WHO IS DOING WHAT in Geography, Planning and Recreation

Current Committees, Service Activities (including service classes)

Last updated - Fall 2006

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COMMUNITY SERVICE-ORIENTED COURSES

GGR 535 - GIS PRogramming
Students in this class work on real-world programming problems for Geographic Information Systems installations in local and federal goverment agencies. (Samantha Arundel)

PL 308 - Land Use Policy
This class has been assisting rural communities throughout northern Arizona to address state-mandated comprehensive plan requirements. Among recent communities that have been assisted are - Snowflake, Taylor, and Holbrook. The students prepare and conduct workshops with community members to obtain information about land use, transportation, growth, water resources, and other issues around which the community’s General Plan is prepared. (Carolyn Daugherty)

PL 402 - Environmental Impact Statements
This class acquaints students with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Council on Environmental Quality regulations regarding the contents of Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements. Students then work on actual Environmental Assessment projects for the federal agencies. Recent projects have been completed for the USFS, NPS, and BLM. (Carolyn Daugherty)

PL 405 - Planning Studio
This class has undertaken site plan development and redevelopment projects for the community Development Departments for the City of Flagstaff and Coconino County. In recent years, the class has worked with the Redevelopment Planner for the City of Flagstaff on redevelopment projects including, as follows - Fourth Street, Downtown Flagstaff, and the former Southwest Forest Industries lumber mill site.

PRM 275 - Program Planning with Computer Applications
Students in the PRM 275 class work closely with the Coconino County Health Department’s PLAY program providing recreational activities for hundreds of children in local elementary schools. The PRM students also assist the Flagstaff Parks and Recreation Department in organizing and staffing the Flagstaff Family Fun Run and the Bronze Kid Triathalon. (Chuck Hammersley)

PRM 325 - Special Events Planning
In 1998, the Special Events Planning class, in cooperation with the Sedona Main Street Program, revived the Sedona St. Patrick’s Day Parade and also created the Shamrocks in the Red Rocks Road Race. The Parade is attended by 4,000 spectators and over 300 participants. The Sedona St. Patrick’s Day Parade received the Arizona Main Street Award for “Best Special Event” at the 2003 Governor’s Economic Development Conference. (The award was shared with the Sedona Main Street Association). In 1999, the Special Events Planning class, in cooperation with the Camp Verde Parks and Recreation Department,
created the Verde River Canoe Challenge. This is the only nationally sanctioned whitewater race in the State of Arizona. It continues to attract over 170 participants from all over the United States. (Chuck Hammersley)

PRM 326 - Inclusive Recreation
Students in this class volunteer their time in a recreational setting with people with disabilities of all ages in various community programs.  Some examples are Special Olympics, Flagstaff Therapeutic Recreation Program, Hozhoni Foundation, Inc., and NAU Disability Support Services. (Judy Hammersley)

PRM 346W - Wildland Recreation
This class is involved each semester in service work projects for the federal land management agencies and Azirona State Parks. Each student volunteers 6 hours of time for the class in a wildland recreation project. The class has worked on mountain bike trails in the San Francisco Peaks with the US Forest Service, invasive plant projects with the National Park Service, recreation impact projects with the Arizona Strip BLM, and visitor service project with the Arizona State Parks. (Pam Foti)

PRM 352 - Experiential Learning
This class has been developing outdoor education curriculum for FUSD for over 2 years. The class provides approximately 25 outdoor education lesson plans to the target school for the semester (hardcopy, bound) and hosts an on-site outdoor education day for the school. In 2005, the class provided outdoor leadership lesson plans for the Centennial Forest to use in the Junior Forester Academy. (Pam Foti)

PRM 531 - Recreation Ecology
This class has assumed the responsibility for recreation impact monitoring in Red Cliffs Desert Tortoise Reserve (St. George, UT) and Kanab Creek Wilderness (North Kaibab Ranger District). The class meetings during a 5-week session of Spring Semester. The class spends 4 weeks (1 evening/week) in the classroom and spends 5 days in the field completing the recreation impact assessment. Students then return to the lab and input data to compile into a report for the land management agency. The class is offered each spring. (Pam Foti)