The Lake Ontario Cluster (Rochester Institute of Technology, SUNY
Brockport, and Monroe Community College) has approached the curriculum
goal of infusing Great Lakes water quality issues and service learning
into courses from a variety of angles.  At SUNY Brockport and MCC, the
focus has been to introduce Great Lakes modules into introductory
course and to expand those over time.  SUNY Brockport has also
involved the work of a USL in lab exercises involving benthic
macroinvertebrates. At RIT, the focus has been on mid-level and
capstone courses.  USLs and community partners have worked with
Environmental Science Field Skills, Great Lakes I and II, and the
Environmental Science Capstone Seminar to expand the scope of group
projects and enhance the outreach component.  For the past few years,
these projects have been presented at Imagine RIT, a public festival
that showcases RIT research and innovation.  Over 40,000 people
attended the 2011 festival, and our exhibit was "liked" by the RIT
Alumni Association (we got a sticker!).  This year's RIT capstone
projects are working with community partners on river otter
monitoring, water quality education and outreach, and a series of
fracking articles for community newspapers (pros and cons of fracking
and a resource library).