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“The Grand Challenges Program is an excellent way for students to connect and work with businesses to help solve some of the biggest issues facing our world today. From what we experienced, these students are going to change the world.”<\/p>\n

Tommy Freeman
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“I was fortunate to work with four smart and capable students who asked good questions, challenged ideas and assumptions, and generally took an interest in the project as a whole. They were able to effectively dive into the deliverables of the project with little direction and divided the work amongst themselves in what seemed to be an equitable way…it was a great experience for our company.”<\/p>\n
Mat Degan
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Learning outcomes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
As part of the three credit course, students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Develop professional skills in project management, leadership, communication and client relationship management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Work collaboratively with a team to produce deliverables that meet or exceed the client’s expectations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Practice consulting skills, such as listening and engaging with stakeholders<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Reflect on individual and team learnings using the critical reflection framework “What? So What? and Now What?”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Translate learnings into stories and plans for future community engagement and work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
As clients share knowledge about their business and industry-specific concepts, students deepen their understanding of topics relevant to their partner company’s particular project and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community-engaged learning principles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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By combining diverse expertise and skills, faculty, staff, students, clients, and community members address global issues and help build a more sustainable, just and collaborative future. Projects can look very different, but they all share four standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Address a specific community interest, problem or public concern<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Include working with, and learning from, a community partner<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Connect and integrate community-engaged experiences with educational content<\/li>\n\n\n\n
Include structured, documented, critical reflection<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
Clients are encouraged to learn more about community-engaged learning at Cornell on the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“The Grand Challenges Project was an experience unlike anything I have ever done before. The opportunity to work with a client in Africa and help them create new cultural tourism hubs was both new and meaningful. I’m truly grateful I got to be a part of it.”
— Alexander Stiegerwald ’23<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n
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