Spring 2010

PCOM Senior Courtnay Pilypaitis: Hoops and life after UVM

CDAE End of Semester Calendar.....A Window into Service-Learning....Thesis and Research Notes...............Grow VT Continues to Grow.............

On the CAP Front.................................CDAE in the World...............................About CDAE...........................................

Community Development and Applied Economics Department at the University of Vermont

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It has never before happened in the history of UVM- the Women’s Basketball team won a game in the NCAA tournament. No one will argue with the fact that senior guard Courtnay Pilypaitis had a great deal to do with that. “When the buzzer went off and we had truly won, it was unreal,” she recalls.

Pilypaitis, who had entered and will leave UVM as a public communication major is for the first time not on an official training schedule. “The biggest change is not having that daily structure. The rest of my team is already back at the gym lifting,” she states. But Courtnay is far from floundering. She is busy finishing up her coursework and gearing up for playing basketball abroad, likely somewhere in Europe. She should find out where she will be headed in the coming months. Long term Courtnay plans to coach.

Courtnay sees her major as one that is versatile. “It fits with coaching as I will have to get my message across. If I need to create a brochure for a basketball camp or a poster for an event, I know how to reach those audiences.” She also has her wits about her when dealing with the media.

You can read about this past season from Courtnay’s perspective on her blog hosted by UVM Athletics:http://www.uvm.edu/~sportspr/womens_basketball/?Page=bkw_cp_column.html Keep your eye on Catamount Women’s Hoops and look for guard Morgan Albert, who as a freshman recently joined the ranks of CDAE.

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CDAE End of Semester Calendar Belize Spring 2011 Semester Abroad Information Sessions:Past participants of the program will be at two upcoming information sessions to share their experience.

Wednesday, April 14 @ 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday, April 20 @ 5:00 p.m.

322 S. Prospect Street.

http://learn.uvm.edu/travel/belize/

CALS Honors Day Ceremony:Students, faculty, and staff will be recognized for outstanding achievement at this ceremony.

Friday, April 16 @ 3:30- 5:00 p.m.

Benedict Auditorium, Marsh Life Science Building

UVM Student Research DayUndergraduate and graduate students throughout UVM present research in this all-day event.

Thursday, April 22 @ 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Davis Center

Schedule: https://www.uvm.edu/~uvmsrc/

Representing CDAE:

Marta Ascherio

Jonathan Bond

Erin Buckwalter

Jennifer Colby

Faye Conte

Kristin DeVoe-Talluto

Daniel DiFranco

Elizabeth Ferris

Cassandra Gekas

Dan Kirk

World Entrepreneurship Day:Join CDAE 166 Intro to Community Entrepreneurship in celebrating World Entrepreneurship Day. Dollar Enterprise students will show their stuff and there will be several speakers.

“Crepes for Haiti! Crepe Creations for Haitians!”

If you walked by the library in the past three weeks you might have heard the pitches used by students to lure you to buy their products. All proceeds going to specific charities. Which team raised the most?

Brought to you by CEDO, CDAE, and Invent Vermont!

Contact Kathleen Liang for more info.

Friday, April 16 @ 2:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Davis Center- Silver Maple Ballroom

Speakers Include:

2:30 PM: Laura Frey—Community Entrepreneur & Fundraising Leader, The Value of the Business Plan

3:00 PM: Benjy Adler - Co-owner/founder the Skinny Pancake and the Chubby Muffin, Doing Good While Doing Good Business

4:00 PM: Jim Lampman—Owner/Founder of Lake Champlain Chocolates, Distribution Methods

Jacqueline LeBlanc

Eamon Penny

Gwen Pokalo

David Propen

Elizabeth Reeves

Ashleigh Sewell

Abby Smith

Matthew Tucker

Sarah Woodward

Guangxuan Zhang

PCOM Capstone Social:You are invited to join the Public Communication Capstone students, their community partners, and instructors for a reception to showcase the group service-learning projects. Students will also have their individual professional portfolios on display.

Tuesday, May 4 @ 1:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Davis Center- Sugar Maple Ballroom

CALS Alumni and Friends Dinner:Saturday, May 8 @ 4:30 - 8:00 p.m. (Reception, silent auction, and tour of new James M. Jeffords Hall followed by dinner) RSVP by Friday, April 30 at: http://alumni.uvm.edu/cals

CDAE 124 SL: Public Communication MediaStudents in Public Communication Media, a required course for public communication majors, pulled double duty on the service-learning front this semester. During the first week of class, Kevin Veller from Green Mountain Care presented the need to raise awareness among young adults about the value and availability of health care. Student teams took one month to plan, shoot, edit, and present a short video. Two videos will be presented at the CUPS Recognition Reception on April 26. Check them out here: http://www.uvm.edu/cdae/124video.htmlStudents are now working with a total of 11 community partners throughout Burlington to create media materials.

A Window into Service-Learning

CDAE 106/295: Renewable Energy Workshop

CDAE 124 Public Communication Media

CDAE 171 Community & Int’l Development

CDAE 195/295 Prep for Field Work in Honduras

CDAE 195 Media Production for Social Change

CDAE 195 Migrant Hispanic Farm Workers in Vermont

CDAE 291 Community & International Development

CDAE 295 Public Communication Capstone

CDAE 295 Strategic Web Development

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The Galen Football team including students from UVM enrolled in the Belize Semester Abroad Program.

Spring ‘10 SL Brief: Video Campaign in First Month

Spring S-L CoursesBelize Program at Mid-Semester: A Student’s Perspective

by Emily Bird, ENVS major currently in the Belize Semester Abroad Program in Sustainable Development

The country of Belize is a young developing country about the size of Massachusetts with the population of Vermont. It is well known for its habanero peppers, barrier reef and ancient Maya ruins. Most would consider time spent in Belize, a vacation, however, with rich cultural diversity and valuable ecosystems, the nation is faced with the challenge of developing without degrading its identity. A semester in Belize is an incredible opportunity for students studying sustainable development to learn and live in the country; embracing the good and analyzing the bad. For students studying sustainable development, the perspective provided by a semester in Belize proves to be a life altering learning experience and the semester of a lifetime.

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CDAE 295 Sustainable Development in an Island Community

CDAE 195 Writing Social Change

CDAE 195 Media Production for Social Change

CDAE 276 Community Design Studio

CDAE 295 Local Community Initiatives

CDAE 295 Sustainable Development Policy

Fall S-L Courses

CUPS Service-Learning Reception:Awards will be presented to faculty, community, and students for outstanding service-learning engagement. Join CUPS for a showcase of service-learning and community-based research, and the second annual photo contest.

Monday, April 26 @ 4:30- 6:00 p.m.

Billings North Lounge

Thesis/Research NotesSawyer Joecks (MPA Candidate) Vermont Recovery Act Transportation Dollars: How funds were spent, how the State could have spent them more effectively, and alternative modes of implementation

Dave Propen (MS Candidate) Institutional and Community Characteristics for Climate Change Mitigation

Sample of CDAE PUBLICATIONS (complete list at www.uvm.edu/cdae/graduate/CDAE_Publications.pdf):

Baker, D., Kolodinsky, J, C. Koliba, N. McMahon, T. Patterson, (2009). Moving Toward a Transdisciplinary Approach in the Land Grant System. NACTA Journal, 53(2). Abstract available: http://nacta.fp.expressacademic.org/article.php?autoID=1690&issueID=259

Baker, D., K. Hamshaw and J. Kolodinsky (2009). Who Shops at the Market? Using Consumer Surveys to Grow Farmers’ Markets: Findings from a Regional Market in Northwestern Vermont. Journal of Extension. December 2009 // Volume 47 // Number 6 // Feature Articles // 6FEA2. Daly, Herman and J. Farley (2010) Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications, 2nd Edition. Island Press: Washington, DC. Farley, J., D. Batker, I. de la Torre and T. Hudspeth. (2010) Conserving Mangrove Ecosystems in the Philippines: transcending and institutional borders. Environmental Management. 45: 39-51

Koliba, C. and Meek, J. 2009. Mixed-Form’ Governance Structures: An Analytical Turn. Institute of Public Governance and Management. 47(19). http://www.esade.edu/public/modules.php?name=news&idnew=521&idissue=47 Koliba, C. and Gajda, R. 2009. Communities of Practice as an Empirical Construct: Implications for Theory and Practice. International Journal of Public Administration/. 32. 97-135

Kolodinsky J, Goldstein A, Hyman J, Roche E. (2009). Household food and beverage purchasing. J Am Diet Assoc. June; 09(6):982-3. Kolodinsky, Jane and Travis Reynolds (2009). Social Marketing and Segmentation of Overweight Americans. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. Mar 8; 6-13.

Liang, K., Dunn, P. (2009) Entrepreneurial Couples in New Venture Creation: Reflections on Expectations, Reality, and Family Relationships. International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 165-183.

Michahelles, M. & Liang, C. (2009). You Are Where You Eat: The Role of Consumer Co-ops in Local Food Distribution, Natural Farmer, Vol. 2, No. 82, pp. 1-5. Petrillo, Jane (2009). Degas Pastel Society Biennial National Juried/membership exhibit, New Orleans, LA.

Sun, T. (2009). Parental mediation of children’s TV viewing in China: An urban-rural comparison. Young Consumers, 10 (3), 188-198.

Timmons, D. and Q. Wang. “Direct food sales in the United States: Evidence from state and county-level data.” Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 34 (2010): 229-240.

Wang, Q., E. Trent and R. Parsons. “Small business retirement plan participation and needs for information.” Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 22-2(2009):165-174.

CDAE faculty member prepares for sabbaticalThos. Patterson: First Year Student ExperienceSenior Lecturer Thomas Patterson will be on sabbatical for the 2010-2011 academic year. His focus during that time will be to further research and explore the “First Year Experience.” Patterson is currently the director of the CALS First Year Program and in that post he works to create a first year program that eases the transition for students into the university environment and gives them the knowledge and skills necessary to make their CALS experience a success. Patterson will be spending time in Europe and Australia working with colleagues he has made over the years. He will explore the links between first year programs and retention rates.

Growing Vermont Continues to Take RootAn interview with Growing Vermont Manager Gwen Pokalo by Liz Ferris, graduate student in CDAE

Growing Vermont (GVT) is a student-operated store ran in conjunction with the CDAE Department at UVM. It is located on the first floor of the Davis Student Center. The store is unique in that it only sells products grown, made or crafted by Vermont vendors. Their mission is to support start-up, small scale entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship education in the university while educating the public about the positive effects of buying local. Manager Gwen Pokalo answers some questions about GVT for the CDAE Compass.

Q: How long and in what capacities have you been involved with GVT?A: I was a work-study student with the store in its opening year, and then was hired on as manager in 2008. I was accepted into the CDAE Grad program in 2009, so I am now store manager and do my graduate research on the store.

Q: What kind of food products does the store sell?A: In its history, GVT has sold a variety of food products. In our early days, we had a cooler and sold cheeses from around the state (especially Cabot), Vermont Soy milk, and

Wanu natural sodas. Now we stick to products that are shelf-stable. Our best sellers are Lake Champlain Chocolates, the Monkey Bar by Old Cavendish (a whole-foods energy bar), and maple cotton candy by Cotton Candy Confectioners. We also sell different preserves, dressings, and granola. Our Fat Toad Farms caramels are scrumptious, and people are obsessed with the tortilla chips by Candaleros we sell! Maple candies, maple chocolates, and maple cream are also favorites.

Q: Do you feel selling local foods alongside other merchandise works well?A: Food is not a huge seller, besides the Lake Champlain Chocolates, because that’s not what people are looking for when they first come to GVT. However, we are always expanding and exploring the tastes of our customers. Food is always an excellent accent to a gift, so it often sells in conjunction with another product. Special events, like the vendor fairs and sample days, also highlight our food vendors and draw interest to the products that way.

Q: Does GVT plan to expand its selection of local food products in the future?A: For two years now, GVT has attended the Local Foods Matchmaker Event held by the VT Agency of Agriculture. This event always widens the range of vendors with whom we do business, and exposes us to even more products that our customers find appealing. We hope to expand our selection of local food products to highlight the talents and tastes unique to each region in Vermont.

Q: In what other ways does GVT hope to expand?A: There are so many options and opportunities. We hope to expand the CDAE entrepreneurship curriculum to integrate GVT as a learning lab. Further, we hope to formally present services to our vendors that allow them to develop their business. There is a business plan underway to expand the Growing Vermont store to a wider audience off campus as well.

Q: How do the students involved with the store help to support its mission?A: Our mission is to ‘contribute to the sustainable, community-based economic development of the state of Vermont by supporting Vermont’s current and next generation entrepreneurs.’ The students ARE the mission of GVT. They now fully operate the store and are beginning to see what a start-up business looks like, both from the GVT operations perspective, and from the perspective our vendors present.

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On the CAP Frontby Jason Duquette-Hoffman with the Consumer Assistance Program (CAP)

The Vermont Attorney General’s Consumer Assistance Program, housed in CDAE and staffed with students in CDAE 159, recently developed a new website for consumers. The new website, www.uvm.edu/consumer, offers consumer information, resources, an online consumer complaint form and live chat with consumer advisors.

Through its partnership with CDAE, the Consumer Assistance Program has also begun an outreach program with advertisements and materials in five languages to support and assist Vermont consumers for whom English is not a first language. Posters, bus advertisements and movie theater ads in these five languages, as well as in-language online complaint forms and live telephone translation services are in place for Vermont consumers who primarily speak French, Spanish, Vietnamese or Bosnian. The illustration and concept for this campaign was designed by PCOM senior, Ross Travis with assistance from Jane Petrillo and Anna Masozera.

The Consumer Assistance Program, through its service-learning class CDAE 159, continues to provide critical services to Vermonters through these efforts. Want to join CAP? CDAE 159 is now also offered as a summer course, and is available for 3 credits or more. Stop by 103B Morrill Hall for more information, or visit us online at www.uvm.edu/consumer!

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Honduras: For the 10th Straight Year!

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Dan Baker’s service learning course will embark for Honduras this summer for its tenth annual trip. This year about 20 students will participate from a variety of fields including CID and engineering. The spring semester is preparation for project work in Honduras in the areas of water systems, elementary education, women’s cooperatives and ecological sugar. Baker’s themes for these projects and this course are: to not create dependence, use technology appropriate to the problem and location and to build the capacity of the communities they work in.

Teaching Assistant Carrie-Ann Palmeri, who is involved in the course for the second year, says, “the experience for the students is quintessential for the CDAE department, it is a chance to see a dynamic application of the models study”. Not only CDAE students get a feel for how their studies are applicable to real world problems through service learning courses. Palmeri says, “Even students outside CDAE get a taste of what a real world context looks like for their field”. This summer a new group of students will get to apply their classroom knowledge to field work in Honduras.

Students in CDAE 195 SL: Sustainable Development in Small Island States present the work that fellow students and

partner organizations and institutions have learned and

With the trip scheduled to leave the day of Burlington’s record snowfall this January the students in Gary Flomenhoft’s service learning course worried when they would finally get to St. Lucia to begin the projects they spent months planning. Luckily what began so uncertain turned into two weeks of meaningful work on sustainable development projects in the areas of HIV/AIDS education, renewable energy, watershed management and public transportation research, even if they began a day behind schedule. One of the highlights of the trip for everyone was the last day when each project group was given the chance to present their research, work and results to all of their St. Lucian project partners. Also attending the presentations were community members and government officials involved with UVM’s work in St. Lucia. These presentations highlighted the success and progress of each project and gave the people effected by them a chance to reflect and offer suggestions.The relationship between UVM and its project partners in St. Lucia is strong and continues to grow. This year the Ministry of Commerce in St Lucia asked the students to share information about UVM at an informational fair they held. Students were able to promote UVM and CDAE to potential international students. Even outside of their service learning projects the students worked towards the Millennium Development Goals by developing global partnerships.

Dominica: Renewable Energy InstallationsOver spring break, students in CDAE 106 SL: Renewable Energy Workshop worked with project partner Sustainable Liv-ing Initiative (SLI) on a UNDP demonstration project for six public schools. SLI is installing three wind, two photovoltaic (PV) and one hydro system at schools in order to demonstrate the technology and educate the youth. Students along with instructor Gary Flomenhoft gave a workshop on Friday, March 12, and were amazed by the knowledge of the 4th graders about energy. They installed a PV system at the Colihaut elementary school, and a wind turbine at the Grand Fond Elementary School. Also, they helped a local NGO called Domini Community Projects with their off-grid electrical system by rewiring their wind and PV system. They also rebuilt their water collection and pumping system used for irri-gation of a demonstration herb garden project. Students did some troubleshooting of a wind system at another school, and did a site assessment of a hydro system for a member of SLI.

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For four years now, the University of Vermont’s CDAE department has been sending students to Galen University in San Ignacio, Belize to study sustainable development. The program, started up by Meg and Jay Ashman is known for its academic and cultural value. This year the program is being run by Jeff Frank, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Belize and Joni Miller, cofounder of a high school on Caye Caulker, Belize. They have been assisting this year’s group of eighteen University of Vermont students in course work, culture shock and everything in between. Thus far, the group of students has been maximizing their experience in Belize utilizing various outlets for involvement not only at Galen University, but in the community of Belize as a whole.

At Galen University, students have become involved in a variety of extracurricular activities. Early on in the semester, many UVM students joined the Galen Football (soccer) team. Students who never touched a soccer ball were competitively playing alongside their Belizean peers against local teams!

In addition, many students participated in La Ruta Maya, a four-day, pan-Belize canoe race spanning 180 miles down the Belize River from San Ignacio to Belize City. Seven teams from Galen participated in this race along with our excellent support crew! La Ruta Maya proved to be a great way to bond with Galen students. Traveling downriver through the tropical rainforests provided a whole new viewpoint of Belize!

In addition to extracurricular activities, all University of Vermont students are taking the course; Applications for Sustainable Development. This service-learning course allows students to get involved with the community here in Belize while applying academic knowledge to real life problem solving for sustainable development. The projects span from assisting a battered women’s shelter, to building a self sustaining orphanage, to AIDS/HIV education through grassroots soccer and more!

As the semester comes to a close, the entire group cannot “Belize” how time has flown! The opportunity to study abroad in this rich learning environment is a valuable experience we will never forget.

Belize: A Student’s Perspective, cont. from page 3

La Ruta Maya canoe race in March.

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About CDAEThe Community Development and Applied Economics Department (CDAE) is part of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont. CDAE supports sustainable local, regional, and international communities through interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach that serve the public interest.

The department offers undergraduate students the following majors and minors: Community and International Development, Community Entrepreneurship, and Public Communication. Additional minors are also offered in Applied Design, Consumer Affairs, Consumer and Advertising, and Green Building and Community Design.

Two graduate opportunities are available within the department: Master of Science in Community Development and Applied Economics and Master of Public Administration (more at: www.uvm.edu/cdae). Both graduate programs participate in the Peace Corps Fellows Program (more at: www.uvm.edu/~cdaepcf ).The CDAE Compass is edited by Anna Masozera and Jane Kolodinsky. To suggest a story or feature for the next newsletter, send an email to cdae@uvm.edu. Special thanks to contributors on this edition including Emily Bird, Liz Ferris, Kelly Hamshaw, Jason Duquette-Hoffman.