Abstract
Over the past two years, I have been honored to develop a course on student philanthropy in a communication studies department. The course provides students the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be philanthropists for a semester by awarding a small grant to a community nonprofit. My experiences in philanthropy illustrate how philanthropy and student philanthropy in particular can be an exciting part of a communication studies curriculum and how philanthropy develops organically out of community dialogue efforts. I hope, in sharing the essay, other communities and communication studies departments can develop student philanthropy programs at their institutions to bring nonprofits, philanthropists and higher education together in a win-win relationship to spur community innovation.
Recommended Citation
Blaeuer, D. (2017). Student philanthropy: Learning and community transformation in a college philanthropy course. Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 36(1), 26-33.
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