Damien Center

Junior

In collaboration with the Damien Center, an HIV/AIDS prevention and care center, a student team recommended education and prevention programs to use as a primary focus alongside the services already offered to those affected by HIV/AIDS. The Damien/Herron collaboration won IUPUI’s Solutions Center Non-Profit Innovation award in June 2007.

Client:

Damien Center

Students:

Jarryd Foreman
Janet Lee
Margo Murphy
Lindsey Szkopiec

Faculty:

Marcia Stone
Paula Differding

Class:

Visual Communication 4

Year(s):

2007

Opportunity

A team of Herron VC juniors was given the job of helping the Damien Center better meet its mission to “empower persons in Central Indiana affected by HIV/AIDS to move forward each day with dignity and to lead the fight to prevent the spread of HIV.”

Best Buddies: The Buddy Up Campaign

Junior

To attract more high school and college volunteers for Best Buddies, an organization helping those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, a team of Juniors created a fun and unique campaign called "Buddy Up". In Summer 2010, the campaign launched statewide in 72 high schools and colleges in Indiana.

Client:

Best Buddies

Students:

Evan Parker
Johnny Vessely
Krista Ward
Megan Hansen

Faculty:

Marcia Stone

Class:

Visual Communication 4

Year(s):

2010

Organizational Challenge

Best Buddies is a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The mission of Best Buddies is to encourage people with IDD to actively become part of mainstream society with the help of a volunteer.