Friends University in Wichita is making plans to establish a new center for community engagement.
The university’s president, Dr. Amy Bragg Carey, announced the center during the annual Breakfast with the President on Tuesday. She said a $1 million gift will fund the creation of the Friends Center for Enterprise and Community Engagement.
The new center will be housed in the Business Division on the Wichita campus, and its purpose is to combine community engagement and service with experiential learning activities that will launch students on a pathway to their profession. The center will provide students with education and agency-type experiential learning by offering resources, project assistance and business support to the non-profit and business community. Students will opt in to work with the center, gaining important knowledge and real-world experience.
Dr. Carey said in a press release, “Propelled by one of our Friends University core values of service, I look forward to seeing how the students will engage with the business and non-profit community in what we expect will transformational learning experiences.”
Friends is now looking for candidates for the center’s director.
