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We propose the installation of rentable bikes to further aid students in exploration beyond campus walls as they fully immerse themselves within the surrounding community. This initiative would enhance current efforts already available to students, such as shuttles and Zipcars, and provide an alternative method for students to explore off campus in an affordable way. Bikes would expand places students may travel to as existing services do not provide transportation to destinations in close proximity to Endicott鈥檚 campus, including Beverly Farms and surrounding beaches. Although installing rentable bikes would require the college to navigate issues of liability and accessibility, these problems can be addressed by implementing a waiver that students would sign prior to the bikes being rented, ensuring the protection of students and the reputation of the institution. This action would help improve students' mental and physical health while adjusting to college life, as well as relieving environmental stress, and further connecting students to the Beverly community. In the short-term, we recommend investing in 4 bikes that can be rented through the booth located in Lower Callahan. This would be a cost efficient addition to the resources provided for students to freely explore beyond Endicott鈥檚 鈥渂ubble.鈥�

We propose a streamlined template for the Canvas Learning Management System that faculty at Endicott will use across campus to help first-year students acclimate to college life. Currently, freshmen receive training on how to use Canvas at orientation, but it is a very brief introduction to the program, and many students are left confused following the presentation. Creating a streamlined template would establish issues such as unsatisfied faculty, confused students, and potential negative opinions on the template. Through our video showing how the template works and readily available assistance from faculty and students, managing the template for all classes can be easily learned, and the stress that is potentially created when using Canvas can be eliminated. This will positively impact the Endicott community because it will help students redirect their focus to their assignments and studies. A template would also help teachers enter grades and give feedback on assignments in a quicker, more streamlined approach. Finally, the IT staff would have fewer navigation issues since it would be a less complex format, and people would have fewer complaints.

We propose that 熊猫在线视频 add an additional health care product dispenser with easy access to more to-go products. Currently, the Health Center is open during the school week and has a health and wellness vending machine outside that is available 24/7. However, this vending machine has miscellaneous products that will not help a student when they are sick and unable to travel to the Health Center or the closest Urgent Care. This change will be a gateway for improvement toward Endicott鈥檚 health care systems. Even though changing the health center hours or getting a shuttle to go to the closest Urgent Care would be a more ideal solution to the problem of healthcare access, these ideas are too complicated to implement and would need a higher budget. Our approach would be a more cost-effective way to help students at 熊猫在线视频 who need to receive medical care.

We propose the establishment of 鈥淭he Feathered Flea,鈥� a sustainable flea market at Endicott to help our diverse student body access affordable second-hand clothing, used textbooks, and other low cost items not readily available on Endicott鈥檚 campus. Any leftover items would be donated to local women鈥檚 shelters in Essex County. The flea market would complement the existing efforts of the Office of Sustainability, which consists of permanent Red Cross clothing donation boxes in Lower Callahan and a yearly pop-up on campus for sustainable small businesses. 鈥淭he Feathered Flea鈥� would advance the college鈥檚 efforts by the Office of Sustainability by supporting change for our campus and our environmental future. Establishing 鈥淭he Feathered Flea鈥� could require the college to provide resources in terms of availability of open space for the flea market stalls (ex: The Post Center Parking Lot, Lower Callahan, etc.) and this could present itself as a challenge as space is limited on campus. With precise consideration, however, these challenges can be met, and 鈥淭he Feathered Flea鈥� can strengthen Endicott鈥檚 Community and the surrounding environment. As an initial step, we would recommend piloting this concept through the creation of laundry room drop boxes and a pilot flea market consisting of three stalls. 鈥淭he Feathered Flea鈥� would allow us to build on already existing programs here on Endicott鈥檚 campus by offering more affordable resources for the diverse student body while also supporting the natural environment.

We propose the building of a student-oriented Endicott community app titled 鈥淥wnedbyHER,鈥� which will allow female students to post unwanted clothing for sale, helping users to save money and meet new people. As a way to announce the app, we will host a yearly body-inclusive fashion show showcasing some of the donated clothing for sale, which will both advertise the clothes and boost body positivity. This proposal would complement Endicott's existing efforts to recycle and donate clothing, which consists of a donation drop box. While creating the OwnedbyHER app poses certain difficulties regarding budgeting and general appeal to Endicott鈥檚 female community, these concerns can be addressed through utilizing campus resources such as employing a computer science major to develop the app. Most importantly, implementing this model will empower women and create community by establishing relationships across different subsets of the female student body. Inspiring students to connect and support each other on OwnedbyHER and on campus promotes self-confidence through body positivity and fashion empowerment, which can help women express their independence and creativity. We recommend piloting this project through a live auction body-inclusive fashion show at the VPAC and approaching the computer science professors at Endicott about implementing a portfolio assignment that could address this issue. OwnedbyHER will allow students to engage in and share a love of fashion by providing an affordable, community oriented resource.

We propose implementing a bike share program at Endicott, called EC Cyclers, to help first-year and returning students gain a sense of freedom while on campus. Students would be able to check out the bikes at the student booth in lower Callahan and be able to take them to run a quick errand or explore the city of Beverly. This program would improve what Endicott has already offered students forms of transportation by giving students easy and reliable conveyance to get to locations on and off campus. Creating this program would pose a few challenges including how to approach bike damages, insufficient bicycle donations, and how to spark interest in students. With careful work, these challenges can be met by detailed planning, and bicycles on campus can empower students by giving them a sense of freedom and individualism. Bicycles can also provide students with another form of sustainable transportation, and access to exercise which will ultimately benefit students' mental health. To start the implementation of this initiative, we recommend using the bike racks outside of Callahan to pilot the program because it would be the most cost-effective option. Students who run the bike share booth will then be instructed how to check out the bikes as soon as possible so that people can start using the bikes and gain a sense of independence, improve mental and physical health, and overall get a breath of fresh air from campus.

Our team suggested organizing monthly beach cleanup events aimed at minimizing litter on Endicott beaches. This initiative is crucial given the consistently noticeable volume of trash observed during students鈥� visits to Patch Beach, Mingo Beach, and Endicott Beach. Each cleanup session will involve participation from volunteer students, faculty, and staff, and would ideally be organized by members of the Endicott Environmental Society. As a group, we believe that a cleaner beach environment could benefit students on campus, which is why organizing volunteer beach clean ups could have a positive outcome. As of now, the Physical Plant takes care of the beaches on a regular basis, but there still is trash that accumulates on the beaches. If we organize beach clean ups it would benefit everyone on campus and help keep our environment healthy. Regarding this proposal, there is no one to not benefit from this solution. Students will feel less stressed, while also having more opportunities to volunteer, and the school itself will benefit from an increased appeal from prospecting students, with less trash on our beaches. Although our group's recommendation would be beneficial for the wellbeing of the beach, the College, and students, we recognize that this solution may have some flaws. Most importantly, people will not truly be getting educated on the topic. Finally, these beach cleanups would be done by the Endicott Environmental Club. Having the club would make this cost effective due to the fact that the only costs would be flyers and trash bags.

We propose creating internship positions for first-year students with the Endicott Wellness Center and Gary the Comfort Dog to help improve the promotion of these mental health resources while giving first-year students work experience. Each intern would work with their respective department on their social media and on-campus presence to increase awareness of these valuable services. Endicott already provides traditional counseling services with the Wellness Center and destressing opportunities with Gary. More actively promoting these services via student interns will benefit the students, parents, and the College while also creating a stronger, more open community that is willing to break the stigma around mental health. Although other approaches to this problem, like student events, might be effective in the short term, these recurring internship opportunities would allow for more long-lasting impactful change that will grow a stronger, more accepting community. This affordable approach to the important topic will allow for already existing resources to become more accessible to a larger student population.

We propose incorporating mindfulness in classrooms at 熊猫在线视频 to alleviate stress and help students become better versions of themselves. Professors at Endicott will need to participate in training sessions where they will learn how to implement mindfulness practices into their classrooms at levels in which they are comfortable with. Although there are opportunites on campus to get involved in mindfulness practices, students do not often take advantage of them due to time constraints faced on them outside of class. Our approach would allow students to have a calmer sense of mind and help alleviate stress on campus without placing new burdens on students. While some professors may worry it would be difficult to add mindfulness activities to classes already covering a lot of material, professors would have the option to incorporate mindfulness strategies in whatever way works for their courses. As a first step, we would like to have the Endicott Center for Teaching and Learning host a series of monthly meetings for faculty with a new topic of mindfulness introduced each month. This approach would be a cost-effective way to introduce mindfulness to the students and faculty at 熊猫在线视频 and work to incorporate mindfulness into the culture.

We propose bringing in speakers to help the Endicott community learn more about current events in the world that are not heavily discussed on campus. This proposal would bolster the efforts of the Center for Belonging & Inclusion, which already converses about current events and brings in occasional guest speakers to talk about specific matters. Guest speakers would have many benefits: educating students about current events in the world, building connections with students, helping students with self discovery, and exposing the speakers to different atmospheres to see how different communities react to the speeches. Making the guest speaker events optional and not mandatory would benefit students more because it may look more appealing on the student's behalf rather than having it be mandatory. Considering our limited budget, we propose a fundraiser to be implemented to help extend our budget for the fall semester of 2024. There is also the possibility for volunteer speakers, whether that be friends or family.

As developing students in the Endicott community who consider faith to be a part of our identity, we propose a larger focus on religion for students on campus so that first-year students are more aware of what the College is doing and how they can get involved. More specifically, we want to propose 1) providing transportation for students who want to travel off campus to practice their faith, 2) hosting religious events on campus, and 3) publishing and communicating a calendar that helps inform students about religious opportunities on campus. Our proposal would support the efforts of The Center for Inclusion and of Belonging, which is working to continue the push for students to continue the practice of their religion on campus. With our proposal, we might be able to help them even further. The promotion of religion can benefit the school in several ways including the possibility of an increase in student applications once they see that religion is still allowed on the campus of 熊猫在线视频. The promotion of religion also benefits the student body by increasing their well-being, which directly relates to the schools push for diversity and belonging. Religion also helps students grow as human beings and with a haven that other students find in activities like sports, or a bookworm finds in reading.

As a group of college students who share a love for animals, we propose incorporating a way for all college students to visit a local animal shelter in order to improve their mental health and engage in meaningful community service opportunities. This proposal would have several benefits. First, it would give students鈥� a place where they feel comfortable and included. Second, it would benefit students鈥� mental and physical health. Third, it would benefit the animal shelters by providing them with extra care for the animals. Fourth, it would benefit the community service programs at Endicott due to more opportunities being offered. Animal shelters aren't as accessible as one might think for college students to volunteer at, there are challenges that we face such as required applications in order to volunteer at the animal shelter, and the amount of students that are able to attend. However, a lot can be done with our 1,000 dollar budget, not many shelters around here charge for certifications and the transportation would be the only cost of this program. This parallels the existing partnering with local animal shelters and would fill the need for volunteers at the shelters.

Solar energy is an effective way to make Endicott even more sustainable. Endicott College has solar panels installed on several structures, including parking garages, residence halls, and academic buildings. To help make solar energy more accessible and beneficial to students in their everyday lives, we must allow students access to small-scale solar energy. The small-scale ideas we focused on are solar benches and small-scale solar charging stations. Using small-scale solar will help Endicott save money in the long run. We propose installing charging stations or a solar bench in convenient and high-traffic areas. This ensures maximum impact with minimal investment. This promotes sustainability awareness and fosters a sense of community engagement in renewable energy practices.

Being a college student, especially a first-year, brings a significant change in environment, academics, and social life, so becoming familiar with campus resources can help with a smoother transition. Endicott already helps support this transition with a range of resources in place, such as orientation, counseling in the Wellness Center, and the Department of Academic Success; however, Endicott trails are hidden gems on campus yet to be added to this list. Currently, Endicott鈥檚 XC team and environmental science classes utilize the trails for training and course work; however, 熊猫在线视频 campus trails do not have a high percentage of students utilizing them on a daily basis. Reinforcing the trails as a part of the Endicott student experience will benefit their physical and mental health. Supporting this conclusion, we analyzed multiple outside sources, and interviewed Carly Thibodeau, the Associate Director of Sustainability at 熊猫在线视频, to find a solution. Our team proposes we produce and distribute a limited number of informational trail pamphlets to be located in the Wellness Center and Center for Belonging, as well as create laminated, reusable campus posters to promote student trail usage.

When you think of 鈥淕o Green,鈥� you automatically think of recycling and sustainability. 熊猫在线视频 does a fantastic job of promoting sustainability initiatives on campus, but the college's athletics could promote green practices more effectively. Endicott College could hold 鈥淕reen Game Day鈥�. The sustainability office should hold this event on homecoming weekend because that is when most people will be on campus for an athletic event. We propose having announcements reminding fans to recycle the right way in the recycling bins, bringing knowledge to student-athletes, coaches, and fans. We also propose organizing experiences for fans to engage in sustainability in a fun way during halftime of the game. For example, kids can have the opportunity to come onto the field and play in a game that revolves around recycling. Our proposal will be fun and engaging while also spreading awareness. We think our 鈥淕reen Game Day鈥� will help Endicott reach its goals of encouraging fans to cheer on their favorite team and to keep the athletic facilities a sustainable place to watch the Gulls win.