Capstone Courses: Spring Term 2012

The information below has been updated for the 2012 Spring Term.  Please refer to the PSU Class Schedule for the CRNs, days and times of the following courses.  The Class Schedule should be available February 6th. 

PLEASE NOTE:  Students who miss the first class and fail to notify the instructor prior to the first class meeting may be dropped from the course to allow the enrollment of other students waiting for a seat in the Capstone.
 
CAP: ANIMAL AID GRANTWRITING
Animal Aid: Grant Writing for Wildlife Conservation in Africa
Kimberly Mukobi, kmukobi@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/animal-aid-grant-writing-wildlife-c...
CRN: 64132
Students in this Capstone will partner with the local, non-profit organization called the Kasese Wildlife Conservation Awareness Organization (http://www.kasesewildlife.org) to further its goals of creating wildlife awareness and increasing conservation efforts in Uganda (Africa) through the education of Ugandan communities.  Students will participate in the various aspects of grant writing, including locating appropriate funders and ascertaining the needs of the community partner, as well as writing and reviewing grant proposals.  The end project will be a portfolio of grant proposals addressing the current needs of the Kasese Wildlife Conservation Awareness Organization.

CAP: ANIMAL AID GRANTWRITING
Animal Aid Grant Writing: Aiding Unwanted Pets Through Grant Writing
Kimberly Mukobi, kmukobi@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/animal-aid-grantwriting-aiding-unwa...
CRN: 64119
In the United States alone, an estimated 9.6 million cats and dogs are euthanized every year.  Of those, at least eighty percent are adoptable.  This capstone allows students to explore the social/cultural dynamics of pet overpopulation, the ethical dilemmas presented by it and the rise of the no kill revolution in the United States.  Participants will work with a no kill nonprofit animal shelter to assist them in acquiring grant monies to address the needs of the shelter and expand the shelter's operations.  Students will participate in the various levels of grant writing: locating appropriate grantees, ascertaining the shelter's needs, and learning effective grant writing techniques.  The end project will be a portfolio of grant proposals addressing current needs of the shelter.

CAP: ARE WE TOO VIOLENT
Are We Too Violent?
DeEtte Beghtol Waleed, deettebw@gmail.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/are-we-too-violent
CRN: 64085
Students will interview leaders working to overcome violence in the US and other countries in order to gain new perspectives on violence in our culture. The interconnections between violence and poverty will be explored and analyzed in order to learn new strategies to combat violence in the US and globally. We will work with American Friends Service Committee to develop anti-violence programs with youth. Topics include: Why are we violent? Violence in Sudan, in Haiti; Factors leading to violence in cities in the US; Relationships between poverty and violence; Comparing strategies to overcome violence in the US and the developing world.

CAP: ART & COMMUNITY MAPPING
Art and Community Mapping
Sabina Haque, szhac@hotmail.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/art-and-community-mapping
CRN: 64133
In this class each PSU student will be paired with a middle-school  in Portland Public Schools (Harvey Scott Elementary), NE Portland. The art buddies will meet and work once a week for eight weeks on creating mental maps of their community. Collectively the adult and the adolescent students will initiate and develop a questionnaire/survey, which will address their own personal, socio-political, historical and geographical concerns within their community. Once finished, they will share their art maps with each other and discussed ways to incorporate elements of each map in a larger collaborative art map. These maps are more conceptual than realistic or geographically correct and are intended to show how the artists think and feel about their community. These works will involve creative planning sessions and collaboration with other students as well as with community members and will result in a final exhibit of the work.

CAP: ART AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Teaching Art and Social Change
Conrad Schumacher, cnarroti@earthlink.net
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/teaching-art-social-change
CRN: 64102
Some of the essential questions driving the curriculum of this Capstone are: How can Art be a force for social change? What is change and how does it occur? What models of thinking do we use to reflect and structure models of change?
What limits, if any, should there be to how we, how Art affects change? What are the differences between change and voice? What are the differences between protest and change? How do Change and Art intertwine and affect our lives? What models of change should we choose and when? And, in the spirit of Paul Loeb and John Steinbeck, When if ever are we NOT responsible for one another?
Here's the first assignment and "final" exam: Answer these questions-and the "so what?"
The working Thesis for this class is that for Art, or indeed anything/anyone, to effect change in a society the work/ideas must be palatable to the majority, real and tangible in terms of outcomes and sustainable over time. We never get far when we try to change using hate, anger, force or such "clubs."
This course is open to anyone intrigued with the questions raised by public Art (and possibilities of Art) in our society. This capstone should be of particular value and interest to students who have a desire to teach, create, work collaboratively and inspire.
Students will develop Art Literacy lessons to teach/be taught in underprivileged public schools. A web site of these lessons will be created and published as a teacher resource. This course will require some flexibility on the part of the students when/if it comes to the scheduling of the Art Literacy lesson-teaching component.

CAP: ASSET MAP GIS
Asset Mapping with GIS: Empowering Communities
Margaret Merrick, merrickm@pdx.edu, dkmm@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/gis-and-asset-mapping
CRN: 64144
This capstone is about empowering communities through the use of asset mapping techniques and geographic information systems (GIS) technology. Students will work with a community partner to identify community assets and assist them in the use of GIS and other technologies that can enable them to strategically set community agendas. Students will be trained in asset mapping techniques as well as geographic information systems. No experience is required. Additional time is required outside of classroom participation.

CAP: COLLABORATIONS
Collaborations: Boys and Girls
Heather Petzold, 2hap@comcast.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/collaborations-boys-and-girls
CRN: 64114
This course focuses on the importance of service learning in our community. As a class, we will have the opportunity to discover, evaluate, and reflect on the needs of our community by creating and facilitating educational workshops, mentoring, and exploring fundraising opportunities for the Boys and Girls Club. Students will learn respect for themselves and others as part of a community and will promote teamwork, leadership and problem solving skills. Community issues to be addressed include: listening, intercultural communication, leadership, mediation, and cooperative learning skills. Each student will have the opportunity to mentor at the club site (Meyers Boys and Girls Club) for a minimum of 20 hours for the term during hours of operation (2:30-7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday). As we are working with youth, students will need to pass a background check in order to fulfill the requirements of the course (to be completed on the first day of class).

CAP: COMM ED NUHS
Communication Education: NUHS
Gloria Totten, (503) 725-5384, totteng@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/communication-education
CRN: 64137
This Capstone explores developing and teaching lesson plans on basic skills such as liberal arts, math, science, art (topics vary). Students will be required to work as an interdisciplinary team, researching information, practicing and presenting course material in a classroom setting (our community partner is New Urban High School).  This course requires an out of class commitment of one full day during the end of the term - during school hours (8 am to 4 pm).  Contact instructor with questions. No special instructor approval required.  Blackboard used for all course materials: syllabus, handouts, assignment descriptions, reading materials.

CAP: CREATIVE REUSE
Creative Reuse: Sustainable Practices in Afterschool Art Programs and Art Practicies.
Amy Steels, asteel@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/creative-reuse-sustainabiilty-after...
CRN: 64143
*Note: This capstone meets on Mondays at PSU from 2-4:50pm and on Wednesdays from 2-4pm at Arleta Elementary 5109 SE 66th Ave.  Students will need to be at the community partner site on Wednesdays by 2pm. The community partner site is accessible from the 17 and 9 bus lines which pickup on campus.  This capstone facilitates a creative reuse afterschool art program at Arleta Elementary.  Assignments and activities will include field trips to SCRAP, Helen  Gordon, The Rebuilding Center, The Children's Museum, The IPRC and the PSU Reuse Center, reading websites/ articles (about reuse,  environmental education, learning centers, teaching.), facilitating an after school art activity, respond  to class and readings through discussion, working with neighborhood  schools, creating documentation posters about the classes working  processes, researching an artist that creates sustainable art, and  creating 2 sustainable art works. For more information, visit: https://sites.google.com/site/creativereusepdx/.

CAP: EFFECTIVE CHANGE AGENT
Being an Effective Change Agent
Heather Petzold, petzoldh@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/effective-change-agent
CRN: 64087
This course is for students interested in being effective change agents for the public good. Each student (individually or with others) will take the initiative before the Capstone begins to arrange a project with a community organization. This project may be an existing relationship or one sought for the purpose of this class. A minimum of three working hours per week with the organization is required. During the course, students will be supported and challenged to develop skills in speaking, listening, building relationships, and coordinating action. Through class discussions, practices, reading, and self-observations, students will recognize and explore the four University Studies' goals and make meaning of how they apply to our everyday lives. Each student is expected to bring to the first day of class a confirmation letter from their community sponsor. This letter should include the student's name, the focus and timeframe of the project, a description of the types of people with whom the student will interact, and the sponsor's signature. Permission of instructor required in order to enroll in this course. Contact instructor by phone (503-725-5376) or e-mail (2hap@comcast.net) for full details regarding course requirements.

CAP: ELIMINATING STIGMA AF AM
Eliminating Stigmatization in African American Communities
Harold Briggs, hbassociates@comcast.net
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/eliminating-stigmatization-african-...
CRN: 64111
This Capstone offers PSU students training and experience in learning an Afrocentric approach to accesses mental health and primary health care.  Course participants will learn about cultural, social, and political taboos regarding mental illness and mental health treatment among African Americans, and will work with community agencies on a stigma reduction campaign. Through this experience PSU students will learn about the structural and systemic obstacles that African Americans encounter in publicly and privately funded mental health settings. The students will learn the importance of culturally centered community education to reducing stigma among African Americans.  They will participate in writing grants to foundations to fund the sustainability of funding and enhancement of a model system of Afrocentric mental health care and racially competent services within a primary health care system with community linkages to communiy providers and county managed human service systems and supports.

CAP: ENGAGING ENV ED
Engaging Environmental Education
Sergio Palleroni, sergiop@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/engaging-environmental-education-cr...
CRN: 64113
This capstone will focus on the urban K-8 schools of Portland and their potential to become environmental advocates, and models for a “greener” Portland, within their communities. Specifically our subject, and client, will be the Sunnyside Magnet School in the Hawthorne/Belmont area of SouthEast Portland, but in a broader sense our focus will be in establishing a program that will over the next few years will help  local schools engage sustainability in their facilities and education.  All the schools in Portland face not only the challenge of preparing the students for a world that needs environmental advocates but also transforming their facilities to support this new educational pedagogy. Of course they are being challenged to do this in the midst of one of the worst economic crisis of the last century. How can we help them meet these challenges in these difficult times? In this course we will engage social and environmental practices that are emerging from the fields of sustainability and community development to help Sunnyside to figure out what their options are, and propose possible solutions. This will involve getting to know the community of students, teachers, and neighbors, and helping them through a process of discussions, design conversations, research and implementation to figure out a road map for change. Specifically this year we will work with the students and teachers of Sunnyside elementary to design and begin building an outdoor kitchen/food laboratory which help expand the ambitious gardening program that is a a cornerstone of the environmental education experience at Sunnyside. The public process of creating the kitchen, identifying a the most productive experience (environmental and culinary), and the environmental  and scientific ideas that will be focused upon will become part of a guide that the capstone course will create to inform the building of other such facilities at other interested K-8 schools in the district. Permission of instructor required in order to enroll in this course.

CAP: ENHANCING YOUTH LITERACY
Enhancing Youth Literacy: Service in K-8 Public Education
Zapoura Newton-Calvert, zapoura@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/enhancing-youth-literacy-service-k-...
CRN: 64117
PSU has been partnered with King School since Fall 2002.  For the last 7+ years, PSU students have tutored at King with the goal of helping King students meet state and national (NCLB) benchmarks in reading and math, a primary concern of public education in Oregon.  King is a Title 1, school-wide funded program, with Title I funds helping to support the entire instructional program.  All King students are eligible for free breakfast and lunch.  Recent challenges at King include difficultly meeting state benchmarks, especially in math and science, and the recent addition of 6th, 7th, and 8th grades.
PSU students will spend at least 3 hours per week either tutoring on-on-one or in small groups.  Tutoring placements may include working as a teacher aide in the classroom, library, ESL, or middle school leadership program.  Tutoring hours are generally flexible and range from 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. M-F.  In addition, students will work in small groups to help organize and facilitate a Family Literacy Night for the school.

CAP: EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE
Barriers to Justice for People of Color
M. Khalil Zonoozy, zonoozym@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/equalizing-access-justice
CRN: 64141
This Capstone, special attention is given to the U.S. institutional structure and the justice system. Utilizing a progressive approach, students acquire a deeper understanding, awareness and appreciation of existing disparities, leading to design and formulation of proactive solutions. There will be a community partnership with Understanding Racism Foundation (URF), a non-profit organization committed to reduce prejudice and discrimination in our communities through study and personal examination. Created in response to issues identified by the Oregon state Task Force on Racial Ethnic Issues in the Judicial System (Instructor served as the vice chair of that task force), offers numerous dynamic courses to raise the level of awareness concerning racial discrimination. In addition to the regular weekly class meetings, students become engaged in one of URF classes, six weeks long, 90 minutes, once a week.

CAP: GIRLPOWER
Women's Oral Narratives: Girl Power
Sally Eck, ecks@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/girl-power-%E2%80%93-women%E2%80%99...
CRN: 64131
In this course, we will be working with our community partner, the local non-profit feminist bookstore IN OTHER WORDS and their sister organization, The Women's Community Education Project.   Our project is to coordinate a series of *rap sessions* with local teen girls about current issues in their lives.   We will use these group conversations to encourage the girls to become a part of our ZINE project -- where they will write, edit, and publish a grassroots, mini-magazine with our class.   Please take a look at the enclosed outreach plan for more detailed objectives. In preparation for this project, we will read feminist scholarship about teenage girls as well as focus groups and zine publishing methodologies.

CAP: GLOBAL PDX-AFRICAN CHLD
Global Portland - African Children
Sam Gioia, gioia@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/global-pdx-african-children
CRN: 64104
Through community experience and classroom education capstone students will learn about the academic needs and cultural adjustment of African refugee youth.  Students will either support the children in a classroom setting 3-4 hours per week, or lead an after school homework club from 3-5:15 either Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays starting the second week of class. 
PSU classroom education will address the historical and cultural dynamics of African refugees, contemporary issues around refugee resettlement, and the academic challenges that English learners face.   This class will be taught in a hybrid format meeting only on Monday mornings.  Students will utilize PSU's "Desire to Learn" site (replacing "Blackboard") to engage in discussion of the tutoring and readings.
This class provides an especially rich experience for pre-education, Social Work, Child and Family Studies, and International Studies majors.  Attendance the first week of class is required in order to be part of this capstone.  You may contact Sam Gioia for further information email above address.

CAP: GRANTWRITING SUSTAINABILITY
Grantwriting for Sustainability
Tracy Dillon, dillont@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/grant-writing-sustainability
CRN: 64534
Students in this capstone will write a grant to support the operations of a nonprofit organization that promotes sustainable practices.  You should expect to gain valuable experience with the grant writing process and to produce a "living grant" that you can include in a career development portfolio.
We will have several partners, each with multiple grant writing needs. You can work independently on a single project, or you can team up. All instruction is online, so your time is free to work at your own pace and to meet your community partners occasionally at mutually convenient times.

CAP: HOPE PARTNERSHIP
Hope Partnership Capstone
Deborah Smith Arthur, debs@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/hope-partnership
CRN:  64070
This Capstone partners with the Hope Partnership at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility (MYCF) in Woodburn, a facility of the Oregon Youth Authority (OYA).  In partnership with the OYA's Office of Minority Services Multicultural Leadership Program, the HP is designed to increase the rate of success among incarcerated juveniles through the arts, life skills, and the establishment of community support networks.  Capstone students will develop arts and lifeskills curriculum for incarcerated youth, and additionally market previous projects to raise funds for continued arts programming for incarcerated youth.  This is a hybrid course with an online component; we will meet in person once a week. Most of these meetings will occur on the PSU Campus, but we may meet at MYCF in Woodburn several times.  We will encourage and facilitate carpooling from campus.  Community based learning outside of class time may include a number of Saturday evening meetings (5-7) at MYCF.  Required texts may include: Ayers, William A Kind and Just Parent Beacon Press 1997; Zehr, Howard The Little Book of Restorative Justice Good Books 2002; Loeb, Paul The Impossible Will Take a Little While Basic Books, 2004.  It is imperative that you contact the instructor upon registration for further information, and to complete a background check form, at debs@pdx.edu.

CAP: HUNGER IN THE CITY
Hunger in the City
Celine Fitzmaurice, celine@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/hunger-city-capstone
CRN: 64109
"Community Food Security" is the idea that all people should have access to healthy and affordable food.  Community Food Security also ensures a healthy relationship between human communities and the land that supports them.  Students in this course will explore the concept of food security and serve as volunteer field trip leaders for the Sauvie Island Center (www.sauvieislandcenter.org), a farm-based education program that teaches elementary age students about food, farming and the land. NOTE: You must be available to lead field trips on Thursdays from 9am-2pm on Sauvie Island in order to participate in this capstone.

CAP: IMMIGRTN & THE WORKFORCE
Immigration & The Workforce
Andrew Reed, andy47223@gmail.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/immigration-workforce
CRN: 64136
Immigration in the Workforce is a Senior Capstone focusing on immigration, sociocultural behavior, and workforce development. Students will assist a non-profit workforce development agency called SE Works Inc or Human Solutions.  Outside of class, students develop and edit ESL curriculum, and/or teach ESL classes, deliver other services for immigrants as they transition to life in the United States.

CAP: IND GARDEN & FOOD JUSTICE
Indigenous Gardens and Food Justice
Judy Bluehorse Skelton, judybluehorse@comcast.com
Website: http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/indigenous-gardens-and-food-justice
CRN:  64090
American Indian and Alaska Native communities are suffering from the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the country. This capstone will examine impacts of colonization on local and traditional foods, health and land management policies and the re-emergence of Indigenous practices with land, water, and food systems management. Revitalization of food sovereignty by reservation and urban Native American communities to reclaim health and address historical trauma will be central to student work. In collaboration with Oregon tribal communities, students will participate in the site assessment and design of edible and medicinal gardens at the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde reservation, one hour west of Portland.
Permaculture principles and indigenous land ethics will guide our process. Students will explore relationship-building, creative place-based projects, and analysis of current issues facing Native American communities. Class will meet off-campus for garden project.

CAP: JPN/CHN LANG FOR EL SCHOOL
Japanese and Chinese Language Program for Elementary Students
Suwako Watanabe, watanabes@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/japanese-language-program-elementar...
CRN: 64108
In this Capstone course, students will work with elementary school programs that offer Japanese or Chinese in the Portland area, by assisting a classroom teacher and developing teaching materials. Students will also work on promotion of foreign language education at the elementary level. The class will address various issues pertaining to foreign language learning and teaching, including US language policy, multiple intelligences, Japanese/Chinese language/culture, and diversity. At least Second Year level of language proficiency is recommended, but not a requirement.

CAP: JUVENILE JUSTICE
Juvenile Justice
Deborah Arthur, debs@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/juvenile-justice
CRN: 64106
This Capstone partners with the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, Juvenile Services Division. Through their work in the community, as well as through supportive academic activities, students in this Capstone will have the opportunity to deeply explore current issues in juvenile justice. Successful background checks will be required for students to be able to work directly with youth, although are not required for participation in this Capstone.  It is imperative that you complete background check forms upon registration. They are available in the UNST office. Failure to complete these forms in a timely manner may prohibit your participation in the course. Required texts may include: Ayers, William A Kind and Just Parent Beacon Press 1997; Zehr, Howard The Little Book of Restorative Justice Good Books 2002; Loeb, Paul The Impossible Will Take a Little While Basic Books, 2004.  Please contact the instructor for further information. debs@pdx.edu.

CAP: LATINO CAMPAIGN CHILDREN
Strengthening Early Childhood Education Within the Immigrant Population
Patricia Rumer, rumer@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/latino-campaign-children-strengthen...
CRN:  64118
Participate in a public campaign with Adelante Mujeres, a Latina nonprofit, to educate civic and business leaders on the importance of early childhood education for immigrant communities.  Oregon Governor Kitzhaber?s Early Learning Initiative priority is children of color and economically disadvantaged.   Students will work with their staff and clients to document successes of Adelante Mujere's early childhood and parent education model. The class project will require some on-site work in Forest Grove.

CAP: LEADERSHIP & MENTORING
Developing Leadership, Interpersonal, & Communication Skills through Mentoring in Education
Sarah Bunton, sbunton@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/developing-leadership-interpersonal...
CRN: 64125
This course explores education as a key influence on an individual's social and economic future and opportunities to contribute to others' educational processes in a leadership capacity. Through course material, students are exposed to leadership development, theory, and skills. During service activities like tutoring at mentoring at the Harriet Tubman Leadership Academy for Young Women (a college preparatory school and the community partner for the course), PSU students will be challenged to use and develop communication, relationship-building, and leadership skills. Each student will mentor and work with students at the school for 20 hours over the term, and using those experiences as a foundation for discussion and reflection will explore issues like educational capital, social responsibility, communication, and leadership.

CAP: LEARNING FROM PERSONS
Learning From Persons
Ann Fullerton, mhkc@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/learning-persons-disabilities
CRN:  64127, 64128, 64129, & 64130
CRN:  64127 - Section XU5 (of UNST 421)
Interested students must call (503) 725-3380 or go to http://www.pdx.edu/sped/kiwanis as soon as possible to apply. Students must have instructor approval to enroll. This course spans spring and summer terms and grades are posted in summer term. Seniors graduating in spring term cannot include this course in their degree coursework because it is not graded until summer term. Students attend all-day class at PSU on Saturday May 19 from 9am to 4pm and then spend two weeks from June 23 – July 6 living at the campsite with a weekend break. Meals and lodging provided. Students can register for this class in either the spring or summer terms.
CRN:  64128 - Section XU6 (of UNST 421)
Interested students must call (503) 725-3380 or go to http://www.pdx.edu/sped/kiwanis as soon as possible to apply. Students must have instructor approval to enroll. This course spans spring and summer terms and grades are posted in summer term. Seniors graduating in spring term cannot include this course in their degree coursework because it is not graded until summer term. Students attend all-day class at PSU on Saturday May 19  from 9am to 4pm and then spend two weeks from July 7 – July 20 living at the campsite with a weekend break. Meals and lodging provided. Students can register for this class in either the spring or summer terms.
CRN:  64129 - Section XU7 (of UNST 421)
Interested students must call (503) 725-3380 or go to http://www.pdx.edu/sped/kiwanis as soon as possible to apply. Students must have instructor approval to enroll. This course spans spring and summer terms and grades are posted in summer term. Seniors graduating in spring term cannot include this course in their degree coursework because it is not graded until summer term. Students attend all-day class at PSU on Saturday May 19 from 9am to 4pm and then spend two weeks from July 21 - Aug 3 living at the campsite with a weekend break. Meals and lodging provided. Students can register for this class in either the spring or summer terms.
CRN:  64130 - Section XU8 (of UNST 421)
Interested students must call (503) 725-3380 or go to http://www.pdx.edu/sped/kiwanis as soon as possible to apply. Students must have instructor approval to enroll. This course spans spring and summer terms and grades are posted in summer term. Seniors graduating in spring term cannot include this course in their degree coursework because it is not graded until summer term. Students attend all-day class at PSU on Saturday May 19 from 9am to 4pm and then spend two weeks from Aug  4 - Aug 17 living at the campsite with a weekend break. Meals and lodging provided. Students can register for this class in either the spring or summer terms.

CAP: LEARNING GRDNS & CIV AFFR
Learning Gardens & Civic Affairs
Judy BlueHorse Skelton, judyblue@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/learning-gardens-and-civic-affairs-0
CRN: 64124
In this Capstone, we will work with the Learning Gardens Laboratory that serves the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood in SE Portland. Class time will focus on issues of food security and community involvement in civic affairs. We will participate in hands-on gardening activities, and develop materials or conduct research to assist in the promotion, understanding and management of the garden. Some scheduled class meetings will take place off campus at the Learning Gardens, so please schedule accordingly. Some physical outdoor work and additional service time outside of class is required. Students fluent in Russian, Spanish, or Vietnamese are encouraged to join the course.

CAP: LGBTQ HISTORY
LGBTQ History
Pat Young, younghst@Spiritone.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/lgbtq-history
CRN: 64115
LGBTQ History. Learn about local queer history from the folks who paved the way and help preserve their stories. This course introduces methods or collecting and preserving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer history. Our community partner is the Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific Northwest (GLAPN). Students will do an oral history and help process an archival collection. Students will also learn about local queer history including the anti-gay ballot initiatives, early gay-rights groups, and social groups.

CAP: LIVING BEYOND WAR
Living Beyond War: Challenge to Change Our Thinking About War
Deborah Kaufman, kaufmand@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/living-beyond-war
CRN: 64120
Students will be challenged to examine their assumptions about war and to become part of an alternative solution to conflict--personally, in our community, and in the world. This course will teach students about the foundational ideas of Beyond War, and give them opportunities to practice and process the ideas through reading, writing, dialogue and other class activities.  Students will support the organization through dialogue, reading and writing projects, and a community-building project of the student's initiative.  Regular attendance and openness to diverse views are important for success in this class.

CAP: MATH & SOCIETY
Mathematics & Society
Joyce O'Halloran, joyce@mth.pdx.edu or joyce@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/mathematics-society-0
CRN: 64134
We live in a society where mathematics is at the foundation of many aspects of our lifestyle, but it is socially acceptable to avoid learning mathematics.  In "Mathematics and Society," we examine the impact of math avoidance on marginalized populations.  Toward the goal of counteracting this situation, we share our mathematical enthusiasm with high school students through presentations at high schools or after-school programs.  The basis of these presentations begins with our own explorations of applications of math to other math and in other disciplines.  Each student chooses a topic to explore, to present to the class, and on which to base both the high school presentation and an in-depth paper. *This Capstone will be next offered Spring term 2012.

CAP: MED FOR GLBL HEALING
Meditation for Global Healing
Julie Porter, jporter@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/meditation-global-healing
CRN: 64138
Qigong is an ancient Chinese meditative healing practice that encompasses a philosophy of living with a quiet mind, open heart, and in service to others.  This capstone provides an opportunity to explore the personal and community implications of this healing practice and mindfulness meditation. You will learn meditation forms and their underlying philosophies while exploring the concept of personal awareness and social responsibility. Working with a community partner gives you the chance to be of service to others and learn about their needs in the context of the course material.

CAP: MEDIA LITERACY
Media Literacy
Mark Oldani, oldani@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/media-literacy
CRN: 64142
Media literacy is the study of the impact that various mediums have on the information that is being transmitted. Class participants will learn about the impact of commercial/popular media on themselves and their community and develop various approaches to address the impact of media on their community. Class members will work directly with teachers and students by planning and presenting lessons in a middle or high school classroom.  The community based learning will, in all likely hood, occur outside of class time.

CAP: MUSEUM OF THE CITY
Museum of the City
Chet Orloff, chetorloff@msn.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/museum-city
CRN: 64123
The Museum of the City is a virtual museum of cities.  A museum currently being created for PSU that students will help operate, its mission is to inform visitors about the design and development of cities past, present, and future.  It also shares the University's mission:  "Let Knowledge Serve the City."  Students in the class will be associate curators, helping create exhibits and social-media content for the electronic galleries of the Museum.  While headquartered at PSU, the Museum of the City is an international project, working with partners in over 20 countries worldwide. 2011 Goals: To launch and maintain a robust, accessible, and attractive website that will encourage visitors to learn from the experiences and history of exemplary cities, to recruit exhibits and exhibitable materials from city museums, universities, and individuals worldwide, and to raise funds for operations and staff.

CAP: MUSIC IN THE SCHOOLS
Music in the Schools
Sue Booth-Larson, susanblarson@gmail.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/music-schools
CRN: 65433
Help with the decline in music education programs in area elementary schools by developing and teaching lessons dealing with music: for example, "The Science of Music", the "History of Music", "Music around the World", or lessons dealing with rhythm, notation, and other musical specifics.

CAP: ORGANIZE IMMIGRANT WORKER
Organizing and Defending Immigrant Workers
Michael Chamberlain, mrchambe@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/organizing-and-defending-immigrant-...
CRN: 64078
Explore the contentious issues surrounding immigration and the growth of an immigrant workforce. Partner with a local immigrant rights organization to explore ways to defend immigrant rights and to improve the working conditions of immigrants.

CAP: OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL ED
Outdoor Environmental Education
Matthew Collins, matthew@tryonfriends.org
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/outdoor-environmental-education
CRN: 64086
The Outdoor Environmental Education Capstone explores approaches to outdoor education relevant to metropolitan natural areas.  Students are trained as naturalists who guide school groups on field trips through Tryon Creek State Park located in southwest Portland. Course material covers local natural history, readings and discussions of approaches to and the importance of outdoor education, and basic steps to establish an effective learning environment.  To learn more about the location of the class and programs offered by the Friends of Tryon Creek go to www.tryonfriends.org.

CAP: PERFORM ARTS ADVOCACY
Performing Arts: Understanding Advocacy
Suzanne Savaria, ekiya@hotmail.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/performing-arts-understanding-advocacy
CRN: 64101
Speaking about and advocating for the performing arts is possible for everyone. This course will give you a general working knowledge of the history of classical music, drama and dance, as well as examine the local organizations who bring these arts to audiences in the Portland area. We will look at the role of arts education and the responsibility of advocating for and supporting the arts.  You will gain hands on experience in the business of putting on a performance and sustaining artistic organizations through volunteer time at local performing arts organizations. Through interviews, reflection and research, you will create a final project and present to a panel of local business people with recommendations for effective and continued advocacy of the arts.

CAP: PORTLAND'S WATER
Portland's Water
Catherine Howells, chowells@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/portlands-water-history-and-challenges
CRN: 64121
Our community partner for this class is the Portland Water Bureau. This class will focus on the Bull Run watershed (the source of Portland's drinking water) and the workings of the Portland Water Bureau.  We will research the history of the water system, water quality, current issues, and other topics that peak our interest during the term.  The class will work with the Water Bureau to develop community outreach products.

CAP: PREGNANCY & BIRTH ISSUES
Current Issues in Pregnancy and Birth: Expanding breastfeeding support in the greater Portland area
Carrie Cohen, mayfly77@gmail.com 
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/current-issues-pregnancy-and-birth-...
CRN: 64080
In this capstone students will be exploring issues, practices and challenges that mothers and families face during the prenatal and postpartum time.

CAP: PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY
Promoting Sustainable Living
Amy Minato, aminato@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/promoting-sustainable-living
CRN: 65434
n light of looming environmental crises, what can individuals do to change direction?  In this course we collectively examine our society to determine which cultural values support, and which inhibit, sustainability. Students develop and facilitate sustainability opportunities tailored to youth for Northwest Earth Institute (NWEI) and the Center For Earth Leadership (CERL), local non-profit organizations that empower individuals and organizations to transform culture toward a sustainable and enriching future.
Class discussion centers on the first two books in the Northwest Earth Institute series, Voluntary Simplicity and Choices For Sustainable Living. Each student creates an entry for a youth manual on sustainability using NWEI materials. Working with the Center for Earth Leadership and using the created manual, students provide these sustainability activities to local youth groups.

CAP: RACE & SUSTAINABILITY
Race and Sustainability
Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate, pedro@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/race-and-sustainability
CRN:  64139
This Capstone addresses concepts of racial equity, social sustainability, public health and environmental justice. We will study the racial disparities related to public health, and specifically, access to healthy food systems, and use an “equity lens” research study with a local food store (People’s Food Cooperative), to understand institutional barriers to providing healthy food to underserved communities of color.

CAP: RESEARCH & SOCIETY
Research and Society
Mitch Cruzan, cruzan@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/research-and-society
CRN:  64122
Are you a Science Major thinking of applying to graduate school?  Complete your senior capstone and develop you post-graduate plans in one course!  This capstone will enable students to translate their experiences and knowledge with science to the public through engagement with local education organizations and museums.

CAP: SCI INQ OUTDOORS
Science Inquiry in the Outdoor Classroom
Richard Hugo, hugo@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/science-inquiry-outdoor-classroom
CRN: 64145, 64146, 64147, & 64148
In this course you will volunteer as a Science Mentor with Wolftree, Inc., an award-winning non-profit science education organization. Wolftree brings children in grades 1-12 out of the classroom for small group, hands-on field experiences. Wolftree's primary field site is in the foothills of Mount Hood, with other sites located 60 to 90 minutes from Portland. You are responsible for your own transportation, although carpools can usually be arranged. You will also spend several of your "field" days in classrooms preparing students for their outdoor experiences. You'll volunteer one full day per week (Tuesday - Friday) - please enroll in the appropriate course section. All sections will also meet on Mondays to discuss topics related to science inquiry and pedagogy.
Wolftree's innovative curriculum is based on following student curiosity rather than leading formal presentations. This course is designed for aspiring educators and scientists, although students from any major will benefit from practicing the Socratic style of dialogue. No specific science background is required. You will be required to complete a criminal background check when the course begins. As with any Capstone, students are highly encouraged to contact the instructor before enrolling to discuss the course responsibilities and activities.

CAP: SEXUAL ASSAULT ED THTR
Sexual Assault Education Theater
Eden Isenstein, eni@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/sexual-assault-education-theater
CRN: 64084
In this class, students will learn about the dynamics of sexual assault as they practice using theater as a tool for social change. Students will develop short plays about sexual assault and its prevention based on classroom readings, discussions, prior learning, and lived experiences. This play will then be performed for various campus audiences based on the Theater of the Oppressed Open Forum model, in which audience members are invited to stop and shift the action by joining the play, thereby practicing strategies for facing challenging situations and "rehearsing for the future."

CAP: SEXUAL MINORITY YTH
Sexual & Minority Youth
Molly Gray, mcg@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/sexual-and-gender-minority-youth
CRN: 64107 & 64140
It is estimated that 1 in 10 individuals identify as a sexual minority. Often an already challenging stage in identity development, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & questioning (LGBTQ) youth face a set of issues unique to their daily lives. We examine the paths sexual and gender minority youth navigate in society, exploring such questions as: What challenges do LGBTQ youth encounter? How do they cope, survive, find understanding & celebrate themselves amidst homophobia and intolerance? How do LGBTQ experiences vary across difference such as race, ethnicity, class, religion, gender and expression? Has the growing strength of political mobilization and visibility of LGBTQ issues affected and/or included the needs of youth? How can youth needs be brokered by social services, families, and the community at large? Our community partner will be the Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center (SMYRC).

CAP: SOCIAL JUSTICE EDUCATION
Local Justice: Social Justice Education For Adolescents
Cynthia Carmina Gomez, gomezc@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/social-justice-education-adolescents
CRN: 64092
This course is an advanced exploration of diversity and social justice in the United States and provides students with a framework for understanding specific forms and the interlocking systems of oppression; a process to explore how oppression affects our lives; a pedagogical framework for teaching and training about concepts of oppression and diversity; and an application of these ideologies and skills in community settings.

CAP: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Social Movements, Narratives and Social Change
David Osborn, dosborn@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/social-movements-narratives-and-soc...
CRN: 64100
Social movements have shaped the world we live in and are one of the most important sources of social change. They often organize to address issues of inequity, oppression or prejudice in local, regional, national and transnational spheres. They arise to address factual situations: the number of people without health care, levels of air pollution, racial profiling, unemployment or deaths in war. However, facts alone are not sufficient to create social change. Narratives are needed to provide the stories that inspire, give meaning and unite motivation, strategy and action. Course participants will investigate understandings of social movements, organizing models and the role of narratives in these efforts. Students will work with the Coalition for a Livable Future to record oral histories of local social movements in a way that creates narratives that connect past and present, and which furthers their equity-based regional work.

CAP: STRAT COMM NON-PROFT SECT
Building a Public Relations Campaign for Portland Non-Profits
Courtney Dillard, cldillard@gmail.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/public-relations-non-profit-organiz...
CRN: 64097 & 64535
This Capstone offers students the opportunity to learn key aspects of public relations including audience analysis, message development, medium selection, and campaign evaluation. Our focus will be on social change organizations in Portland. A key take away from the course is a professional campaign plan which can be used as a work sample in the future.

CAP: STREET ROOTS
Street Roots: Exploring Issues of Homelessness
Colleen Kaleda, kaleda@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/street-roots-exploring-issues-homel...
CRN: 65486
This course will explore and expose various issues surrounding poverty and homelessness through direct contact with non-profits, businesses, government and the homeless community. Students will research, write and photograph stories for publication in Street Roots, Portland's homeless newspaper. Specific topics will be tailored to student interest and developed in conjunction with the Editor-in-Chief of Street Roots. Subjects may include economic/business impact; social and cultural impacts; mental health; hunger; unemployment; and impacts on women and children.

CAP: SUS FOOD & ED FARM
Sustainable Food Systems and Educational Farms
Megan Hubbs, greenfarmmama@gmail.com
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/sustainable-food-systems-and-educat...
CRN: 64112
*Due to the nature of this course, it will be held at Learning Gardens Lab (SE 60th Ave & Duke) with the exception of the first class, which will be held at the designated PSU classroom.
The time is ripe to be part of the growing sustainable food movement! This class addresses the current food issues that face urban citizens by holistically engaging students in the many layers of Portland's local food and farm culture.  Students will critically analyze the state of our current food systems while being engaged in positive solutions to agricultural-related issues. The community partner and classroom is the Learning Gardens Lab, where students will gain hands-on farming experience, experientially explore their personal connection to food and the land, participate in the Learning Garden programs, and positively contribute to food security in our greater community.  Students will also build relationships within the local food network through experiences at Ecotrust, Zenger Farm and the Oregon Food Bank.

CAP: SUSTAIN BIZ IN ACTION
Sustainable Business in Action
Kim Powe, powek@pdc.us
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/sustainable-business-action
CRN: 64088
If the sustainability movement is to be successful it must include all people, not just the wealthy few. For low-income small businesses in this economy, it is hard enough to make ends meet, much less distinguish what eco-friendly decisions make sense.  In this course, students will review the business, ecological and social justice aspects of the triple bottom line approach to business and apply their learning in action.  Students will study methods to communicate sustainable principles to diverse business audiences; assess returns on investments, and to make suitable eco-recommendations. Students will administer a sustainable operations audit with local low-income businesses (in partnership with local community partner) and present appropriate short-term recommendations in a written and oral presentation of their findings. Permission of instructor required in order to enroll in this course.  Please contact Kim Powe at PoweK@pdc.us for more information.

CAP: TUTOR/MENTOR NAT AM YOUTH
Tutoring & Mentoring Native American Youth
Anmarie Trimble, atrimble@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/tutoring-mentoring-native-american-...
CRN: 64071, 64072, 64073, & 64074
For this capstone, students will be mentoring and tutoring middle school and high school youth at the Native American Youth & Family Center (NAYA). NAYA 's mission is to empower youth via education, community involvement, and cultural programming by creating positive learning experiences. PSU students will assist NAYA by engaging youth in educational and other activities, providing a role model for learning, and tutoring and mentoring students on their homework and/or in after-school programs. Mentoring activities may also include cultural arts events and assisting in sports activities. This Capstone meets two times a week: The class will meet 3 hours/week on Fridays at PSU for training with the instructor, and after the first week of training individuals will volunteer at NAYA for 3 hours/week during an afternoon of their choice (see PSU registration schedule to sign up for available days and times). The Friday sessions will include discussions on readings exploring the intersections between Native American culture, educational issues, and service learning. Students will also coordinate a project in service to NAYA's Learning Center. (Projects in the past have included a book drive and gathering learning resources for the
Center.) Individual writing assignments include personal reflective projects, resource reviews/analyses, and a final reflective narrative.
BACKGROUND CHECKS: Because we are working with underage students, background checks will be required of all students in this Capstone.
CLASS SCHEDULE: All students must register for the weekly Friday training session AND for a separate NAYA session on an afternoon of your choice. (See PSU registration schedule for available times.)
TRANSPORTATION: Students are required to attend both PSU and NAYA sessions. There is public transport to NAYA via Tri-Met bus #75.

CAP: TUTORING ADULT ESL
Tutoring Adult ESL at Portland Community College
Michelle Culley, mculley@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/tutoring-adult-esl-portland-communi...
CRN: 64091
Capstone students will tutor adult English as a Second Language learners for 2 - 3 hours a week in local Community College ESL classes. Capstone students must be proficient speakers of English. Students must contact Michelle Culley prior to registration. Tutoring times vary, please contact Michelle for specifics. In addition, all capstone students will meet from 12:45-15:45 every Wednesday on the PSU campus for coursework on ESL strategies and immigration issues. Permission of instructor required in order to enroll in this course.

CAP: URBAN AG & FOOD SYS
Urban Agriculture & Food Systems
Nathan McClintock, n.mcclintock@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/urban-agriculture-and-food-systems
CRN: 64536
In this Capstone, we will critically examine the limits and possibilities of urban agriculture’s contribution to the food system through a twin lens of social science and agroecology. Our community partner is the Urban Farm Collective (UFC), an organization establishing urban gardens in N and NE Portland. The interdisciplinary final Capstone project will combine mapping, interviews, and field sampling techniques to help the UFC evaluate its contribution to the food system and environment. The course is both reading-intensive/discussion-driven and hands-on. The course will meet twice a week on campus (Tu/Th, 10 to 11:50). On Tuesdays students will discuss scholarly readings and hear from guest speakers involved in Portland’s urban agriculture movement. On Thursdays students will work on the Capstone project and/or visit UFC sites. Site visits will be a hands-on experience (not simple field trips), where students integrate theory and practice as they learn ecological horticulture techniques while contributing to the expansion and maintenance of the UFC’s gardens. There will also be optional supplemental Saturday field trips to other urban agriculture initiatives.

CAP: VOLUNTEER STREAM MONITORING
Quality Assurance for Volunteer Stream Monitoring
Mary Ann Schmidt, maryanns@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/quality-assurance-volunteer-stream-...
CRN: 64068
Capstone students will coordinate and implement all aspects of the quality assurance project plan (QAPP) for the Student Watershed Research Project (SWRP)'s volunteer monitoring program.  Students will work as a team to ensure data quality for the 25 high school groups involved in SWRP. Non-science majors encouraged to become "citizen scientists" through their participation in this capstone. 
This project requires training, classroom, and field support. This course will integrate chemical, biological and physical watershed analysis skills. In addition, students will be responsible for verifying macroinvertebrate and plant samples, performing field/lab analysis of duplicate water quality samples, and mathematically determining whether the accuracy and precision goals of the QAPP are being met.  Students will also be responsible for data management, auditing of student data, providing feedback to data collectors, and evaluating the impact of SWRP on participating students. Spring Capstone Students will support the Annual Student Watershed Summit, where the high school students give both oral and poster presentations on their research projects.

CAP: WOMENS PRISON GARDENS
Women's Prison Gardens
Deborah Rutt, debrutt@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/womens-prison-gardens
CRN: 64076
Creating a Larger Purpose: Organic Gardens in Women's Prisons
Students in this Capstone will review, research and reflect on the impact of the incarceration of women, the unique needs of female inmates and the diversity of individuals in correctional facilities through structured activities, required readings, video, dialogue and reflective writing. Through the study of existing prison garden programs, students will develop a model for a garden program at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF) and identify available resources and potential community partners. Working in teams, students will create a presentation on one aspect of a prison garden program.
Class time will focus on issues affecting incarcerated women, the larger prison system, and prison gardens as a tool for healing and change for female inmates. Specific educational tools and methodologies will be used to engage students in collaborative, meaningful dialogue and exchange.
Students will have the option of visiting the prison garden with instructors outside of scheduled class time. The facility is 20 minutes from Portland and carpooling will be available. Any student wishing to visit or volunteer in the garden will be required to fill out a form for a Department of Corrections background check during the first week of class. Garden visitation is not a requirement of the course. Students choosing not to visit the prison garden will be asked to complete other service work related to the class topic.

CAP: YOUTH ENRICHMNT SVDC K-12
Enriching Education Through Mentoring
Zapoura Newton-Calvert, zapoura@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/youth-enrichment-svdc-k-12-enrichin...
CRN:  64533
This Capstone explores a variety of issues related to educational equity and literacy, including early learning, school desegregation, school funding, standardized testing, curriculum choices, and language and bilingual education, among others.  The course is designed as a partnership that has included Portland Public Schools, Portland Parks and Recreation Homework Club and preschool sites, YEI, Upward Bound, Roosevelt High School, and Portland Youth Builders.  PSU students will participate in a variety of service opportunities, including tutoring and mentoring one-on-one or in small groups. 
This is a hybrid course, meaning that in addition to class time, there is an on-line component. Successful completion of background checks is required for participation.  Volunteer hours are arranged by each individual student and vary by placement.  Many placements will have flexibility M-F and within school hours (8:00-3:00) or after school program hours (3:00-6:00).  Please contact Zapoura Newton-Calvert at zapoura@pdx.edu for more information on this placement.

CAP: YOUTH IN TRANSITION
Youth In Transition
Carol Holdt, holdtc@pdx.edu
http://capstone.unst.pdx.edu/courses/youth-transition
CRN: 64135
The transition from childhood to adolescence is challenging, to say the least.  How can we help Portland-area kids stay in school and focused on their futures?
In this spring-term capstone course we will work with students and staff at the "I Have a Dream" Foundation - Oregon.  The foundation provides supportive services and enrichment programs for "Dreamers" to help them graduate from high school and pursue either college or vocational education. Please visit http://www.ihaveadreamoregon.org for information about the organization.
This year, capstone students will tutor 6th-grade Dreamers at Rigler School in NE Portland.  In addition, student workgroups will design and conduct projects to support the foundation's efforts.  Previous projects have included theme-based enrichment activities, a "Field Day" event, survey research, and life-skills workshops.
Students are required to spend at least 2 hours per week at Rigler School during their scheduled programming hours.  You may choose any one day (Monday - Thursday) from 3:00-5:15 pm (preferable).  If necessary, you can choose from 3:00-4:00 pm or 3:45-5:15 pm on any two days.  A background check will be conducted as required by Portland Public Schools.  Once you've decided which days and hours you will conduct your service work at Rigler School, please email me at holdtc@pdx.edu for enrollment approval.