Title
Living the Furman Advantage: The United Way-Furman University Grant Project
Department, Center, or Institute
Modern Languages and Literatures
Secondary Department, Center, or Institute
Earth and Environmental Science
Presentation Format
Individual Oral Presentation
Presentation Type
Internship
Description
This session will highlight a grant project funded by the United Way of Greenville County. A team of Furman students, alumni, and professors from different departments worked together to conduct a needs and assets assessment of 10 neighborhoods in Greenville in order to inform the United Way on how to fund future community-based projects. The results of this assessment will be presented, along with the innovative interdisciplinary model that is representative of The Furman Advantage.
Is This Part of a Department Organized Oral Session?
No
Department Organized Oral Session Title
Living the Furman Advantage: The United Way-Furman University Grant Project
Moderator/Professor
Sofía Kearns and Stephanie Knouse
Session Number
4
Start Date and Time
4-4-2017 2:30 PM
Location
Furman Hall 127
Recommended Citation
Barbosa, Sebastián; Forrest, Alex; Robinson, Michael; and Waters, Katy, "Living the Furman Advantage: The United Way-Furman University Grant Project" (2017). Furman Engaged!. 161.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/furmanengaged/2017/all/161
Living the Furman Advantage: The United Way-Furman University Grant Project
Furman Hall 127
This session will highlight a grant project funded by the United Way of Greenville County. A team of Furman students, alumni, and professors from different departments worked together to conduct a needs and assets assessment of 10 neighborhoods in Greenville in order to inform the United Way on how to fund future community-based projects. The results of this assessment will be presented, along with the innovative interdisciplinary model that is representative of The Furman Advantage.