These events seldom have social redeeming value and rarely any educational value. A community group chooses the theme and then all programming units and academic departments are encouraged to program toward the theme. For example, the College of Agriculture directed their annual Symposium to the topic of ''the future of agriculture and the world hunger problem. At the same time student affairs programs, speaker series. films, ctc. A ''Ropes course'' provides an example of community development at the micro level.
Participants go through the elements with the guidance of certified instructors.
The instructors not only provide safety, hut help to facilitate an educational experience designed to build a sense of community through group problem solving and interpersonal communications. The course builds trust, confidence and commitment . Nearly 1,250 persons engaged in this opportunity. Role of Participation Other illustrations are certainly possible, but to deliberately build community ethically means that all who are going to be impacted by the community should participate in the design for community. Technological disaster and the nontherapeutic community.