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Playing for real: OHIO students tackle simulated disasters to build community resilience
- OHIO students from several majors completed a four-hour, hands-on disaster-simulation focused on flood response and resource sharing.
- The Extreme Event Workshop was hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with state partners to boost community resilience.
- Forty-eight participants received role assignments to simulate community decision-making during disasters.
- Students from meteorology, urban planning and civil engineering collaborated to respond as a unified team.
- The exercise emphasized the idea that community resilience comes with accommodating some inconvenience.
- Participants learned to reallocate resources and rehome people during crisis scenarios.
- The workshop aimed to move learning beyond textbooks and into real-world decision-making.
- Gracie Vaughn, UPSA president, advocated for more service-based learning at Ohio University.
- The program involved partnerships with the Geography Department, the Student News Bureau, and various student organizations.
- OHIO officials described participants as the 'liveliest group' the Army Corps of Engineers has hosted.
- The event demonstrated how cross-disciplinary teamwork can improve emergency response.
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