Baylor philanthropy class to give nonprofit groups $75000 during reception
Graphic By Magen Davis | Lariat Videographer
By Rebecca Flannery
Staff Writer
For the second semester in a row, Baylor’s Philanthropy and the Public Good class distributed thousands of dollars in grant money to nonprofits. Andy Hogue, lecturer in political science and director of Civic Education and Community Service Program, teaches the philanthropy course.
Hogue said this semester positions available in the class were reduced from 30 to 21 students and created an additional one-hour course for eight students who took the class in the fall.
“We had some funding set aside for a group of last semester’s students doing advanced study with me this spring in a course called Philanthropy Senior Fellows,” Hogue said. “The role of those eight students was to serve as mentors for those taking the class the first time around.”
Prairie Village, Kan., junior Jack Steadman took the class in the fall semester and was selected to be one of the students to take Philanthropy Senior Fellows for the spring. “We reorganized our sub-sectors and also created a clearer evaluation process of our students as they tried to distinguish between many deserving nonprofit organizations.”
In the bigger class, the 21 students were divided into five groups that evaluated six different subsectors. Steadman said the lab hour was an improvement to the way the class flowed as it allowed the group to have a time set for board meetings.
Liberty Township, Ohio, junior Drew Hamilton was one of the 21 students taking the class for the first time.