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Partner: City of Tallahassee, Department of Sustainability & Community Preservation

Project:  Tallahassee At Home Resilience Guide

Student: Corbin Nall, Graduate Student in Public Health and Urban & Regional Planning

Partner: FSU Planning & Space Management

Project: Visualizing Green and Open Spaces 

Student: Crystal Posey, Second Year Graduate Student in Geographic Information Systems

Partner: FSU Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS)

Project: TAPS Sustainable Transportation Marketing

Student: Michael Walsh, Second Year Graduate Student in Integrated Marketing Communication

In Summer 2021, Michael worked with FSU Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) to create a social media marketing plan for the upcoming Fall semester. Michael joined the Sustainability Fellows program because he was interested in making a positive impact on the FSU community before graduation. 

Graduate students in the Spring 2021 COM 5565 Social Media Campaigns course developed social media strategies to help promote sustainability initiatives in Leon County.

Led by Dr. Katherine Dale, Assistant Professor in the College of Communication & Information, the students collaborated with the Leon County Office of Sustainability and other members of the County’s communications team to conduct research into best social media practices and create content for the Office’s social media pages.

Undergraduate students in the Spring 2021 COM 4562 Social Media Campaigns course had the opportunity to work with a real-life client promoting sustainability events in the Tallahassee community.

Led by Dr. Arienne Ferchaud, Assistant Professor in the College of Communication & Information, the students collaborated with ReThink Energy Florida to create social media marketing campaigns for the 2021 Energy Camp and Energy Ball.

Partner: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP)

Project: Away from Home Recycling Analysis

Student: Connor Ford, third year undergraduate in Business Management

Graduate students in the Spring 2021 EDH 5078 Outcomes Assessment in Higher Education I course collaborated with Second Harvest of the Big Bend to measure food insecurity on the FSU campus.

Led by Dr. Lara Perez-Felkner, Associate Professor in the College of Education, students built upon the work of a previous Campus as a Living Lab project by creating a survey instrument, collecting data, and analyzing their results. The goal of the project was to make student hunger visible by obtaining and leveraging data on campus food insecurity.

Partner: Florida Physicians for Social Responsibility

Project: Get the Lead Out! Educational Campaign and Public Health Lobbying Initiative

Students: Linda Beauport, fourth year undergraduate in Environmental Science and Policy; Kimberly Watts, first year graduate student in Public Health

In Spring 2021, Linda and Kimberly worked with Florida Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) to educate the public about lead in drinking water and spark legislative change through the Get the Lead Out! Campaign.

Partner: Leon County Office of Sustainability

Project: Identify Opportunities to Expand Community Composting

Student: Hannah Mendillo, first year graduate student in Urban and Regional Planning

Partner: FSU Food for Thought Pantry

Project: Local Food Resources Inventory

Student: Rachel Tullius, first year graduate student in Social Work

In Spring 2021, Rachel conducted research on local food providers for the FSU Food for Thought Pantry. Rachel’s interest in the Sustainability Fellows program came from her dedication to helping others and her passion for locally sourced food.