Susan Iron’s ENGL 304 Course Creates a Healthier Campus
Professor Susan Irons’ English 304 “Advanced Business Communication” course has helped create a healthier campus. The class collaborated with Campus Health to bring vending machines to campus that offer self-care and health products. The machines offer items such as over-the-counter medications, lip balm, and band-aids to allow for easier and quick access to products when the Healthy Heels Shoppe and Student Pharmacy aren’t open or nearby.
The English 304 course took on the semester-long project to provide a student perspective to Campus Health’s plan for the vending machines. When undertaking the semester-long collaboration, Prof. Iron’s goals were: “1) to strengthen [students’] written and oral communication skills; 2) to gain competency in the conventions and strategies of business communication; and 3) to achieve the learning goals through a real-world project that gave them an opportunity to positively impact Carolina campus life.”