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<br/><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(84, 81, 75); white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Benjamin Riddle has been a University Innovation Shi Center Fellow at Furman University since April 2014. As a designer and social impact strategist, Ben works across sectors to unlock human ingenuity. Ben is currently immersed in systems of learning and education, where he’s creating spaces Shi Center for stakeholders to catalyze and sustain positive change.</span></span></span>Sustainability

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11c-10de-f132-8ffa967bc712"><span style="fontvertical-align: baseline; white-familyspace:arial,helvetica,sanspre-serifwrap;">As a </span>[http://www.dreamdesigndeliver.org <span style="color: rgb(8434, 8134, 7534); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">University Innovation Fellow</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-colorspace: transparentpre-wrap;">As a University Innovation Fellow, Ben works with student leaders across the United States to equip undergraduates with tools and skills needed to compete in the economy of the future. Through his work and studies at </span>[http://www.furman.edu/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Furman University</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Ben partners with students, faculty, administrators and alumni to create new initiatives that use design thinking as a strategy tool for engaged learning. As a freshman, Ben brought Cannon Design, the Associated Colleges of the South and two academic departments together to create Design for Social Change – an interdisciplinary course that introduces design thinking as a tool for community creative problem solving. Recently, Ben has represented the Furman and the Fellows at the Stanford </span>[http://dschool.stanford.edu/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d.school</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the </span>[http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/d_school/home.html?L=1 <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">HPI School of Design Thinking’s dThinking</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the </span>[http://continuinged.uml.confestivaledu/deshpande/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, the 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deshpande Symposium </span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Higher Education and at the </span>[http://www.nae.edu/ <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">National Academy of SciencesEngineering</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></span></span>

  <span style="font-sizefamily:smallarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serifsmall;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ec3ad7c489f4c759-d119d11c-3f3310de-ececf132-56ae3d13f2ed8ffa967bc712"><span style="color: rgb(84, 81, 75); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">From grassroots groups to global design agencies, Ben brings diverse networks together to engage in social labs projects that bridge cultural divides. &nbsp;In recent years, Ben has worked with </span>[http://www.futurepartners.is <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Future Partners </span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span>[http://www.projectmlab.com <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project M </span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to foster sustainable development in the rural South , and has launched </span>[http://104good.com/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">10-4 Good City</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a network of social entrepreneurs that share resources, connections and ideas across cities. Ben has also worked with the </span>[http://www.instituteforchildsuccess.org/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Institute of Child Success </span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to explore ways that human centered design can be used to improve the health and wellbeing of children and families in the early childhood system. CurrentlyIn recent months, Ben is was featured in </span>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/11/07/celebrating-campus-leaders-during-national-entrepreneurship-month <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">White House Office of Science & Technology</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">blog, </span>[http://designgood.com/ben-riddle/ <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Design Good</span>]<span style="color: rgb(840, 810, 750); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">working with urban designers and service providers </span>[http://www.fastcompany.com/3033263/innovation-agents/how-to-say-no-to-a-stanford-admission <span style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Fast Company</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">for his efforts to drive place-based change in the Upstate Southeast.</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11c-10de-f132-8ffa967bc712"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Over the course of his academic career, Ben has studied Sustainable Development at </span>[http://www.fu-berlin.de/en/ <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Freie Universitat Berlin</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and Furman University, where he serves as a Duke Scholar and Research Fellow at the </span>[http://www.furman.edu/academics/shicenter/Pages/default.aspx <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Shi Center for Sustainabilit</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">y. Ben is currently active in Greenvile, South Carolina to develop , where he is a new model project facilitator for homeless service provision that integrates housing and services with pathways to educationVictory Village, entrepreneurship and vocational agriculture in a mixed-income communitythat is built upon service, stewardship and sustainability.</span></span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11d-7ca1-9dfc-e45e98ffdae6"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Contact Ben:</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Phone: 864-905-4166</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11d-7ca1-9dfc-e45e98ffdae6"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email: </span>[mailto:ben@universityinnovation.org <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ben@universityinnovation.org</span>]</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-89f4c759-d11d-7ca1-9dfc-e45e98ffdae6">[http://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamesriddle <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LinkedIn</span>][https://twitter.com/benjamesriddle <span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter</span>]<span style="text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[https://www.facebook.com/benjamesriddle Facebook]</span></span></span></span><div><br/></div></div>

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