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- The Haiti Project is a student driven project with guidance from our professors
- Looking at Haitian education and how we can facilitate education in Haiti.
- Looking at tourism and how we can facilitate tourism in Haiti
- 2 things to consider:
- How to apply the principles from my class?
- What are my class objectives?
- “Make A Difference”
- Caribbean Awareness Week
- Fundraiser
- Study Abroad
- Develop Entrepreneurship learning modules (translate them into French)
- Resources
- EMPACTS LAB/BH 2455
- Dr. Dianne Phillips
- 479-619-2242
- Will do orientations on use of computer technologies
Team 1: Find Out We need Team Members for this team
- Contact Haitians
- In NWA
- In Haiti
- Question them about what they need educationally
- Develop survey or questionnaire
Team 2: Entrepreneurship
- SIFE partnership
- Develop learning modules
- Haitian commerce history
- Haitian current commerce
- Team Members:
- James Selvey ---- jselvey@nwacc.edu
- Michael Reid ---- reidhomes@gmail.com
- Kenneth Miller ---- kmiller@nwacc.edu
- Richard Ward ---- hwang1@nwacc.edu
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Team 3: Tourism
- 3a. Learning modules
- Use information gathered to show off Haiti
- Teaching people how to do tourism
- Destination places
- will facilitate entrepreuneurship
- 3b. Past times/ Traditions
- Music
- Food
- Sports
- Religion
- Art
- Film
- Literature
- 3c. GIS/ GPS
- 3d. Destinations in Haiti
- Historic sites
- Natural sites
- Team 3 Members:
- Janeth Duan ---- lduranvillegas@nwacc.edu
- Amilcar Zelaya ---- amilcarzelaya@gmail.com
- Dennis A Zelaya ---- dzelaya1@nwacc.edu
- Stephanie Guzman ---- sguzman93@gmail.com
- Jessica Ferguson ---- jferguson5@nwacc.edu
- Marian Ortiz ---- lizbethortiz83@gmail.com
- Jeff Hopkins ---- jhopkins2@nwacc.edu
- Jeremy Dry ---- erroldry@yahoo.com
- Natalie Wahl ---- nwahl@nwacc.edu
- Erinn Mitsch ---- erinnmitsch@hotmail.com
- Charlotte Whittmore ---- cwhittmore@nwacc.edu
- Ricardo Hinojosa ---- ricardohinojosa@rocketmail.com
- Brooke Kerstiens ---- bk92@sbcglobal.net
- Jessica Smiley ---- jsmiley2@nwacc.edu
Team 4: Resources & Awareness
- Caribbean Awareness Week
- Donors
- Study Abroad
- University of Massachusetts
- Haiti Today: People, Culture, Politics
- Dr. Mark Prou, Chair Africana Studies Department at University of Massachusetts Boston
- Team 4 Members:
- Natalie Wahl ---- nwahl@nwacc.edu
- Charlotte Whittmore ---- cwhittmore@nwacc.edu
- Jeremy Dry ---- erroldry@yahoo.com
- Brad Cooper ---- bcoope5@nwacc.edu
Advisors
- Dr. Huggard---- chuggard@nwacc.edu
- Dr. St. Jean ---- ystjean@nwacc.edu
Other Matters
- Students interested in participating in the project and could not attend should email Dr. Huggard chuggard@nwacc.edu.
- A second meeting is being planned for the week of September 26. Look for the announcement.
