Economics and Management

Category: community-based learning

  • Entrepreneurial Innovation Center

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    sskaar

    The Entrepreneurial Innovation Center is a new center on campus where students will be able to learn about entrepreneurship and thrive with their ideas. Katie Boone, director of the Center, sees room for the growth of entrepreneurship on campus and is excited to see what this year brings, along with the interactions she is going…

  • On serving the community and failing fast: By Addam Velasco

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    Kathy

    On Sunday, our day consisted of two main parts. In the morning, we volunteered at Mary’s Place, which is a shelter for single-parent families. The most rewarding part of our experience in Seattle came from our day spent at Mary’s Place. Most of us had the opportunity to play with the “kiddos” who loved the…

  • An innovation Phoenix from the ashes: Pike Place Market

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    Kathy

    Lots of people come to Pike Place Market to see the famed fishmongers throwing fish back and forth over the counter, but probably way fewer realize how close to the brink of demolition the Market came in its up-and-down history. The internment of Japanese-Americans affected the majority of vendors at the Market, and it was…

  • ‘Tis the season.. for community-based learning project wrap ups

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    Kathy

    Nope—not presents or Christmas trees—but final presentations for the projects our Management students have been working on all semester. Gusties in Organizational Behavior clearly took their community partnerships seriously when they presented to their clients on Thursday, the City of St. Peter’s Administrator Todd Prafke and Finance Director Paula O’Connell. Students’ projects included revamping the…

  • Management students help young shelter residents thrive

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    Kathy

    Another great semester thanks to open-minded Organizational Behavior students and my community partner for the fall, Partners for Affordable Housing in Mankato! Working with PAH Coordinator Onnie Brodkorb and her organization has helped enact one of my key community-based learning goals: move beyond the limitations of semester-long projects to get real change initiatives going and…