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'''3. Host an open information session for students so that they can learn about the proposed changes and provide input and feedback. '''

'''4. Meet with the Dean of Academics, Department Heads, Board of Trustees, and other stakeholders in order to implement these changes into the curriculum and develop additional guidelines and budgets if necessary.''' '''5. By spring 2015, at least a handful of classes should adopt the new community-project based curriculum. These courses will first teach subject theory, then work to solve problems and provide analysis for company's within the greater Greenville community.'''

'''5. Start community to specifically discuss cirriculum changes. Meetings should be regular and mandatory. Pick out students who show interest in promoting change, and have an intercollabaration between students, faculty, and staff to address expectations from all perspectives. '''

-Maker Carts: Have first year students engage in creative competitions. Housing could arrange for the set up of 'Maker Carts' or 'MacGyver Carts' where students have to build something out of random objects (legos, paper clips, water bottles) given to them in a cart. This incorporates the innovative and creative thinking process into the culture at Furman, and begins the creative journey for students beginning their first year. Target date, August 2017.

= '''Priority 6: Furman Refugee Project ''' =

'''Situating today's global refugee issue in the context of the Furman community, including its extensive alumni and student ties to refugee crises and relief work around the globe. '''

'''''How might we bring the issue closer to home and illuminate the university community's longstanding tradition of advocating for and serving displaced people across the globe?'''''

''-Furman University Refugee Task Force: team of faculty, administrators, and students that coordinates campus-wide lectures and events feauturing university, community, and national leaders engaged in refugee resettlement, immigration policy development, and international humanitarian relief work.

- Collaborative for Community-Engaged Learning Refugee Map: Maintains updated digital GIS map of Furman alumni and student connections to refugee relief work starting in the 1920's

- Division of Student Life Refugee Resettlement Alternative Spring Break Trip: "Refugee Resettlement" will immerse students in Clarkston -- a town outside of Atlanta hailed as the most diverse square mile in the U.S. and considered home by over 8,000 recently-resettled refugees from around the world -- and offer a variety of direct service opportunities and educational workshops designed to illuminate the challenges facing refugee populations.

- No Lost Generation Student Organization: Students work to directly and materially assist local refugee populations while interning with the U.S Department of State's Virtual Student Federal Service program and attending the annual UNA-USA Global Engagement Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in NYC.

- Annual Refugee Week: student organizations set up booths outside the library to engage students in a variety of activities, including a "Map Your Heritage" exercise, raffle for a #RefugeesWelcome t-shirt, #StandWithRefugees photo-op, and welcome notes to newly-arrived refugees in South Carolina. The week will also include a constituent advocacy workshop hosted by the League of Women Voters and a refugee journey simulation conducted by the Carolina Peace Resource Center.

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