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Welcome to the Western Michigan University American Humanics Student Association. We are strengthening the capacity of leaders to carry out the missions of the organizations they serve.
Western Michigan University Students Grant $15,000 to Local Nonprofits
Western Michigan University Students from the Seminar in Nonprofit Leadership class granted $15,000 on April 2, 2009 to local nonprofit organizations. WMU was one of ten universities to be awarded $15,000 from Campus Compact and Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund in a program called Students4Giving. Campus Compact is a national organization whose mission is “to educate college students to become active citizens who are well-equipped to develop creative solutions to society's most pressing issues.” Campus Compact and Fidelity’s Gift Fund created this program to inspire philanthropic education on college campuses. Prior to awarding the grants students researched local issues and based on that research they determined that the grants would go to agencies working toward the following outcomes:
- Alleviate social injustices by combating institutional racism and/or securing basic human rights to food, housing, and transportation through advocacy
- Improve academic skills (specifically reading, writing, math and science) through after-school and mentoring programs
- Strengthen families through educational programs for parents and guardians.
To see the grant recipients and to learn about their projects, click here.
About AHSA at WMU
Over the past seven years the WMU Nonprofit Leadership Program, a part of the School of Public Affairs and Administration, has graduated and certified 76 nonprofit leaders, given $33,000 to local nonprofits, served 22,500 hours as interns in local and regional nonprofits, done 9,600 hours of service learning associated with classes, and educated 16 local nonprofit professionals.
