30000 Hands links UI students with local service work
Five UI students and two more created 30 000 Hands a site connecting over 30000 Iowa City students with local nonprofit projects. The aim is to aid community needs and give students real world learning in marketing design writing and research while a prototype for broader adoption.
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LaPage
David Gould
Gould
Iowa City
Universities adopt active learning through social innovation majors
At the University of Iowa the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences launched a new major in Engaged Social Innovation guiding students to turn classroom knowledge into real change. About nine students are enrolled, with seniors like Sydney Hofferber and Shannon Nolan highlighting hands-on projects such as the 30,000 Hands initiative and on campus food pantry. Iowa State University follows with an $84 million Student Innovation Center designed to foster interdisciplinary experimentation and modern tech equipped classrooms.
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Maddie
Hofferber
Girls On the
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Johnson County
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Sydney Hofferber
Cedar Rapids
Shannon Nolan
David Gould
Belin-Blank International Center For
Art Spisak
Spisak
Iowa State University
Board of Regents
Gazette
American Cancer Society
Our Hope Lodge
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