Summer 2020
Dr. Warwick’s GPS Service Projects Go Live!
This spring, Professor Warwick’s first-year seminar classes took part in community service projects as part of their GPS capstone course. While the COVID-19 campus closure threw a wrench into the planning process, both GPS sections were able to adapt and overcome.
In the fall, her First-Year Seminar studied insects, so their spring service project focused on saving endangered honeybees, which pollinate crops, making them a critical part of healthy ecosystems and a functioning food and agricultural system. Their class projects included:
- A “BEE-lieve” Facebook page featuring information about why bees are important, why they are threatened, and how to make and care for mason bee houses to help preserve their populations.
Fundraising for and construction of several mason bee houses (pictured left), which provide homes for honeybees and help them shore up their populations in the local area. The group hopes to install the bee houses on campus in the fall.
Dr. Warwick also took over Bethany Welch’s Humanistic Studies seminar class after Ms. Welch transitioned to her current student advisor position. This class received a Foundation grant to hold a mini culture fair for kids with activities and a movie, but the fair was cancelled due to COVID-19. They instead created materials to raise awareness of other cultures that will be distributed around our campus and community in the fall. Students made cookbooks, DIY activity guides, and brochures. You can check them out in the Posters by the Bay PDF archive.