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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>May
grads first to complete TU's nonprofit management certification program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>By
Cary Aspinwall, Tulsa World 4/23/2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Victoria
Hui contemplated a career in nursing but realized that science wasn't really
what she loved. She grew up taking piano and art lessons and wanted to figure
out how she could have a career in the arts. So she decided to study arts
management at the University of Tulsa and complete additional course work for a
certificate in nonprofit management. "It just kind of made sense,"
she said. "I knew there was a possibility to go into another field and
make more than I would in the arts, but I knew it wouldn't be something that
would make me happy." <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>A
career in the nonprofit world might sound like a tough sell for students
looking to get out of college and make money. But those who want career
fulfillment in a job that allows them to give back are gravitating toward a new
program at TU. Students can opt to add a certificate in nonprofit management to
their degree through coursework and volunteer requirements. They study how
business concepts apply in a nonprofit context and learn the basics of building
and operating nonprofit organizations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hui
will graduate in 2012. This summer, she's headed to London to gain hands-on
experience helping manage a theater. "Part of it is just opening your eyes
to see that nonprofits really have a place within the business world," she
said. "A lot of the business practices that are important in for-profit
industries, those same business principles are important to success in both
worlds." Studies have shown that students in Hui's generation want more
than a job when they graduate - many want careers with value beyond dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"What
we're seeing is a change in terms of the meaning of work and where people find
fulfillment and such," said Ralph Jackson, chairman of TU's managing and
marketing department, who oversees the nonprofit management certificate
program. "There for a while, you worked to be able to play and make money.
Now people want to be able to do self-fulfillment through their work." The
George Kaiser Family Foundation partnered with TU to launch the program a few
years ago, to stimulate volunteerism and interest in social service. The first
students to complete the certificate will graduate next month. Students in the
program learn to appreciate the growing role of nonprofit organizations as well
as their importance to the health of society, Jackson said. Earning a
certificate in nonprofit management could give graduates an extra edge in the
workforce. The nonprofit sector has experienced growth, even during the
economic downturn, Jackson said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Melody
Tangyunyong will graduate in May with the nonprofit certificate added to her
business management degree. She won't have to look for a job, though. She
already has one lined up with a local event-planning and public relations firm.
Studying the business principles and law related to running nonprofit groups has
helped her learn how they work, an experience that's helpful in a job where
she's worked on events and fundraisers for hospices and hearing assistance
groups.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>"They
still want to bring in money, but that money is going toward a different
cause," she said. Nationally, more companies are finding ways to
incorporate volunteering and philanthropy into their employees' work life,
Jackson said. "It's a real motivator for employees," he said.
"They want to make a living, but they want to make a contribution and want
to do a job that's meaningful." It's especially popular among millennials,
or "generation Y," in the workforce, if for no other reason than the
fact that most had to spend a significant number of hours volunteering to get
into college, Jackson said. They've built Habitat for Humanity houses,
collected shoes for the poor, worked in soup kitchens - and they want to
continue giving back as they enter the workforce, he said. "The kids that
seem to be buying into this are some of our brightest students," he said.
"If they have an opportunity to go work for a company that is doing
something special and extra, they want to do that - even the kids going to work
at for-profit businesses."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Public
service efforts.</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>University
of Tulsa students produced an award-winning series of public service
announcements to call attention to Oklahoma's No. 1 ranking in female
incarceration per capita. Students visited the Eddie Warrior Correctional
Center during a Girl Scout meeting and interviewed inmates for the project,
which recently won a Tulsa Addy award in the student division. Blake Marfechuk,
a TU marketing and film student, and Studio Blue, the student agency in the
Collins College of Business, received the awards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Charlie
Wood, a professor in the Collins College of Business, said many students are
combining their work in the nonprofit certificate program with projects at
Studio Blue in the interest of public service and philanthropy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"'>Linda
Mason, Ed.D.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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