| University | Semester | Year | Course | Department | Instructor(s) | Students Enrolled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor University | Spring | 2026 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Civic Education and Community Service | Andrew Hogue, Mark Richards | 21 students |
| Baylor University | Spring | 2025 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Civic Education and Community Service | Andrew Hogue, Mark Richards | 24 students |
| Baylor University | Fall | 2024 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Civic Education and Community Service | Andrew Hogue, Mark Richards | 17 students |
| Baylor University | Fall | 2023 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Civic Education and Community Service | Andrew Hogue, Emily Hunt-Hinojosa, Anne Jeffrey | 10 students |
| Baylor University | Spring | 2023 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Civic Education and Community Service | Andrew Hogue, Emily Hunt-Hinojosa, Anne Jeffrey | 26 students |
| Baylor University | Fall | 2021 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Hector Sabido, Cuevas Peacock | 9 students |
| Baylor University | Fall | 2020 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Jeremy Vickers, Holly Burchett | 16 students |
| Baylor University | Fall | 2019 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Andrew Hogue, Jeremy Vickers, Holly Burchett | 17 students |
| Baylor University | Spring | 2019 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Andrew Hogue | 16 students |
| Baylor University | Fall | 2018 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Andrew Hogue | 20 students |
| Baylor University | Spring | 2018 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Charles McDaniel | 16 students |
| Baylor University | Spring | 2017 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Andrew Hogue | 15 students |
| Baylor University | Fall | 2016 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Andrew Hogue | 19 students |
| Baylor University | Spring | 2016 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Andrew Hogue | 19 students |
| Baylor University | Fall | 2015 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Philanthropy & Public Service | Andrew Hogue | 21 students |
| Baylor University | Spring | 2015 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Civic Education and Community Service | Andrew Hogue | 20 students |
| Baylor University | Fall | 2014 | Philanthropy & the Public Good | Civic Education and Community Service | Andrew Hogue | 28 students |
Dr. Andy Hogue serves as Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences and directs the Office of Engaged Learning, which facilitates for students and faculty programs in undergraduate research, civic engagement, global involvement, internships, and major fellowships and awards. Andy teaches courses on a range of public affairs, including philanthropy and civil society, social innovation, and politics, and has served three times as director of the Baylor in Maastricht program.
Andy’s scholarship focuses on how we achieve the public good. He is author of Navigating the Future: Traditioned Innovation for Wilder Seas (with L. Gregory Jones) and Stumping God: Reagan, Carter, and the Invention of a Political Faith, and he will soon finish two others titled Modest Proposals for a Better Public Life and Teaching Philanthropy (with Ronald Pitcock). From 2018-2020, Andy served as Senior Project Associate on the Traditioned Innovation Project at Duke University.
Andy earned a BA from Clemson University, an MA and PhD from Baylor, and completed the executive program in design thinking at Stanford.
Mark Richards is the Associate Director for Operations, Innovation, and Programs in the Office of Engaged Learning. Along with co-teaching Philanthropy & the Public Good, Mark assists in directing the general operations, innovation, and strategy of Baylor’s Engaged Learning programs spanning undergraduate research, civic and global learning, internships, major fellowships and awards, and leadership and character formation.
Mark graduated from Baylor with a bachelor’s in Finance as a Business Fellow, and previously directed the operations of a small financial planning firm and prior to that worked in management consulting in Chicago. He is a two-time alumnus of Dr. Hogue’s Philanthropy & the Public Good and a past Ambassadors Conference participant.
Unique Course Components
- Class taught by Dr. Andrew Hogue and co-professor, Mark Richards (2017 Baylor Philanthropy Lab Class Alum)
- Interdisciplinary course in the Philanthropy & Public Service department
- Capstone for Business & University Honors
- Students will use AI tools to complete a semester project. They reflect on what it gets right/wrong and what it will never “get” at all.
- Students serve as a Board of Directors in the class, class ends with a Capstone Assignment about how to approach philanthropy moving forward
- Students give hand-written “thank-you” notes to donors at giving ceremony
- Four-phase grant-making process
- Phase 1, Strategic Planning: Learning the history of philanthropy and systemic problems related to poverty in the US and identify how that plays out in Waco.
- Students conduct independent reviews of organizational profiles on WacoRoundTable.org, identifying and articulating how various organizations may currently or have potential to address the challenges identified.
- The Board will vote to select organizations to move on to Phase 2, each receiving at least $500.
- Phase 2, Developing a Theory of Social Change: Students begin to build logic models for how various organizations and programs could address challenges of Focus. Chosen organizations will be invited for a short in-person Presentations.
- The board will vote on the organizations that will move onto phase III, each receiving at least $1,000.
- Phase 3, Due Diligence & Decisions: Students will form into teams of program officers with each team researching one of the selected organizations.
- Students prepare a briefing book on organization, conduct site visits, present to board and make decisions
- Phase 4, Evaluation: Students reflect on experience and integrate what they learned through course readings, lectures, and discussions and create a tool for evaluating the effectiveness of their gifts.
- Phase 1, Strategic Planning: Learning the history of philanthropy and systemic problems related to poverty in the US and identify how that plays out in Waco.
Guest Speakers
- Dr. Emily Hunt-Hinojosa on Waco Roundtable
- Ashley Allison and Felicia Goodman – Practitioner panel on local philanthropy
- Dr. Jackson Griggs and Dale Barron – Practitioner panel on healthcare and community health challenges in Waco
- Sol Bautista, Dr. Matthew Whelan, Dr. Elise Edwards – Practitioner panel on designing culture and space for the common good
- Josh Caballero, Deidra Emerson – Practitioner panel on urban development in Waco
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