Rhetoric

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Housing Policy & Resources - Part II

Published
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Academic year
2020-2021
Partner

Students in the Spring semester Policy and Persuasion course continued developing policy recommendations around high-priority housing issues in Waterloo, building on work done by groups in the previous semester and creating both policy recommendations and resources.

Waterloo community visit

Housing Policy & Resources - Part I

Published
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Academic year
2020-2021
Partner

Students in the Fall semester Policy and Persuasion course worked with Waterloo representatives to first identify some of the most pressing issues related to home ownership and affordability, and then to develop policy recommendations for the City moving forward.

Four student groups focused on distinct, yet overlapping housing issues:

Rhetoric students visit Keokuk

Keokuk Housing & Homelessness Policy Briefings

Published
Friday, December 27, 2019
Academic year
2019-2020
Partner

Students in the Department of Rhetoric class Public Policy and Persuasion developed policy briefings for Keokuk community partners, with the broad goal of helping to ensure safe, sanitary, and secure housing options for Keokuk residents. 

Digitial Narrative: Spring

Published
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Academic year
2013-2014
Partner

In collaboration with Iowa Digital Engagement and Learning (IDEAL), honors rhetoric students created podcasts in sping 2014 through IDEAL's Digital Narratives project. Podcasts focused on IISC's partner community of Muscatine, particularly on the growth and development of Muscatine.

Here are the five stories told through podcasts:

Digital Narrative: Fall

Published
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Academic year
2013-2014
Partner

Honors rhetoric students collaborated with two groups in the School of Urban & Regional Planning, and the Iowa Digital Engagement and Learning (IDEAL) program, to develop digital texts that will help tell the story and effectively message the Mississippi riverfront redevelopment project and Connectivity master plan project to citizens of Muscatine.