Death Cafe profile for Denise VanM


Location: United States

What brings you to Death Cafe?

I teach a Death and Dying course at Dakota Wesleyan University. For the class final, students are required to present information they have learned and researched in a cafe setting to the rest of the campus. Death Cafe seems like exactly what I am looking to facilitate learning between the students and wider campus community.




Denise VanM's posts on the Death Cafe website


Death Cafe: DWU Death Cafe

Posted by Denise VanM on Oct. 26, 2020, 4:28 p.m.


With Denise Van Meter

Dec. 15, 2020, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (central)

Free


Death Cafe write up: DWU Death Cafe Mitchell

Posted by Denise VanM on Dec. 15, 2019, 8 p.m.

The students did a fantastic job of presenting their topics. We had several faculty and staff from campus come and comment on how well the students knew their material and were able to communicate what they know. I didn't get a count of how many came, but we had a really good crowd during the two hours we held the cafe.

The exciting news, though, is that a reporter from SDPB contacted us and did a piece on the cafe. She was impressed as well, and was very complimentary of the Death Cafe model. 

Here is the link to the article and radio piece: https://www.sdpb ...