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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This internship is a non-paid experience fostering civic volunteerism and civic leadership. Its purpose is to link theory and practice, providing students the opportunity to observe in a volunteer setting the leadership/followership concepts studied in the program. Each student will work under the supervision of a leadership mentor and will devote a minimum of 70 hours to the internship. Forum obligations and meetings with instructors will be included in the seventy hours. (Must be successfully completed before taking the LSP capstone course.)
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This internship provides an opportunity for students to explore and experience first-hand their own career interests. Its purpose is to link theory and practice, providing students the opportunity to observe in a vocational setting the leadership/followership concepts studied in the program. Each student will work under the supervision of a leadership mentor and will devote a minimum of 70 hours to the internship. Forum obligations and meetings with instructors will be included in the 70 hours. The internships must have a reasonable relationship to students' majors. Students may accept pay for this internship. (Must be successfully completed before taking the LSP capstone course).
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
In this course, students will examine the function of boards and committees in the nonprofit sector. Students will study the history of boards and how boards of the future will face new leadership challenges and demands. Students will study the increased scrutiny that nonprofits are under for accountability and transparency both by federal and state regulators and other key stakeholders.This course will focus on utilizing boards to achieve organizational goals and maximize effectiveness. Students will learn how to assess and improve the effectiveness of a board, the executive director and top management, and the overall governance structure of the organization. Students will also learn typical governance problems and the best practices for dealing effectively with their successful resolution.The course will explore how to recruit, build, and maintain a future-oriented entrepreneurial board that provides strategic leadership to the nonprofit organization.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
The course will re-examine leadership theory and assist students in creating a plan for continued personal and leadership growth. Students design and implement a "Leadership Legacy" project.Spring semester of junior year, or spring semester of senior year if the student enters as a sophomore and elects to study overseas during the junior year.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This is a senior-level course taught by the President of the college focusing on the evolving complexities of having a high-level leadership role in modern society.Topics include,"The Penalties of Leadership","Fragmentation and the Common Good", "ThRigors of Public Life", and "The Anti-leadershipVaccine". Senior in standing.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will examine the historic role nonprofit organizations have played in influencing public policy and social change in this country. It will provide an overview of the diverse strategies being used by nonprofits to carry out their missions.These strategies include but are not limited to organizing, public education litigation, mobilization, demonstrations, polling,research,lobbying,and working with the media. The course will also focus on the relationship between the different sectors including nonprofit, government, and the private sector. The course will also assess the extent to which philanthropy has assisted in financing public policy,advocacy,and organizing change.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
This course will enable students to understand the relationship between planning and nonprofit organizational effectiveness. Students will learn the necessary skills that help them set the vision, strategies, and measures for their nonprofit organization that enables them to articulate a clear strategic plan. Emphasis is on environmental scanning, planning and control, allocation of resources, evaluation of strengths and weaknesses, appraisal of present and future competition, and implementation of chosen strategies. This course will also focus on the skills involved in conducting effective meetings. Students will learn how to facilitate different types of meetings (why and when to use a facilitator) and facilitation skills (objectivity, focus, handling the group dynamic, perception checking, building consensus and meeting assessment). Students will gain experience using different meeting facilitation tools including electronic white boards, flip charts, and decisionmaking technologies ( Jewell Round Table).
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the legal issues and organizational risks affecting nonprofit organizations today. Students will study the foundational laws and regulations governing nonprofit organizations. Content includes strategies to create and perpetuate safe and productive environments for all stakeholders and effects of sound decision-making to diminish and control corporate and individual liability. In addition, students will examine the risk management factors that need to be considered in nonprofit leadership but are not limited to insurance basics, managing employment risks, managing governance risks, special event safety, managing facility risks, and risk management for youth and human service programs.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the key components of successful financial development for nonprofit agencies including the development process, building the case for support, the fundraising plan, building a base of donor-investors, event planning, annual and capital campaigns, giving and stewardship, role of board members, and social entrepreneurship. Through individual and small group projects,along with case studies,students will engage in designing and implementing a development program for a nonprofit organization.
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3.00 Credits
A structured, 300-hour internship with a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization.The internship provides the student an opportunity to experience the nonprofit field and gain real-world experience in the field of nonprofit leadership. Students will observe and practice implementing professional nonprofit competencies along with building networks and relationships in the nonprofit field. Students will keep a journal, have a mentor evaluator, and complete a reflection paper upon completion of the internship.
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