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Engagement Opportunities At The United Way Of Greater Lafayette, Yechan Lim
Engagement Opportunities At The United Way Of Greater Lafayette, Yechan Lim
Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement
The United Way of Greater Lafayette is a non-for-profit that works to serve the community through programs, outreach, engagement, and fundraising. The United Way facility acts as a hub for many programs including Read to Succeed, Kindergarten Countdown Camp, and Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA). These programs help to address issues in the local community and provides volunteers opportunities to make a difference, while obtaining technical skills. YeChan Lim is a recent Master’s graduate in the Environmental and Ecological Engineering program.
The Minute Business Challenge: Connecting Undergraduates And The Community Through Critical Thinking, Shannon Kane
The Minute Business Challenge: Connecting Undergraduates And The Community Through Critical Thinking, Shannon Kane
Purdue Journal of Service-Learning and International Engagement
In spring 2015, Melissa Evens, Director of the Undergraduate Communication Studio at Krannert, asked Shannon Kane to design an activity to be showcased at Purdue’s Annual Spring Fest. Having been given quite a bit of creative freedom, she hoped to develop an event that would not only create awareness of management careers among the local youth, but also encourage Krannert undergraduate students to become more involved in the local community. With these goals in mind, she developed the Minute Business Challenge (MBC), an activity that presents community members of all ages with real-world business problems and gives them the opportunity …