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| University | Course | Students Enrolled |
|---|---|---|
| University of Wisconsin-MadisonFall 2016 | Philanthropy and Civic EngagementDepartments: Civil Society and Community StudiesCynthia Jasper | 20 students |
| University of Wisconsin-MadisonFall 2017 | Philanthropy and Civic EngagementDepartments: Civil Society and Community StudiesCynthia Jasper | 25 students |
| University of Wisconsin-MadisonFall 2018 | Philanthropy and Civic EngagementDepartments: Civil Society and Community StudiesCynthia Jasper | 25 students |
| University of Wisconsin-MadisonFall 2019 | Philanthropy and Civic EngagementDepartments: Civil Society and Community StudiesCynthia Jasper | 26 students |
| University of Wisconsin-MadisonFall 2020 | Philanthropy and Civic EngagementDepartments: Civil Society and Community StudiesCynthia Jasper | 33 students |
| University of Wisconsin-MadisonFall 2021 | Philanthropy and Civic EngagementDepartments: Civil Society and Community StudiesCynthia Jasper | 35 students |
Philanthropy and Civic Engagement
Taught by Cynthia Jasper
Department of Civil Society & Community Studies
Cynthia Jasper, Vaughan Bascom Professor of Women and Philanthropy, is the chair of the Department of Civil Society and Community Studies in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Dr. Jasper’s research interests include philanthropic education, women and philanthropy, and succession and management issues in family businesses. She authored a publication entitled, “Women’s Leadership in Philanthropy” for the Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Organizations. She earned her B.S. at Northern Michigan University and her M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Films incorporated into the pedagogy (“American Experience”, “New Heroes”, Poverty Inc”, “Who Cares”)
Philanthropy Exhibits
- Students are recommended to “visit” the following online exhibits:
- The Memory Project – Face of Joy: https://memoryproject.org
- Stitching History from the Holocaust: http://stitchinghistory.org
Flash Talks
- Students are assigned to a chapter in either Ethics of Giving or The Revolution Will Not Be Funded and present their chapter to the class. Students have 2 mins to give a chapter summary presentation to the class, they cover a few chapters each class.
Inspiring Philanthropist paper
- Students pick a philanthropist (living or historical) that they connect with, cannot be a celebrity or famous philanthropist
- Must either know the person or the person from Wisconsin or practice philanthropy in the area
- Describe the philanthropists background, values, issue areas they were interested in
- Explain why they chose the philanthropist
- If they know the person, recommends speaking to them directly about their giving and views on philanthropy
Poster of Nonprofits
- Students collectively work to create visuals/posters to be displayed at the giving ceremony to give background on each organization funded including organization description, program funding, mission/vision, and other pertinent information.
For class discussions covering readings, students submit a discussion question about the readings and identify one significant quote from each text to inform the discussion.
- They also do this for guest speaker prep
History of Giving Activity
- Each student assigned one time period from History of Giving – work in small groups to present their time period in philanthropy to the class
- Students review job boards and read about careers in philanthropy at EOC
One class for a Q&A session with a former student panel
Giving Ceremony
- Students present their Giving Goals and “inspiring philanthropist” (also invite their inspiring philanthropists to the Giving Ceremony)
Created committees so student groups are responsible for various aspects of the class
- Evaluation & Dallas Conference Committee
- Research & Site Visit Committee
- Grant Review Committee
- RFP/Awards Ceremony Committee
- Communication
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