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VCD 1200: Design Thinking

Ethnographic Application Project

For this project, you'll solve a real problem in our immediate community - on campus or in the Village of Cedarville.

Research Cedarville's Culture & Community

Search DigitalCommons, Cedarville University's virtual archive, which has:

University Publications - like Cedars, Cedarville Magazine, yearbooks, and student handbooks
Cedarville Promotional Materials - printed brochures and videos
Athletics - photos, videos, memorabilia
Local Newspapers - historical newspapers from the Village of Cedarville
Cedarville, Ohio Historical Information - historic documents and brochures

Research Other Universities & Towns

Search OneSearch, education databases, business databases, Google, and Google Scholar

Example: Pretend you're researching Cedarville's "grab and go" options and all the effects of that service.
- Search OneSearch for "grab and go" AND "college or university" or "grab and go" AND "campus dining" to find articles on their nutritional value, or convenience in a pandemic, etc.
- Search Google to find relevant posts from other universities like
  - Grab and go dining options cause uptick in waste at Yale University
  - Fall semester will bring a major shift to college dining programs from Food Service Director mag
  - Sustainability concerns pile up amid packaged meal protocols from Middlebury University
- Continue to brainstorm keywords as you search:
  - grab and go, prepackaged meals, single-use containers and utensils, single-serve
  - food service, cafeteria, campus dining
  - waste management, sustainability, recycling, compost, and so on...

Search magazines and newspapers specifically focused on higher education: