Engaged Opportunity Grants
Improving Cooperative Business Education
Applying business class principles to address actual issues cooperative leaders are facing
This grant supports AEM 3260: Cooperative Business Management, in which groups of students work directly with a cooperative to address an issue of current relevance to the business. Projects commonly revolve around issues of governance (e.g., member education, cooperative alignment, board trust and leadership development) and finance (equity management, market analyses and member returns). A range of cooperative types (e.g., farmer, consumer, worker) are involved to match the students’ range of interests. Students establish a working relationship with their cooperative and deliver agreed upon project deliverables by the end of the term.
Topics: Economic Vitality and Entrepreneurship; Food and Agriculture
The Team
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Todd M. Schmit, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
SC Johnson College of Business; College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Roberta Severson, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
SC Johnson College of Business
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Austin Weaver ’19
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
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Hannah Merrill ’19
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Community partner: Northeast Cooperative Council
- Community partner: GreenStar Cooperative Market
Engaged Opportunity Grants
Supporting a wide range of community-engaged learning projects, from student leadership programs and partnership building to events and conference travel. Open to all faculty and staff.