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UC Clermont students get lesson in giving

OH (8/3/2010)

http://local.cincinnati.com/share/news/story.aspx?sid=169465&cid=100225

Students in Instructor Barbara Wallace’s “Writing, Philanthropy, and Student Engagement” class awarded $4,500 to Greater Cincinnati non-profit organizations recently, as a culmination of a course designed to enhance students’ understanding of civic issues in the local community…

…At the end of the course, the students were able to vote on which agencies they believed would be best served by receiving money from a “Paying It Forward” grant, sponsored by the University of Cincinnati, in collaboration with Ohio Campus Compact. Wallace’s class voted to award three area non-profits $1,500 each…

>>Read the Full Article at: The Cincinnati Enquirer

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