When I was in school, it was not uncommon to undertake a class project where some field work was required. Usually a short drive or bus trip was involved. Sweet Briar College lacrosse player Meredith Newman had a more challenging journey for her class project--a visit to Guatemala.
Learning concepts in a classroom is how most students are taught about their course of study, but when they are able to put that knowledge to real world use, the information instantly becomes more meaningful.
Sweet Briar College women’s lacrosse player Meredith Newman was able to experience that kind of hands-on learning earlier this summer during a journey to Guatemala which was a culmination of the course Technology and Society: A Global Perspective taught by Dr. Jim Durand.
The course melded the teachings of sociology --Newman’s major -- and engineering, where students designed and built a solution for a rural school’s water system.
“I thought it was really neat you could actually design a trip and a project, and then actually go to complete it,” said Newman.
The class worked to design a water storage tank and spring box at the school in Xix, Chajul, El Quich̩Рa Mayan community in Guatemala, and then completed their project by traveling to the third-world country and installing it in May.
Click here to read more about Meredith Newman's efforts in this story on the NCAA's official website.
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