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Linking the University with the Community: An Experiential Learning Project to Promote Arts Entrepreneurship

Teaching students entrepreneurial skills and the utility of cross-disciplinary teams is difficult if only classroom exercises are employed. In this program, university students worked together with commercial artists and business-persons residing in our declining downtown region to assist in the organization, planning and management of an established regional arts festival and to launch a new feature of the festival based on digital animation. Through experiential learning, students gained an appreciation for “real-life” budgets, deadlines, responsibilities and an appreciation of working on cross-disciplinary teams while the community observed first-hand the benefits of students trained in digital media, entrepreneurship and project management.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-3616
Date12 January 2006
CreatorsHriso, Peter, Clark, W. Andrew, Maxwell, Tara, Cornett, Cher
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works

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