Through an applied learning project in Professional Communications I at Globe University-Madison West, four students were able to visit the Middleton Senior Citizen Center. After receiving a tour of the center, which was a repurposed old bank, we were able to sit down and talk with seniors who were knitting hats for babies and cancer patients, and making blankets and pillows for people in the hospital.
From right to left: Drew Komplin, Leonora Pedrosa, Christina Steinberg and Jenny Lynn
The students sat with the residents and conversed, asking about their childhood, favorite songs in high school, and how long they have lived in the area. This was to help break communication barriers that often exist between generations.
Drew Komplin, a business administration student, said “A lot of them were more active than I thought.”
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