Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/14
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Target Audience: Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) is a non-profit Ojibwe tribal community college. The Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe Tribe, recognizing its responsibilities for the postsecondary education of its tribal members, drafted a Tribal Resolution in August of 1982 establishing the College. The function of the college is to analyze educational and training needs of the communities it serves, and to custom-design curriculum and educational programming at the postsecondary level that incorporates traditional Ojibwe heritage and values. The college is one of two tribal colleges in the state of Wisconsin and is one of 37 tribal colleges nationwide. The college strives to offer the most efficient blend of the traditional and the modern, preparing our students for today's world while maintaining the cultural integrity of the Ojibwe. LCOOCC currently offers 17 associate degrees and 7 certificates. LCOOCC is an open-door institution - helping anyone who would like to work towards a better tomorrow. While 3 out of every 4 students are Native, LCOOCC is happy to also serve a large non-native population. The Lac Courte Oreilles Band (LCO) of Lake Superior Chippewa Reservation is located in northern Wisconsin amidst mixed forests of deciduous and coniferous trees in Sawyer County. Forested areas on the reservation are accessible through treaty rights, are highly valued and associated with many uses including: subsistence hunting and gathering, tribal income (timber harvest), cultural and religious activities, plus recreational use. The Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College also serves four neighboring reservations (the Red Cliff reservation, the Bad River reservation, the Lac du Flambeau reservation, and the St. Croix reservation) through 3 outreach sites.Students eligible for the Ag/Equity Scholars program include any current full-time LCOOCC student, with a cumulative GPA of 2.0/ 4.0 scale, and has to be majoring in agriculture/natural resources land or water, pre-nursing 2+2 program, or the associate of science - science program. The Ag/Equity program is provided with oversight and direction from the Extension Advisory Council which meets twice per year; the last meeting was in April, 2014. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? LCOOCC students have had the opportunity to participate in 1st Aid and CPR certification workshops each semester. Other certificdations to improve employability skills include ServSafe food preparation safety certifications, chainsaw safety, farm equipment safety, and more. The Ag/Equity program also provides resume and cover letter writing hands-on workshops, reviews resumes, and provides multiple presentations on internship opportunities with federal, state, and tribal agencies. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Results of the project have been communicated to the Science, Math, and Applied Technology Division at LCOOCC. This group is comprised of the science, math, extension faculty and staff. Information and data is also provided to the Executive Council, the Board of Regents, and the Extension Advisory Council. The Board of Regents are provided with a monthly report and the Advisory Council meets twice a year; with the last meeting taking place in April, 2014. Electronic web-interfaced surveys are also completed by students to gauge their interest in the Ag/Equity program and provide feedback on what barriers and challenges exist. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
A summary of the 2013-2014 LCOOCC Equity Education program include successes in recruitment, retention, experiential learning opportunities and community education. Collaborating partners included: Sawyer County UW-Extension Office, Spooner Agriculture Research Station, Intertribal Agriculture Council, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission and other groups to provide workshops on beginner gardening, organic weed and pest control, food preservation techniques, cooking healthy indigenous foods by local chefs, and many more. The Equity Program provided presentations and hands-on GPS/GIS field exercises to over 30 area high school students at the LCOOCC Annual Career Fair. Advisement of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Chapter on campus; this is a great way to provide support to the Ag/Natural Resource students. Starting in FY2012 the AISES meeting were provided to all interested students via Interactive Television to allow students at outreach sites to be included in the student organizations' activities.The Equity Program assisted students with mentorship for presenting at the AISES national conference via poster and oral presentations. Over the past 4 year grant cycle Equity provided the opportunity for 15 students to travel to the AISES National Conference. The AISES meeting is a great platform to schedule internship presentations, and find out what assistance students need. Table 1 on page 4 displays a comparison of grade point average data of the entire LCOOCC student body to that of current Ag/Equity Scholars; based on this data it shows how important internships and the equity program are to student success at LCOOCC. Other key activities included: intro to composting for LCO K-5 students and staff with a compost play conducted by students and staff; a successful composting program with LCO K-12; support for a service learning GIS mapping project in conjunction with the Northwest WI Regional Food Network; and providing internship opportunities and supporting students to acquire internships outside of LCOOCC. Community based education addressing local food system tiers were provided through newspaper articles, a hands-on workshop series, and chef demonstrations to include a farm-to-table series which were marketed to families, and a community based mobile farmer's market.
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: The Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) Equity Program’s primary focus is student recruitment and retention. The program provides students with the tools they need in order to graduate, and then either pursue a career, or further their education at a 4-year institution. Populations served include: a student base at the LCOOCC main campus at LCO, and outreach sites at Lac du Flambeau, St. Croix, and LCOOCC North, which serves the tribal communities of Red Cliff and Bad River and is housed in Washburn, WI, halfway between both communities. Sustainable agriculture is another focus of the Equity Program and funds are provided to assist the LCOOCC Sustainable Agriculture Research Station in providing access to fresh produce through various modalities. LSARS provides demonstration workshops on sustainable agriculture practices, including beginner gardening classes to the general community. LSARS also provides information and resources to the outreach tribal communities of Red Cliff, Bad River, St. Croix, and Lac du Flambeau Tribe's. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? Equity assisted 2 students and 1 advisor in participating and attending the 2012 AISES National Conference which was held in Anchorage, Alaska from November 1-3, 2012. Ag/ natural resource students had the opportunity to be trained in a Beginner Chainsaw Safety certification course performed by FISTA USA. This course was designed to offer students necessary safety information and hands-on practice. Students took a final written and hands-on exam. All necessary safety and personal protective equipment was provided through Equity. Students also had the opportunity to participate in a American Heart Association 1st Aid/CPR class. The certification is good for 2 years and is required to work at many of the state, federal, and tribal natural resource agencies. Depending on the internship focus many students request conference travel assistance for professional development. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? Ag/Equity program at LCOOCC has collaborated with the Extension area to disseminate programming information to the community. A monthly calendar is published and then sent home with all tribal K-12, headstart, and early headstart students. A email listserv is being built for all former workshop participants and key department directors for tribal entities. An email of programming on a monthly and weekly basis is sent out to all students. Programming is also displayed on a kiosk on campus as students walk into the student center. A webpage is kept up-to-date of programming and a monthly article runs in the local newspaper. The Tribe prints a monthly newsletter which is mailed to all members and the calendar is a part of the newsletter. The LCO Tribe also operates a radio station and programming is read as a PSA and community news piece. Social media is growing for tribal communities and the Extension Dept manages a facebook page where information on upcoming programming and educational information is displayed. The page also includes information and photos from past workshops. To recruit for the scholars program a mass email goes out to all students and faculty in the Science, Math, and Applied Technology division. The email goes out to over 1,400 people. Flyers are posted around campus, on website, and kiosk. An informational meeting is held to discuss information and necessary items. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? New methods and strategies to reach students include: 1.) allowing outreach sites students to participate in workshops, guest speaker events, and AISES meetings; 2.) creating a mentorship program for ag/natural resource students; and 3.) utilizing other modalities to involve students, to include social network sites, YouTube and Skype. In FY 2012 students were found to be more receptive to hands-on projects at the school including workshops, guest lecturers with walking tours, etc. Projects planned for FY2013 include expanding campus visits to 4-yr institutions in which LCOOCC has articulation agreements with; and coordinate visits from federal, state, and tribal agencies on current career opportunities. Intern support and coordination will be provided through funding opportunities, marketing other programs for state and federal agencies, partnerships with those agencies to provide experiences for students, and also hands-on supervision/mentorship. Equity education will provide the stimulus for student led research projects with mentorship and project based hands-on support. Other projects will include booths and educational programming at large community events: i.e.: Honor the Earth Pow-Wow, Sawyer County Fair, etc. Equity program will also coordinate with other programs on campus to develop a rideshare and shuttle assistance.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
This pastacademic yearten (10) students received scholarships through; of these recipients 6 were to returning ag/natural resource majors and 4 were to new students. A requirement of the scholar program is that each student must provide documentation on completing 10 hours of community service per semester and maintain eligibility for spring semester. Forty (40) students requested transportation vouchers, and ten (10) students received supply vouchers. Two presenter fees were funded to provide beneficial information to Ag/Natural Resource courses. A former LCOOCC employee and now a UW-Madison graduate student provided an overview of GIS applications in field research; this presentation gave students in the Intro to GIS, SCI 165 course a thorough understanding of different platforms GIS can perform. Two (2) interns were hired and another 3 were supported for a short time period; one assists the college’s sustainable living/ renewable energy activities and the other assists sustainable living activities at the St. Croix Outreach Center. Supplies were also ordered for classroom learning which included laptops for students to utilize for GIS mapping and homework. A camera was also purchased to assist with documenting hands-on presentations, demonstrations, etc. in the ag/natural resources coursework; the supplies will also assist faculty with documentation for assessment and degree outcome evaluations of student learning. Activities that were highlights in FY2012 include: collaborating with the Sawyer County UW-Extension Office to provide 2 food preservation workshops to the student and local community; 8 participants participated in the tomato canning workshop and 18 people participated in the venison canning workshop. The Equity Program provided a GPS/GIS overview to 30 area high school students at the LCOOCC Annual Career Fair. The students enjoyed learning about the GPS units and put their skills to work with a scavenger hunt around campus. The students were also given brochures and a presentation on the aspects of the LCOOCC Equity Program. The Equity Director also is an advisor for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Chapter on campus; this is a great way to get to know the students and provide them with support on a weekly basis. All students are welcome to attend, but most members include those in the science, ag/natural resources, and renewable energy degree programs. Equity assisted 2 students and 1 advisor in participating and attending the 2012 AISES National Conference which was held in Anchorage, Alaska from November 1-3, 2012. On-going support and guidance is provided to the AISES Chapter at LCOOCC at weekly meetings. Since 90% of the AISES members are directly in the agriculture/natural resource major it is beneficial to assist the group for an increase in retention rates. This group is a great platform to schedule internship presentations, and find out what assistance students need. AISES members also organized a walking club on campus to improve healthy lifestyle choices; this involved hosting a health fair and community collaborations including other departments on campus. All AISES meetings now occur over the Interactive Television where all outreach site students are able to participate on a weekly basis. Other key activities included: intro to composting for LCO K-5 students and staff with a compost play conducted by students and staff; a successful composting program with LCO K-5; support for a service learning GIS mapping project in conjunction with the Northwest WI Regional Food Network; and providing internship opportunities and supporting students to acquire internships outside of LCOOCC. Community based education addressing local food system tiers were provided through newspaper articles, a hands-on workshop series, chef demonstrations to include a farm-to-table series which were marketed to families, and a community based mobile farmer’s market.
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Progress 09/01/11 to 08/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: The Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College (LCOOCC) Equity Program's primary focus is student recruitment and retention. The program provides students with the tools they need in order to graduate, and then either pursue a career, or further their education at a 4-year institution. This past semester (Fall, 2011) seven (7) students received stipends,(6)LCO High School junior/seniors were provided with scholarships to attend a science related college course at LCOOCC, twenty-three (23) students requested gas vouchers, and ten (10) students received supply vouchers. Three presenters were funded to provide beneficial information to Ag/Natural Resource courses and also to educate students through the III Annual Environmental Film Festival Series; in collaboration with Youth and Community Development, (10) ten LCO Youth Council meetings were supported. Two (2) interns were hired; one assists the college's sustainable living/ renewable energy activities and the other assists sustainable living activities at the St. Croix Outreach Center. Activities that were highlights include: collaborating with the Sawyer County UW-Extension Office to provide 2 food preservation workshops to the student and local community; 8 participants participated in the tomato canning workshop and 18 people participated in the venison canning workshop. The Equity Program provided a GPS/GIS overview to 30 area high school students at the LCOOCC Annual Career Fair. The students enjoyed learning about the GPS units and put their skills to work with a scavenger hunt around campus. The students were also given brochures and a presentation on the aspects of the LCOOCC Equity Program. The Equity Director also is an advisor for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Chapter on campus; this is a great way to get to know the students and provide them with support on a weekly basis. Equity assisted 6 students and 2 advisors in participating and attending the 2011 AISES National Conference which was held in Minneapolis, MN from November 10-12, 2011.To involve ag/natural resource students at the outreach sites, manuals were provided to all sites, and an initial meeting was held over interactive television to include outreach students. During spring semester sub-chapters will meet and then the entire group will meet over ITV once a month. AISES members also organized a "mini" health fair event on campus to start the LCOOCC walking club they organized. The program is in collaboration with the tribal health center and is open to the public. Routes were marked, measured, and guidelines were created. Other key events include: monthly environmental film festival events which include an expert guest speaker on the topic of choice, farmers market, sustainable living/food systems information at the annual LCO Wellness and Resource Fair, and support for a service learning GIS mapping project in conjunction with UW-Barron County and UW-Stout. The Equity PD has also provided intern informational meetings and coordinated with the NASA One Stop Shopping Initiative and AIHEC to make campus visits and let students know about internship opportunities. PARTICIPANTS: Equity Education Project Director has assisted with LCOOCC recruitment and retention efforts of STEM degree seeking students, organized food system and sustainability workshops, and partnered with federal, state, and local agencies to provide rewarding internship opportunities for LCOOCC students. Project Director also advises the campus American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Chapter as well as being the liaison to the AISES sub-chapters at the outreach sites of LCOOCC North, St. Croix, and Lac du Flambeau. Two (2) interns were hired; one assists the college's sustainable living/ renewable energy activities and the other assists sustainable living activities at the St. Croix Outreach Site. Equity PD provides internship coordination for LCOOCC students interested in a STEM internship; LCOOCC Equity Program funds a minimum amount of these positions, but the PD also matches students with outside opportunities with the NASA-OSSI program, AIHEC, US Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Wisconsin Tribal Conservation Advisory Council, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, and more. Equity provides resume and cover letter writing, and interviewing assistance to students. Collaborators on local food system initiative work include: UW-Extension assisting with providing canning and food preservation workshops at LCOOCC; Northwest WI Regional Food Network and Westwinds Community Co-op, Spooner Agricultural Station, Rusk and Sawyer County Farm Service Agency, HappyTonics Butterfly Sanctuary, and the Intertribal Agricultural Council. TARGET AUDIENCES: Populations served include Tribal communities: a student base at the LCOOCC main campus at Lac Courte Oreilles, and outreach sites at Lac du Flambeau, St. Croix, and LCOOCC North, which serves the tribal communities of Red Cliff and Bad River and is housed in Washburn, WI, halfway between both communities. Currently workshops for food preservation and food system initiatives have been offered for community members with the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe. Assistance has been provided to the St. Croix Tribe through the Equity Program for them to begin a community garden near the outreach site, an Equity intern and students at the outreach site have been instrumental in starting this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Nothing significant to report during this reporting period.
Impacts
The Equity program at LCOOCC has assisted with retention of current Ag/Natural Resource, Science, and Renewable Energy majors. Providing opportunities for student engagement outside of normal classroom expectations has fostered co-horts and relationships through on campus AISES organizations, conference travel, experiential learning activities such as canning workshops and environmental film festival events. Current Equity Scholars (7) who applied for and received a stipend to assist with educational costs were also required to provide a minimum of 10 hours of community service to the local community. The students completed a number of activities including: painting a house for an Elder, providing supervision on field trips for the Boys & Girls Club, tutoring middle school students with homework at the Boys & Girls Club, cutting and providing firewood for Elders, and helping to care for children at a local daycare center. The equity scholars are paying their opportunities forward and providing meaningful services to the community.
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- No publications reported this period
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Progress 09/01/10 to 08/31/11
Outputs
The goal of the Education Equity Program at LCOOCC is to enhance the academic endeavors of students by providing scholarships, stipends, and general student support. It is hoped that these endeavors will lead to an associate degree in one of the many programs offered at the campus and outreach sites. This program also strives to encourage students to continue their education at a four year institution by providing field trips and sponsoring participation in national programs such as AISES and AIHEC. Through the support of the Equity program LCOOCC will: increase student enrollment in the STEM degree offerings at LCOOCC (main campus and outreach sites); increase graduation rates of STEM majors and more specifically Native American STEM majors; and improve access to 4-year institutions for LCOOCC students and alumni. LCOOCC Equity Program also provides support to the LCO Sustainable Agriculture Research Station. The LSARS provides experiential learning activities for students, interns, faculty, and the community. Support is provided through supplies, interns, and assistance with marketing and dissemination. PRODUCTS: The Equity program offered many student support activities and programs to recruit and retain students this year through internships, scholarships, tuition assistance, supplies, and transportation vouchers. The Equity program at LCOOCC assisted 4 students in obtaining internships during the academic year and the summer; all were placed at the LCOOCC Sustainable Agricultural Research Station. The intern's essential duties were planning the new community supported agriculture program, developing materials for promoting local foods and local farmers markets, starting seeds and organizing the greenhouse. During the summer months interns assisted with general tilling, watering, and maintenance of the garden and CSA. Interns assisted with workshops including rain barrel making and composting. Internship assistance is instrumental in retaining students. Fifteen (15) students received scholarships throughout fall and spring semesters. Students applied and based on grade point average (on a 4 point scale) determined the amount they received; this motivated them to keep increasing their GPA for spring semester. Nine students received scholarships for fall and six (6) remained eligible for spring semester. The program director worked with guidance counselors at the Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa K-12 School to identify junior and senior students who were eligible to take college courses; the equity program funded high school student's tuition and books to enroll in a science course. Students then received dual credit for high school requirements and earned college credit. Equity funded eight (8) students and two (2) faculty members, part of the intro to water resources course to attend a water resources conference at the College of Menominee Nation in Keshena, WI during fall semester. Assistance was provided to the students and instructor of the aquaculture class who visited the Bayfield Aquaculture Center. A campus organization, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES), students and advisor attended the National AISES Conference in Albuquerque, NM in November of 2010; support was provided for student membership in AISES and also travel to the conference. Classrooms, faculty, and students benefited from supplies and guest lecturers which aided in the pursuit for student success. Throughout the academic year brochures were updated for the STEM programs offered at LCOOCC. Bulletin boards and flyers were posted to increase student awareness on the equity program. Classroom support was provided to faculty for guest lecturers on Ojibwe culture and language, spiritual leaders, and expert advisors. Faculty also requested supplies to assist students in participation and to increase success in the course; assistance was provided in the forms of external hard drives for the Intro to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and supplies for the Horticulture class. Safety equipment was also provided to the renewable energy department. Support for classroom supplies in providing tools necessary to achieve academic success. Classrooms were updated with an overhead projector in the agricultural lab to improve classroom learning. OUTCOMES: LCOOCC Equity assisted with many experiential learning activities throughout the year. Monthly environmental film festivals were held throughout the academic year. The film festivals were a collaboration of different campus programs including the LCO Green Team, Extension Department, HappyTonic Butterfly Sanctuary, and the LCOOCC Library. The events included a theme, guest lecturer, potluck, booths with environmental education, hands-on activities, and a film. Attendance ranged from 25-75 people at each event. Ojibwe culture workshops were supported in conjunction with the Extension Department; the workshops included topics on: fish decoy making, fish shack building, discovering blueberries, rain barrel making, and composting. The composting workshop was also provided in conjunction with the UW-Extension Agricultural Station. A sustainable living fair was organized for the community. The fair included sustainable vendors, chef demonstrations utilizing cultural foods (venison, wild leeks, and wild rice), community speakers, and hands-on activities. Collaboration was also started with the Northwest Wisconsin Regional Food Network to coordinate a local foods buying service for the Lac Courte Oreilles/ Sawyer County area. The buying club organizes local food producers and connects them with the community and institutional markets; information is also provided on the definition of eating local and the benefits. A second project with NWRFN includes a geographic information systems mapping project that will pinpoint within northwest WI the local food producers, distributors, community gardens, farmers markets, community supported agriculture, and the businesses and restaurants that utilize local food. Retention rates of students have improved through providing transportation assistance, scholarships, supplies, travel assistance, support for campus organizations (AISES), classroom field trips, and community workshops. Agencies that visited the campus to provide information on careers and internships were the Department of Natural Resources and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The US Forest Service also provided information and applications for the Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) and Student Career Employment Program (SCEP). Equity assisted the LCO College Sustainable Agriculture Research Station increase capacity of the facility and production of a variety of vegetables. Support included: supplies, seeds, meetings, workshops, and student internship positions. Student interns have learned valuable skills and are completing meaningful research including fish emulsion studies and three sisters gardening techniques. Interns are assessed on their learning outcomes through a final research paper and PowerPoint presentation, mid-term and final evaluations are also completed by their supervisor. Increased awareness and education was provided to the community on the benefits of local foods through a variety of methods which included: newspaper articles, guest speakers, wellness fair, sustainable living fair, community garden, workshops, farmer's market, and chef demonstrations. DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES: Many modalities provided the campus community and greater community with information on the equity program, the STEM programs at LCOOCC, and environmental education, which included information on local foods and nutritional values. Bi-weekly newspaper articles were written and submitted to the area tribes' newspaper, called The Ojibwe Times. Recruitment was conducted through presentations at the LCO School, Hayward High School, and Winter High School. Booths and speakers were provided for environmental film festivals, workshops, and annual sustainable living and wellness fairs. A presentation was given on the Equity Program to all LCO High School juniors and seniors at an open house held by LCOOCC. Equity hosted a meet and greet for the community garden members at the LCO Sustainable Agriculture Research Station. The Equity Program director organized a booth at the LCO Honor the Earth Pow-Wow to recruit students and also provide environmental education to the community while providing recycling and composting services for the pow-wow. Recruitment booths were also set-up at local grocery and department stores; a live radio remote was also provided at these recruitment events. The Equity Program also set-up a booth at one-stop advising events held at the beginning of the fall and spring semesters. The program director mailed out surveys to all former students who had held a STEM internship in the past 6 years; 77 surveys were mailed; only 10 responses were received. The PD also went door to door in 3 local communities to put door knockers on homes. Telephone calls were also made to formers LCOOCC students for the outreach campuses. FUTURE INITIATIVES: Future initiatives for the LCOOCC Equity Program include improving the educational pipeline to include pre-college, LCOOCC, and 4-year institution initiatives. A goal of the Equity Program will be to increase access to 4-year institutions through increased communication with those campuses which will include access to campus visits, campus facilities, college students and faculty, increased access to multi-modal learning, cross-campus learning, and additional articulation agreements. PD will increase visits to area high schools at LCO, Hayward, Winter, Birchwood, and outreach sites. The Equity Program will support the LCO Youth Council as well as pre-college programming at area middle schools and high schools to improve attitudinal changes and generate interest in STEM fields. To optimize classroom learning, PD will work with the LCOOCC Distance Learning coordinator to increase the availability of science lab courses to the outreach campuses; which may increase the degree offerings at those campuses to include Ag/Natural Resources and therefore increase student enrollment in the Ag/Natural Resources degree program. Assessment and evaluation of current student data related to retention and graduation rates, which will include outreach campus data, will be reviewed and analyzed.
Impacts
Through recruitment and retention activities provided by the LCOOCC Equity Program; Ag/Natural Resources degree majors will increase by 25% in the next academic year at LCOOCC (2011-2012). Equity students will have higher retention rates, grade point averages, and graduation rates than non-equity students on the LCOOCC campus. Overall the Equity Program will assist as many students as possible. A tracking mechanism will be put into place to track former students and alumni who have gone on to 4-year institutions. Equity PD will coordinate with the LCOOCC Institutional Researcher to develop a survey to determine what has assisted these alumni in achieving success and overcoming barriers. Increased capacity at the LCO Sustainable Agriculture Research Station is providing students and intern's experiential learning and research opportunities; as well as the benefits to the community of locally grown, fresh herbs and vegetables. This increases access for this low-socioeconomic area to have improved access to healthy food. Awareness to the community has increased and will continue to increase on the meaning, benefits, and preservation techniques of local foods and gathering techniques.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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