ENVS 401: Senior Projects

Environmental Senior Project (ENVS-401).  This course is required for ENVS majors with senior standing unless they are pursuing senior research (ENVS 451/452). This course provides an integrating and culminating experience for students, individually or in small groups, to engage with an environmental issue, either by conducting research related to this issue or by taking action on it in a way that is informed by their academic understanding The primary objective is to integrate their study of environmental issues at Denison and to develop skills in critically analyzing environmental problems and promoting environmental change. 

Fall 2009 Senior Projects
Learning to Lead: How Learning Happens and the Diffusion of Participant Leadership in the USGS Leadership Program
Mariah Bauman

Motion Sensor Lights in Public Bathrooms: A Viable Option for Denison?
Christy Conley

The Denison University Biological Reserve: A Study of Use, Rule Compliance, and Sustainability
Hannah Daugherty

Artificial Straightening of Raccoon Creek
Drew Homyk

Denison's Student Body Awareness of Energy
Zach Huttie

Origins and Principles of Environmental Sociology
Sam Keenan   

Gray Water in Barney Davis
John Murphy

Planning the Future Use of Protected Farmland  
Natasha Wright

Fall 2008 Senior Projects
A Thermal Performance Study of Olin Hall
Jack Pearson

An Examination of the Relationship between Connectedness to Nature and Stress Level of College Students at Denison University
Marnie Hyzy

Biodiesel at Denison University:  A Comprehensive How to Guide for the Implementation of Biodiesel at Denison University
Erica Reckard

Economics of Small Community and College Recycling
Mike MacDonald

Impending Urban Sprawl: Impacts and Responses of Urban Sprawl on Small Colleges and Universities
Darrin Collins

Sustainable Urban Development in Asian Mega-Cities
Shalese Ford

Fall 2007 Senior Projects 
Reuniting Children and Nature on a Local Greenspace: Creating a Place-Based Educational Program 
Elizabeth Campbell and Megan Ogle

An Examination of Technological History for a More Sustainable Future
Tom Seiter

A Mixed Media Portrayal of Rural Ohio Farmscapes for Conservation
Ben Taylor

Aquatic Invasive Species and Barriers: A Case Study on the Asian Carp in the Illinois River
Janine Waranowicz

Denison Yellow Bicycle Initiative
Michael Bono

Environmental Conditions of GLCA Schools, with a Direct Focus on Denison University
Tony Christopher

The Community Farm of Ann Arbor: An Investigation of Twenty Years of Success and Exploration of Future Visions
Katie Hyzy

Identifying Key Aspects of New Urbanism for Neighborhood Redevelopments
J. Averi Frost

Comparative Analysis of Three Local Organic Operations
Charlie West

Denison Community Garden: A Plan for the Future
Ryan Butz and Allison Shealy

St. Albans Township and its Preparation for Future Sprawl: The Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Ashley Hawn, Amanda Melenick, and Scott Williams

A Review of Potential Green Design and Technologies for the Alford Reese Community Sports Park
Cleighton DePetro and Matt McIerny