Sisterhood Boutique<\/a>, a second-hand clothing store and youth social entrepreneurship program developed by young women, a majority of East African descent, living in our Cedar-Riverside neighborhood.<\/p>\n\u201cWhen we created the E-Commerce course several years back, one of our goals was to implement a hands-on project with a local community partner,\u201d said Isaacson, who has taught at Augsburg for 17 years. \u201cThen I heard about the work of the Sisterhood Boutique from one of my advisees, who helped in the founding of the store, and I knew there was an opportunity to blend the new knowledge and skills of these MIS students with the real-world context of life and business in our neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Isaacson\u2019s students guided the boutique through website enhancements as well as social media and video strategies to expand the store\u2019s reach and fundraising capacity. But, more importantly, the students taught and empowered the women how to continue to support those platforms to grow the business.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the students, this was an opportunity to take the knowledge they learned from the textbook and the course and put it into action,\u201d he said. \u201cHaving a community partner from the neighborhood made the experience of consulting for a client that much more real. They not only had to deliver a final project but also interacted with the staff of the Sisterhood Boutique through analysis and project development.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond professional, real-world experience, Isaacson said his students gained an appreciation of cultural differences. Augsburg\u2019s support of intercultural, interfaith community partnerships, he added, nurtures global citizens driven to consider and explore different ideas and perspectives, enriching their lives and adding value to our world in the process.<\/p>\n
Dimension 2, Goal 4, Strategy 4:<\/strong> Augsburg is a vibrant and diverse learning community, intentionally reflective of a complex, interconnected world.<\/p>\n\u2014By Kate H. Elliott<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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