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Senior Applied Research Project
Fourth-year students return
to campus to share their diverse experiences, continue their
studies with a more global focus, and prepare for their Senior
Applied Research Project. The Senior Applied Research Project
is an integrated learning experience, often carried out as a
group within each major, in which students develop and apply
the theoretical knowledge necessary to tackle a real problem
in their field of study.
- A student majoring in Outdoor
Education and Leadership might design a program for a recreation
center, including descriptions
of activities, defining needed facilities, determining staffing
requirements, researching legal issues, and proposing a pricing
structure.
- A Sustainable Agriculture
student might focus on development plans for a conserved
farm, including mapping soils
and vegetation,
investigating community needs, designing an integrated agricultural
system, and researching marketing opportunities.
- Conservation Ecology students might undertake a cooperative project
with an agency such as the
U.S. Forest
Service that would require knowledge of field techniques
for data gathering, policy guidelines, legal history, and formal
bureaucratic procedures.
By engaging in an actual enterprise,
students begin to build a bridge between their college studies
and the practical applications
that may constitute their future work.
Recent Projects Include:
 Vernal Pools, Vermont
Small Scale Food Preservation to Facilitate Sustainable
Living, Coville Family  Farm, Vermont
Browse Preferences of Moose in the Northeast Kingdom,
Vermont
Efficiencies of the Building Envelope of Houses, Habitat
for Humanity, Maine
Sugar Maple Physiology, Productivity and Timber Stand
Improvement in the Sterling Woods, Vermont
Nature Trail Design and Interpretation at the Albany
Community School, Vermont
Validation of a Computational Model for Hydrologic
Planning and Avalanche Forecasting, Cold Regions
Research Laboratory,
New
Hampshire
Comparison of Geomorphic and Biotic Indices
of Stream Ecosystem Health in Paired Watersheds
on Mount Mansfield,
Vermont Monitoring
Cooperative
Senior Applied Research Projects
Copies of the following Senior Applied Research Projects can be found in the Brown Library's Reading Room.
| Title |
Student(s) |
| Boojum Institute for Experiential Education |
Marijke Riddering |
| How Can Culture Combine with Research, Education, and Management to Support the Protection of Chilean Wildlands? |
Athan Mandragouras and Erin Small |
| Inner and Outer Landscapes |
Brandon Jellison |
| Investigation into the Field of Restoration and Mitigation and Project Design and Coordination |
Scott Shope |
| Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery |
Jaime Winans and Scott Cassidy |
| Personal Exploration of Rites of Passage |
Reid Bryant |
| Considering Vernal Pools in Land Management Decisions |
Christina Goodwin |
| Genetically Modified Soybean and Related Issues |
Heather Bauman |
| Implications of Sustainable Development and Green Building Design for Sterling College |
Anna Heidorn |
| Mount Norris Boy Scout Reservation / Eden, Vermont |
Jay Merrill and Jamie Labbe |
| Water, Snow Science and Avalanche Forecasting |
Asa Twombly |
| Gender Dynamics in Outdoor Education |
Maria Gaffney |
| Ecological Footprinting and Economic Assessment of Building Materials and Heating Fuels |
Marie A. Fisk |
Lichen Monitoring Program: Epiphytic Lichen Abundance and Diversity in Sterling College Woods |
Courtney Coleman |
| Understanding the Effects of High-Adventure and General In-Camp Programming on Adolescent Girls |
Kim McIntyre |
Visitor Impacts to the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) at Fire Island National Seashore and Gateway National Recreation Area |
Erica Young |
| Community Supported Agriculture: A Local System of Farmers and Community Members |
Roseanne May Hoad |
Green River Reservoir: Restoration of Blueberry Island |
Sarah Breitbarth |
| How Do We Teach Our Children About Biodiversity? |
Robin Austin |
| Increasing Self-Esteem in Adolescents through an Adventure-Based After-School Program |
Monique Bedard |
| Monitoring the Health and Physiology of Sugar Maples in the Virginia Russell Sugarbush at Sterling College |
Zachary Hayward |
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