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Texas A&M Central Texas courses help Central Texas non-profits [Video]

At least 15 Central Texas non-profit organizations and animal shelters have seen drastic changes and grant funding after working with students.

KILLEEN, Texas — Jenifer Dernehl started taking classes at Texas A&M University-Central Texas in August 2022. She’s always had an interest in accounting and applying what she learns to the real world, so she joined the data analytics course taught by Dr. Ankita Singhvi. 

“I wanted to learn more about how to turn that data into information through analysis techniques to make it more useful,” Dernehl shared.

Turns out, Singhvi had that exact idea in mind as well. 

Singhvi was approved for a service learning designation for her course in Spring 2022. In the course, she wanted to offer a hands-on experience for her students to apply what they were learning in class to help local non-profits.

“I did not assign them organizations, they found those organizations on their own,” Singhvi added. “We’re here for service and that’s the mission of the …

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