Wednesday, December 23, 2009

SCS Training Classes

For those of you not able to take English 300 but who would like to brush up on some software and/or coding, check out the following:

Need a refresher on HTML, CSS, Audacity, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, InDesign, and other media applications? Student Computing Services offers affordable professional 2 hour classes on each subject that will bring you up to speed. Register online at http://scs.wsu.edu/training.

These classes cost $15 each for students that live on campus, and $30 for everyone else (off-campus students and faculty).

Monday, December 21, 2009

Spring Internships

Web Designer Internships
Two non-profit groups in Spokane are looking for websites. You can work remotely, but if possible visiting Spokane once during the semester would be a nice bonus.

1. Spokane Tilth. Spokane Tilth's mission is to promote biologically sound, socially equitable, sustainable agriculture. The focus of the organization is on illuminating the relationship between farmer and the larger community.
current site: http://www.thefutureisorganic.net/spotilth.htm
what they want:
  • membership and meetings info
  • INCSAA (Inland Northwest Community Supported Agriculture Association) link w/ list of farms: a list of local farms that Spokane Tilth endorses, including descriptions of each farm's csa weekly deliveries and links to their sites
  • mission, goals, etc
  • list of Share the Harvest restaurant fundraiser participants
  • Chef's open house info
  • workshops info
2. Vinegar Flats. Spokane’s Vinegar Flats is operated for St. Margaret’s Shelter, a home for destitute women run by Catholic Charities of Spokane. The food the women at the shelter grow goes to residents at the Cathedral Plaza retirement home and to farmers markets in low-income areas.
  • mission, goals, etc.
  • location and map
  • farmers markets worked and community supported agriculture (csa) info
  • list of produce in season
  • community involvement events
  • volunteer sign-up calendar
  • pictures of garden
3. A possible Option #3 (or part of Vinegar Flats), from the client:
"In addition, Vinegar Flats garden has worked hard to improve the South Perry Farmers Market in Spokane because it is located in a low-income neighborhood. By working and improving this market, we are living out our garden's mission of ensuring that everyone has access to healthy food. This farmer's market doesn't have a website, even though it has come a long way in the past few years. So if there is a way to fit in creating a site for the market, we would greatly appreciate it! However, this is not as important as the two other programs above. But, if possible, here is what we would like to see on the farmer's market website:

South Perry Market website, including:
  • location and map
  • history of market
  • list of vendors and their products
  • ebt (food stamps) info

If you're interested, please email me, Kristin Arola (arola@wsu.edu) as soon as possible.