Keyes: Community Involvement and Volunteer Work

MI Permaculture Durand, MI
Permaculture Consultation, Design, and Workshops 2014 Present
At MI Permaculture, we have adopted permaculture as a way of life. Permaculture uses a set of principles and practices
to design sustainable human settlements. Permaculture is not a discipline in itself, but rather a design approach based on
connecting different disciplines, strategies, and techniques. It is guided by a set of ethics: Care for the Earth, Care for
People, and Reinvesting the Surplus this Care will Create (AKA: Fair Share). From these ethics stem a set of design
guidelines or principles, described in many places and in slightly different forms. The twelve principles used at MI
Permaculture are the principles from David Holmgren and can be found at the following web address:
www.permacultureprinciples.com.
Developed PSE 101: Permaculture and Sustainability Education in the Desire2Learn course management system as an
online option for teaching students about permaculture.
The MI Permaculture website can be accessed at the following web address: www.mi-permaculture.weebly.com

MSU Graduate Student Leadership Academy Alpha Class East Lansing, MI

Leadership Training and Development PEG 2014
The Academy is a cohort style, intensive, team based, four session experience that aims to educate and empower graduate
students to become effective and socially responsible leaders.
The LT&D PEG is responsible for increasing graduate students knowledge of leadership theory, practical leadership
training, job preparation, and exposing graduate students to leadership in the community and on campus.
The LT&D PEG developed questions, interviewed leaders both on campus and in industry, and used the results to create
a website aimed at educating graduate students about leadership opportunities at the department, lab, college, university,
and community levels.
The website can be accessed at the following web address: www.msuglsa.weebly.com

Michigan State University College of Education East Lansing, MI

EAD 315: Student Leadership Training, Co-Facilitator Spring Semester 2014
Course Description: Student leadership role, skills, technique, consistent with the principles and demands of a demographic
multicultural society.
Used backward-design for student centered learning.
Utilized self-assessments for student self-reflection and personal growth.
Utilized media, activities, group work, individual reflection assignments, and service-learning experiences as a means for
bringing the course material to life.

6th Annual Graduate Academic Conference Poster Presenter March 2014

POSTER: Teaching Sustainability Through Permaculture
The primary goal of the conference is to give graduate and professional students the opportunity to present their work to a
diverse and educated community, promote interdisciplinary networking, aid in the development of public speaking skills, and
encourage collaboration within and across disciplines.

Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education (HALE) Ambassador 2013 2014

HALE Ambassadors are current HALE MA students who are available to answer questions about the HALE program at
Michigan State University.
Represented the HALE program at the College of Education interview weekend.

Mildred B. Erickson Fellowship Award Recipient Fall 2013; Spring 2014; Spring 2015
The Mildred B. Erickson Fellowship is designed to nontraditional domestic students who have had to interrupt their degree
studies for a significant amount of time and can demonstrate financial need.

Arthur W. Chickering Scholarship Award Recipient 2013

The Arthur Chickering Scholarship was established by member of the Adult Higher Education Alliance in 1999 to
commemorate the contribution of Dr. Arthur Chickering to adult higher education in the area of student-centered learning.
The scholarship includes a free conference registration and reimbursement of up to $750 for travel and lodging.

AHEA & AAACE Joint Annual Conference Poster Presenter November 2013
POSTER: Teaching Sustainability Through Permaculture
Dedicated to the belief that lifelong learning contributes to human fulfillment and positive social change, AAACE envisions a
more humane world made possible by the diverse practice of members in helping adults acquire the knowledge, skills, and
values needed to lead productive and satisfying lives.
 Asked to collaborate in at least one book chapter while attending the conference.

Corunna Odyssey of the Mind Region V, MI

Odyssey of the Mind is an international educational program that provides creative problem-solving opportunities for
students from kindergarten through college. Team members apply their creativity to solve problems that range from building
mechanical devices to presenting their own interpretation of literary classics. They then bring their solutions to competition
on the local, state, and World level. Thousands of teams from throughout the U.S. and from about 25 other countries
participate in the program.

Coach
Seeing is Believing (Division II) 2013 2014

Judge (Regional & State Level; Problem 3 Unless Otherwise Stated)

Spontaneous (All Problems) 1999 2000
Center Stage 2002 2003
Put A Spin On It 2003 2004
Fantastic Art 2004 2005
Get The Message? 2005 2006
Ancient Egypt 2006 2007
The Wonderful Muses 2007 2008
The Lost Labor of Heracles 2008 2009
Discovered Treasures 2009 2010
Le Tour Guide 2010 2011
To Be or Not To Be 2011 2012
ARTchitecure: The Musical 2012 2013
Its How We Rule 2013 2014
Pandoras Box (Problem 3) & Silent Movie (Problem 5) 2014 2015
Aesop Gone Viral (Problem 3) & Furs, Fins, Feathers, & Friends (Problem 5) 2015 2016
Its Time, Omer 2016 2017

Judge (World Level)

Aseop Gone Viral (Problem 3) 2015 2016

Team Member
Which End Is Up? 1992 1993
Furs, Fins, & Feathers 1993 1994
Scientific Safari 1994 1995
Great Impressions 1995 1996
Can You Dig It? 1996 1997
Marvelous Mentor 1997 1998

McCurdys Revenge Haunted House (O.M. Fundraiser)

Black Light Polka-Dot Room 2001
Black Light Faces Room 2002
Haunted Kitchen 2003
Granny 2004
Asylum Escapee 2005