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Can Universities Build Community? A Conference Explores Possible Paths

NonProfit Quarterly

Zirkel on wikimedia Can universities be effective community builders? Observers going back to the early 20th-century US philosopher John Dewey have also contended that universities play an essential role in creating a democratic citizenry. Since most universities are nonprofit or publicly owned, by law, they must be community-serving.

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Unlocking the Value of Circles

NonProfit Quarterly

Experts often overcomplicate lectures with jargon and references that may not be culturally relevant to the people they are trying to teach. Recently, three US universities teamed up to propose research into long COVID-19 using an MCTT approach. Pollinator, a group that Woolard leads, is launching a 2025 pilot attempting to do so.

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Tackling Eco-Anxiety Through Experiential Education

Stanford Social Innovation Review

A university program I led over the past academic year offers some promising insights into supporting students through a combination of career preparation, community connection, and personal empowerment. The inaugural cohort included 15 students, representing 11 different majors and five different schools and colleges within the university.

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Thank Heaven For 11: Take The Lead Celebrates 11 Years Working Toward Mission of Equity

Fundraising Leadership

Dr. Lily McNair, Take The Lead Board Chair and former President, Tuskegee University, says, I know from my own experience that organizations are stronger and more successful when women have an equal voice in leadership, says McNair. You already have more power than you might realize.

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Bringing Climate into the Classroom: New Hampshire Students Push for Increased Climate Literacy

NonProfit Quarterly

Throughout high school, Sarah Weintraub, now 18 and a freshman at the University of Vermont, described her experience with climate change education as shallow. “We 13 It also urges a curriculum that “empowers” students, in an effort to reduce any hopelessness students might feel in the face of climate change and its impacts.

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Guest Post: Stories of Volunteer Managers, Technology, and the Pandemic

Twenty Hats

Over the past year, our research team at Arizona State University has conducted the Technology Evolution in Volunteer Management, or “TEVA” project. They wanted to help students and teachers who were teaching from home that needed curriculum ideas and ways to engage their students in this new virtual environment.”.

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The Need for More Inclusive Leadership Narratives

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Discovering the Need for Change In 2016, after nearly 50 years of funding health and healthcare leadership development initiatives, RWJF launched four new leadership programs that sought to advance a Culture of Health , one that works to provide everyone in the United States a fair and just opportunity for health and well-being.