Created and enabled by the generosity of the Feigenbaum Foundation and spurred by
阿尔芒 & Donald Feigenbaum’s spirit and legacy of entrepreneurship and community development,
the Feigenbaum MCLA领导 Initiative is intended to promote the creation of new curricular
and co-curricular programming centered on innovation, entrepreneurship, community
发展和领导力.
In April, Feigenbaum MCLA领导 released a prototype version of its strategic plan. This prototype plan enumerates and describes thirteen projects that Feigenbaum MCLA Leads and its various campus and community partners intend to pilot throughout the 未来三年的进程.
Some of these projects were launched during the 2016-'17 academic year; including 一个市区 设计实验室，还有 创新 & 创业大赛.
MCLA Students Pitch Ideas, Compete for $10K 创新大奖
MCLA Students Compete in 创业的挑战
'Farm to Hand' Food Truck Wins MCLA's First Entrepreneur Challenge
Throughout the 2016-'17 Academic Year, MCLA piloted courses across the disciplines and in the core curriculum to integrate design thinking and community engagement. Students engaged in community-based problem solving using the design thinking methodology to develop solutions to challenges posed by professors and community stakeholders throughout the Berkshire region in such classes as Professor Lisa Donovan's Community 参与艺术活动. Students in Professor David Eve's Entrepreneurship and Culture students will combine design thinking with Lean Launchpad principles to develop new business and/or social ventures. Also, in Professor Karen Cardozo's Introduction to Leadership, a First Year Experience course, students will combine the design thinking framework with leadership theory to develop a roadmap to personal goal attainment throughout their college experience.
