Thursday, June 25, 2009
Faculty Receive University Academic Community Engagement Grants
{News from the Office of University and Community Partnerships}The Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost announced today the School of Architecture faculty who are recipients of the 2009 Academic Community Engagement (ACE) grants. These grants are awarded to U.Va. faculty members who create a new course or revise an existing course to incorporate a community service or community-based research project.
Tanya Denckla Cobb, Senior Associate at the Institute for Environmental Negotiation, and Timothy Beatley, the Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, designed the course “Community Food System Planning: PART II.” Students in their class will continue to explore the challenges of acquiring local food in Charlottesville and its surrounding communities, while working with the Jefferson Board for Aging and Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission to develop a comprehensive plan to improve access.
Betsy Roettger, lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Advising in the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, designed the course "Designing Higher-Density Affordable Housing.” Students in this class will choose different affordable housing projects in Charlottesville each year and work with Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) to assure that the building plans and processes are environmentally responsible.
John Quale, an assistant professor and the director of the ecoMOD project, designed the course "Evaluating ecoMOD, ecoMOD Design Studio and ecoMOD engineering class.” This class is a continuation of the previously established ecoMOD project, which focuses on working with community partners to create affordable housing that is also environmentally friendly.
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