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Culturing Our Community: A Memoir Of Life Experiences In Costa Rica, Jennifer Beckmeyer Apr 2009

Culturing Our Community: A Memoir Of Life Experiences In Costa Rica, Jennifer Beckmeyer

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

The first thing I noticed when I arrived in Costa Rica were the smells. As 1 set foot into the moist tropical air, I was immediately overwhelmed with humidity, the aroma of unfamiliar plants, and excitement for this unknown world. Everywhere I went for the first several weeks, I was welcomed with new sensations of something different in the air. Even now, after seven months of being back in the United States, the images, smells, flavors, and people remain ingrained in my senses and are present in my daily interactions and decisions. Due to such strong sensory, as well as …


Convention And Visitors Bureau Survey, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research Apr 1997

Convention And Visitors Bureau Survey, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research

Office of Institutional Effectiveness

A survey on the attitudes of local Whatcom County residents on the benefits and problems of tourism.


City Of Bellingham: 1995 Fairhaven Neighborhood Survey, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research, Bellingham (Wash.). Planning And Community Development Department Dec 1995

City Of Bellingham: 1995 Fairhaven Neighborhood Survey, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research, Bellingham (Wash.). Planning And Community Development Department

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A survey of residents in the Fairhaven neighborhood on their opinions about the neighborhood.


City Of Bellingham: 1995 Birchwood Neighborhood Survey, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research Dec 1995

City Of Bellingham: 1995 Birchwood Neighborhood Survey, Western Washington University. Office Of Survey Research

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survey of residents in the Birchwood neighborhood on their opinions about the neighborhood.


Community Service Activity By Western Washington University Students: Its Extent, Nature, And Impact On The Surrounding Community, Carl Simpson, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark Sep 1994

Community Service Activity By Western Washington University Students: Its Extent, Nature, And Impact On The Surrounding Community, Carl Simpson, Linda D. (Linda Darlene) Clark

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Executive Summary: At the request of President Morse and the Student Employment Center's Community Service/Volunteer Program, Western's 1994 alumni survey documented the extent and nature of community service activity by Western students, both as part of their course work and as non-course-based volunteer activities. We refer to these activities as "service learning." We also measured students' impressions concerning the value of their service experiences and estimated the impact of students' community service activities on the Bellingham and Whatcom County communities. Findings are based on responses by 1513 of the 2219 graduates in the Class of '93. Asked whether they had …