Andrew Furco

Andrew Furco is Associate Vice President for Public Engagement at the University of Minnesota, where he also serves as Professor of Higher Education. Prior, he worked at the University of California-Berkeley as the founding director of the Service-Learning Research and Development Center and as a faculty member in the Graduate School of Education. His research focuses on investigating the impacts, implementation, and institutionalization of experiential education, service-learning, and community engagement in K-12 and higher education in the United States and abroad.

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Elizabeth Patty

Elizabeth Patty has more than 25 years of development experience with the last 20 years working at the University of Minnesota in roles such as associate vice president of development at M Health Fairview Masonic Children's Hospitcal, chief development officer for children’s health, corporate and foundation relations associate director, and U of M Alumni Association community outreach manager. Her expertise includes community and corporate partnerships, business development, campaign management and execution; board/volunteer recruitment, strategic management and training; large-scope benefit events planning and sponsorship development.

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Fraud indicators in community sport organizations

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CSR and Community Priorities

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Jennifer Dobossy

Jennifer Dobossy is the Director of Foundation Services at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system office. Her experience in national philanthropy includes nearly a decade of work at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one of the five largest foundations in the U.S. Jennifer founded and led JDC, LLC, a consulting company focused on helping professional athletes, teams and leagues impact communities that matter to them through her practical 4Ps to ImpactTM approach. Jennifer is passionate about building partnerships and leading programs that create measurable social change. She earned her MPA from New York University and Sports Impact Leadership Certificate from Johns Hopkins University.

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Institute Director

Cooke Hall 219
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Welcome to GIRSO!

What is GIRSO?

The School of Kinesiology's Global Institute for Responsible Sport Organizations (GIRSO) is an interdisciplinary research and education center that seeks to do good and build stronger communities through and in sport. Learn more about our mission and impact.

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We are currently recruiting interested graduate students (Masters and Ph.D) to work with the GIRSO research team in conducting research that will help achieve GIRSO’s overall mission of advancing sport organizations’ role in advancing the shared goals of sport organizations and their communities.

If you are interested in conducting research related to the following areas, please contact Dr. Lisa Kihl ([email protected]).

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