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In alignment with Furman’s commitment to the liberal arts, &nbsp;the engage.d institute of Design Thinking and Social Innovation creates an environment where knowledge, passion and creativity intersect in a collaborative setting. <br/><br/>Engage.d is a living classroom where real world problems are defined and sustainable solutions are developed with partners, stakeholders, users and experts. Through classes and extracurricular projects, students, professors and communtiy partners engage in design thinking, a creative problem solving methodology that combines creative and analytical approaches.<br/><br/>Students learn by defining problems that are based off of fieldwork, uncovering the real human needs that they want to address. In cycling through the process multiple times on every project, students benefit from applying their knowledge outside the classroom in a collaborative setting and partners benefit by gaining new perspectives, new insights and new solutions.<br/><br/>In partnership with the Hasso Plattner Institue of Design at Stanford and a network of d.schools around the world, the engage.d institute brings design thinking to the undergraduate education in a meaningful way.