Professor Schmitz Awarded Funding for Consumer Empowerment Seminar

The Institute for Ethical and Civic Engagement (IECE) awarded Professor Amy Schmitz funding for the development of a course that integrates civic and/or ethical engagement in the curriculum.

Schmitz's will develop a Consumer Empowerment seminar in which students will explore contracting, consumer protection and dispute resolution issues from legal, theoretical and policy perspectives and utilize this knowledge and understanding to plan and present a 4-6 week series of “life skills” workshops focused on consumer empowerment and dispute resolution issues for adolescents at Heritage House, a group home in Louisville, Colorado.