On Wednesday, Professor Mirle Bussell and Professor Leslie Lewis gave us an overview of the Life Course Scholars Program. In this meeting, they provided us with more information about the Neighborhood Assessment Project (NAP) and the Healthy Aging Project (HAP). Based on my understanding, the NAP is meant to provide students with the tools needed to assess whether a city or neighborhood is age friendly. Before this class, I’ve never paid much attention to these matters, perhaps because such matters have never affected me personally. Hopefully, this project will help me see the world through a different lens, by being more mindful about how local cities/neighborhoods are unfairly built for people with different capabilities.
Like NAP, the HAP is also meant to be a collaborative project. By observing the HAPs from previous academic school years, I can tell a lot of effort was put into each of these projects, and as a result, the turnout has been great. I hope to continue this LCS tradition, by potentially building by own HAP. Since many students in the past have focused on the benefits of nature and the environment, I plan to do the same. However, I do want to add a second component, and that is meditation. Although, I have never practiced meditation, I have heard really good things about it from people I know.
Since meditation is meant to improve one’s mental health, I think it would be great to have a meditation instructor lead a session, in a beautiful scenery (preferably outdoors; near trees and plants). I’m sure elders and college students will both benefit from this session, since it will allow everyone to take a break from anything that is troubling them and simply relax!
Like NAP, the HAP is also meant to be a collaborative project. By observing the HAPs from previous academic school years, I can tell a lot of effort was put into each of these projects, and as a result, the turnout has been great. I hope to continue this LCS tradition, by potentially building by own HAP. Since many students in the past have focused on the benefits of nature and the environment, I plan to do the same. However, I do want to add a second component, and that is meditation. Although, I have never practiced meditation, I have heard really good things about it from people I know.
Since meditation is meant to improve one’s mental health, I think it would be great to have a meditation instructor lead a session, in a beautiful scenery (preferably outdoors; near trees and plants). I’m sure elders and college students will both benefit from this session, since it will allow everyone to take a break from anything that is troubling them and simply relax!