Nonprofit
Leadership & Philanthropy
Initiative
Eastern Connecticut State University’s Nonprofit Leadership & Philanthropy initiative offers students coursework and co-curricular activities designed to create leaders in the nonprofit sector. Our goal is education through a combination of core academic competencies gained in the classroom with practical experience via internships, field trips, mentoring programs, service learning and volunteerism to apply that knowledge.
Our NL&P initiative offers a certificate from American Humanics (AH), a national accreditation body supported by the major nonprofit organizations in the United States. Our AH partners include the Red Cross, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boy Scouts, Boys and Girls Clubs, Easter Seals, Foodshare, Girl Scouts, Girls Inc. Junior Achievement, March of Dimes, Urban League, United Way, Volunteers of America and many others. Eastern also capitalizes on the unique value and opportunity provided by partnerships with local Willimantic-based nonprofits.
The Nonprofit Leadership & Philanthropy initiative and the subsequent AH certification insures that students gain core competencies required for work within the nonprofit sector such as fundraising, human resource development, management, accounting, marketing, planning, board and committee development and risk management. To fulfill the certificate requirements, AH students take courses, attend workshops and events, complete a major internship, and attend the national conference sponsored by AH. Our students are also active in a student association that volunteers locally and raises funds to support their AH-related travel.
Eastern’s NL&P initiative also encourages executive learning and invites practitioners to take advantage of our coursework and impressive list of guest speakers on campus.
April 19th
Luncheon: First of many initiatives from Eastern for the nonprofit world
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