2008 Woodie Awards
Interdisciplinary majors reach out to inner city youth
By: Kaelyn Pfenning
Issue date: 3/28/07 Section: News
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Kaelyn Pfenning
Staff Writer
Every year the interdisciplinary studies majors study methods to enhance society and to become involved in the community as part of the city project for their class. Previous years required the students to theorize a hypothetical opportunity to participate in their city, but this year the projects involve a real life demonstration.
"We've been developing what we call a city project where they take the best elements from their two different disciplines and approach some problem or something that needs addressing within the city," said Dr. Greg Bruce, chair of interdisciplinary studies and humanities.
This year, instead of simply theorizing, the senior class of interdisciplinary studies majors will reach out to help inner city youth in the Sterling Hope Center that provides an after school program for children.
"It's part of their senior project, the senior seminar in Interdisciplinary studies for the B.A. degree," said Bruce.
The opportunity to become involved in the Sterling Hope Center came up in the middle of this semester but will be engrafted into the class in future years.
"Starting next year, we're going to be structural involved from day one," said Bruce.
This year, however, the students will start by traveling to the Sterling Hope Center two or three times this week and next week in order to prepare kindergarten through fifth grade for the upcoming spelling bee on Thursday, March 29.
"We're specifically going to be able to help them with a spelling bee that they're having there with students, inner city kids going against one another," said Bruce.
At 6 p.m. that night, schools from all over Greenville ranging from K-5th grade will compete for cash prizes for first, second and third places.
"We have four or five students that are going to help there [Sterling Hope Center], and they're going to bring specific elements from their Interdisciplinary studies program to bear on what they're trying to do," said Bruce.
Staff Writer
Every year the interdisciplinary studies majors study methods to enhance society and to become involved in the community as part of the city project for their class. Previous years required the students to theorize a hypothetical opportunity to participate in their city, but this year the projects involve a real life demonstration.
"We've been developing what we call a city project where they take the best elements from their two different disciplines and approach some problem or something that needs addressing within the city," said Dr. Greg Bruce, chair of interdisciplinary studies and humanities.
This year, instead of simply theorizing, the senior class of interdisciplinary studies majors will reach out to help inner city youth in the Sterling Hope Center that provides an after school program for children.
"It's part of their senior project, the senior seminar in Interdisciplinary studies for the B.A. degree," said Bruce.
The opportunity to become involved in the Sterling Hope Center came up in the middle of this semester but will be engrafted into the class in future years.
"Starting next year, we're going to be structural involved from day one," said Bruce.
This year, however, the students will start by traveling to the Sterling Hope Center two or three times this week and next week in order to prepare kindergarten through fifth grade for the upcoming spelling bee on Thursday, March 29.
"We're specifically going to be able to help them with a spelling bee that they're having there with students, inner city kids going against one another," said Bruce.
At 6 p.m. that night, schools from all over Greenville ranging from K-5th grade will compete for cash prizes for first, second and third places.
"We have four or five students that are going to help there [Sterling Hope Center], and they're going to bring specific elements from their Interdisciplinary studies program to bear on what they're trying to do," said Bruce.
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