For the fifth straight year, students, faculty and staff went to Louisiana as part of Union’s Community Service mini-term.
Part of the itinerary for the group, led by sociology lecturer Janet Grigsby, included a visit to the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program near Port Forchon, helping to replant native grasses in an effort to slow the erosion of vital wetlands.
In December 2005 and 2006, students spent part of their December break in New Orleans helping to rebuild parts of the city that were damaged or destroyed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The course that grew out of those experiences, SOC 387, combines community service with the academic study of New Orleans and the hurricane disasters.
To read about the trip in the Daily Gazette, click here (registration is required).