Class project creating new playground
Teams work on different tasks to bring new playground to Old Mill
Aleks Cherednichenko
Issue date: 3/16/07 Section: News
Students enrolled in professor Sandra Neubaum's Organizational Behavior class are collaborating with Corvallis' Old Mill Center for Children and Families to help design, organize and raise funds for a new playground.
There are 80 students, divided into 13 teams, who put their textbook knowledge of business and marketing into a practical solution for the center.
Old Mill was established in 1977 to help children with physical disabilities and emotional challenges survive in the world. The center brings together services that address educational, social and emotional needs of children and their families, said the Old Mill Center for Children and Families Web site. Currently Old Mill serves 1,500 children and their families. Old Mill's current playground is outdated and does not comply with newer Americans with Disability Act standards.
Students in one of Neubaum's classes are working on Project Share, which will work on designing a new playground. Students in the other class will raise money for Old Mill Center through Arts from the Heart.
"Students participating in Project Share researched all materials and equipment that would be necessary, got a budget together and designed the new playground," said Rebecca Sario, development coordinator for Old Mill.
Funds supporting scholarships, and various programs at the center, will be raised through an auction, put on by Old Mill annually, where items procured or created by teams participating in Art from the Heart are put up for bid.
"I believe that projects such as the one at Old Mill, provides an opportunity for students to use skills and knowledge in real-life situations," Neubaum said. "In other words students have the opportunity to put classroom theory into practice."
Teams involved with the Art from the Heart project, such as Team X-Treme, procured items from various athletic departments at OSU, which will be auctioned off this Saturday. Other teams, such as team Dearra, worked with children at Old Mill in creating aprons, bath salts and centerpieces. "It was absolutely wonderful to have this new energetic input," Sario said.
Cooperation and coordination were crucial elements to the success of each team.
"It was definitely a challenge trying to coordinate people and get them to participate at auction day," said Jessi Gebhardt, coordinator of Saturday's A Wee Bit O'green for O'Mill auction.
The design for the new playground will be revealed Saturday night, and those attending will have the opportunity to pledge money toward its construction. The auction will take place at OSU's Alumni Center from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
"It's important that my students get something out of this," Neubaum said. "And if I'm really lucky, some of my students will gain memories of a rewarding college experience that will extend beyond their college setting and carry over into their business careers and community service will be come a way of life."
There are 80 students, divided into 13 teams, who put their textbook knowledge of business and marketing into a practical solution for the center.
Old Mill was established in 1977 to help children with physical disabilities and emotional challenges survive in the world. The center brings together services that address educational, social and emotional needs of children and their families, said the Old Mill Center for Children and Families Web site. Currently Old Mill serves 1,500 children and their families. Old Mill's current playground is outdated and does not comply with newer Americans with Disability Act standards.
Students in one of Neubaum's classes are working on Project Share, which will work on designing a new playground. Students in the other class will raise money for Old Mill Center through Arts from the Heart.
"Students participating in Project Share researched all materials and equipment that would be necessary, got a budget together and designed the new playground," said Rebecca Sario, development coordinator for Old Mill.
Funds supporting scholarships, and various programs at the center, will be raised through an auction, put on by Old Mill annually, where items procured or created by teams participating in Art from the Heart are put up for bid.
"I believe that projects such as the one at Old Mill, provides an opportunity for students to use skills and knowledge in real-life situations," Neubaum said. "In other words students have the opportunity to put classroom theory into practice."
Teams involved with the Art from the Heart project, such as Team X-Treme, procured items from various athletic departments at OSU, which will be auctioned off this Saturday. Other teams, such as team Dearra, worked with children at Old Mill in creating aprons, bath salts and centerpieces. "It was absolutely wonderful to have this new energetic input," Sario said.
Cooperation and coordination were crucial elements to the success of each team.
"It was definitely a challenge trying to coordinate people and get them to participate at auction day," said Jessi Gebhardt, coordinator of Saturday's A Wee Bit O'green for O'Mill auction.
The design for the new playground will be revealed Saturday night, and those attending will have the opportunity to pledge money toward its construction. The auction will take place at OSU's Alumni Center from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
"It's important that my students get something out of this," Neubaum said. "And if I'm really lucky, some of my students will gain memories of a rewarding college experience that will extend beyond their college setting and carry over into their business careers and community service will be come a way of life."
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