1st Student's Major
Urban and Regional Studies
1st Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Students' Professional Biography
Kristi Wibben is a senior at Minnesota State University, Mankato and is majoring in Urban and Regional Studies and Speech Communications. During the fall semester of 2001, Kristi enrolled in a course called Community Based Problem Solving. This is an Urban and Regional Studies course that encourages students to engage in Service Learning. The purpose of the course is to identify a need in the community and to do sufficient research on alleviating the problem. This study evolved from that course and was done under the direction of Dr. Janet Cherrington.
Mentor's Name
Janet Cherrington-Curcore
Mentor's Email Address
janet.cherrington@mnsu.edu
Mentor's Department
Urban and Regional Studies
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
This project examines the power of college students to positively sensitize their host community’s residents to the problem of homelessness and to implement “Project Close at Hand”, a project that focuses on breaking down the stereotypes associated with homelessness and collecting donations sufficient to save a local men’s homeless shelter from closing.
Recommended Citation
Wibben, Kristin
(2002)
"Project Close at Hand: Addressing Homelessness through Community Engagement,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato: Vol. 2, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56816/2378-6949.1180
Available at:
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/jur/vol2/iss1/2
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