The Redwine Honors first-year creative inquiry class presented its campus improvement projects, showcasing ideas to improve MSU’s campus. 

Honors students in their first fall semester are required to take the creative inquiry class. The main project of the class is to create a plan to improve different aspects of campus. Then they present projects to their peers with an oral presentation, and later present research posters to representatives of academics, facilities, and student services. 

First-year sophomore nursing major Marli Limon’s group addressed navigation difficulties on campus.

“We noticed that around campus, a lot of what the other projects was like there’s problems with navigating and stuff. So we like, what if we had a big mural navigating across campus. We looked up a lot of examples and we just realized that MSU is really plain. It’s pretty. It’s pretty nature, but not really a lot of art. We felt like it’s a big art based campus, but it doesn’t really expose that,” Limon said. 

Limon said she thinks the campus improvement project brings a unique perspective to the university.

“A lot of the campus improvement projects are done by first-year students so you get a fresh pair of eyes on campus. Okay, well I never would have thought of that cause every generation is changing, so I feel like having a fresh pair of eyes on campus every year every year is why projects are never really repetitive,” Limon said. 

This year’s projects included sustainability efforts and recycling programs, improving campus safety, student internship opportunities, consolidating campus calendars and bringing more art to campus. 

Creative inquiry encourages first-year honors students to take an active role in their campus and education. 

“In college, you’re learning things you actually need to know. Like the learning portfolios and all the guest speakers we had coming in,” Limon said. “I feel like I’m learning things that I need to know for my future. I’m more engaged in it and it’s also, I like how it’s more personable here. Even though it’s a bigger campus, I feel like it’s a smaller community in a lot of ways.”