Our Purpose Statement
Building Community |
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Make
new connections with people with whom you would otherwise
not likely interact
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Opportunities to create lasting relationships (coaches,
mentors, etc.)
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Share a
positive experience with others in the community
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Understand the value of, and
respect due, every person in society and the contributions
each can make
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Learn Teamwork and Important Life Skills |
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Explore
what is required for an effective team
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Learn
how teams collaborate to work together to achieve a goal or
outcome
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Foster
and practice creative thinking and critical thinking skills
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Time
management, scheduling, planning, and accountability
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Listening
and communicating effectively
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Learn Practical Problem-Solving Skills |
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Learn
how engineers approach complex problems
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Practice
common steps and useful tools within a problem-solving
framework
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Gain
exposure to analysis, design, testing, and communicating
results
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Knowing
when and how to seek out new knowledge and apply it
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Making an effective argument/pitch for
action (business plan, grant, proposal, etc.)
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Have Fun Through Experiential Learning |
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Everything is pursued with an
underlying intention to make a positive impact in
the world around you – perhaps locally first – and
with passion
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Teammates have fun along the
way by keeping the forum light and supportive
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Learn something new about
domains related to the problem of interest being
addressed
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About Us.

Past Success
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The
real alternative is to strengthen our ability to govern
ourselves well by supporting the kinds of schools and jobs that
train us in the habits of citizenship, by creating the
background conditions in which we can solve more problems in our
families and communities, Editorial NYT 11/10/2020
By Bryan
Garsten
Bryan Garsten is professor of political science and the
humanities and chair of the Humanities Program at Yale
University. He is the author of “Saving Persuasion: A Defense of
Rhetoric and Judgment |
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