Unique Course Components

• Films incorporated into the pedagogy (“PBS American Experience”: “The Great Famine”, “A Shot to Save the World,”; “PBS New Heroes”; “Poverty Inc”, “Who Cares” and “Henry Ford”)
• Philanthropy Exhibits
  • Students are recommended to “visit” the following online exhibits:
    • The School of Human Ecology Design Gallery 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 2 chosen books from the course readings 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 2-page 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 is from Wisconsin, or does philanthropy in the area
    • Describe the philanthropist’s background, values, and issue areas they were interested in
    • Explain why they chose the philanthropist
    • If they know the person, recommend speaking to them directly about their giving and views on philanthropy
  • For class discussions covering readings, students submit a quality 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
  • Giving Ceremony
    • Students present giving goals and “inspiring philanthropists” (also invite their inspiring philanthropists to GC)
  • Created committees so student groups are responsible for various aspects of the class
    • Evaluation & Ambassador Conference Committee
    • Research & Site Visit Committee
    • Grant Review Committee
    • RFP/Awards Ceremony Committee
    • Communication

Guest Speakers

• Diane Ballweg, outside funder, Endres Manufacturing Company Foundation