as several Independent Study Students,
participated in the first Human Issues Poster Session
on April 27th, 2005, in the Nona McGreal Library.
Here are Angela Buchholz, of the Esperanza Student
Organization and Jim Lorman of Environmental Sciences
discussing the fundraiser Esperanza spearheaded for
tree-planting in El Salvador, in memory of Bishop
Oscar Romero.

Saturday October 9th, 2004, the second annual Earth Charter
Summit, called "Declaring our Interdependence", was held, at Edgewood
for the first time.
Sessions included Rain Garden Tours, a tree walk, The Apollo Alliance
and a showing of "The Quiet Revolution". Faculty involved were Thomas
Brandner, Denis Collins, Jim Lorman, Tim Andrews, Paula Hirschboeck,
and Sr. Marie Louise Seckar. Edgewood staff member Rich Path also
demonstrated how his bio-diesel VW Beetle runs on recycled vegetable
oil, and Ken Lawrence brought his little "Gizmo" neighborhood electric
car, pictured at left.