Practicum in Liberal Arts: Developing Community in
Appalachia
(First participated in 2010)
Students traveled to Eagan, TN to work
alongside Americorps professionals and local citizens, including
college-age adults who seek to prepare themselves for life
through participation in Clearfork Community Institute projects
and activities.
The projects—all
identified, conceptualized, and led by local
people—included GIS mapping of natural and cultural
resources on the Woodland Community Land Trust, home restoration,
oral history interviews, author-led discussions of books related
to the community, landscaping the facility, and production of an
issue of the institute’s newsletter.
The project allowed college
students to live among and work alongside local citizens on
long-term projects identified by the community, resulting in a
lesson on democracy and self-rule that can rarely be learned
inside a classroom or through service-hour assignments.
Presentation
Final
Report
Student Participants:
Rachel Naftel, Ballard Jones, Kalah
Palmer
Faculty: Mark Wilson
Guest: Chris Marlow, Michelle Mockbee
Contact Information:
Dr. Mark Wilson
Community and Civic Engagement Coordinator
College of Liberal Arts
Auburn University, AL 36849
334-844-6198
Email:
mwilson@auburn.edu