SHU SOUP

Winter Semester SHU SOUP

Wednesday, April 14
Virtual (link will be sent out)
Door open at 5:30pm, Welcome Address at 6:00pm 

What is SHU SOUP?

SHU SOUP is a community crowdfunding dinner. It’s an opportunity for you to contribute to a project, connect with members of your community, and learn about local resources and initiatives that you can support. Here are the basics of what goes down at SOUP:

  • Attendees make a $5 suggested donation at the door. You can throw in $20 or $.20–whatever you want. This gets you a meal and a vote. While the committee welcomes donations from those unable to attend the event, you must be present at the dinner to cast a vote.  
  • 4 preselected presenters have 5-7 minutes to share their project idea with attendees. Then they answer 4 questions from the audience. 
  • Over dinner, attendees discuss the presentations, ask more questions, and enjoy conversation with others who share a desire for a better campus and a better community. 
  • Attendees vote on which project should receive SOUP funding.
  • The winning project goes home with the money raised at the door. This money represents a community investment in the success of the project. 
  • Winners come back at the next semester’s SOUP to update the community on their project and share how they used the funding. 

Here is a video link to Detroit Soup, which is where this concept originated from. This may give a better idea of what the event would look like. Click here for the video. 

General Guidelines for SHU SOUP Project Proposals

  • SHU students, faculty, and staff are welcome to submit proposals. One of the objectives of the social responsibility committee is to foster relationships within the university and surrounding community. To that end, we are requiring that applicants provide the name of at least one current SHU student and at least one faculty or staff member who will be involved in the project. 
  • Your project must focus in some way on social responsibility. Apart from that requirement, your project can be about ANYTHING, as long as it will benefit the SHU community or the local Adrian community.
  • The strongest proposals explain how the project will meet a specific need in the community or address a particular social problem. Anyone submitting a proposal should read our “SHU SOUP Proposal Guide” on the Tips for Event and Project Design page for guidance on developing your project idea. Members of the Social Responsibility Committee are also available to help you develop your proposal. 
  • Proposals will be evaluated by members of the Social Responsibility Committee. 
  • You will be able to use technology in your project presentation.
  • You can submit your idea more than once. If your idea doesn’t get selected for this semester’s SOUP, you can submit it again for the next SOUP.
  • Save a copy of your application for yourself. This way if you want to resubmit it later, or apply for funding from other sources, you have the language you want. 
  • Rubric guidelines can be found here and Project Proposal tips are presented on PowerPoint slides here.
  • Contact socialresponsibility@sienaheights.edu if you have questions.

Submit a SHU SOUP Proposal

Applying for SHU SOUP is easy! Please complete the following form and send completed proposals to socialresponsibility@sienaheights.edu.
Winter 2020 Project Proposal Form: w_20_shu_soup_project_proposal_form__1_.docx

Timeline

  • Project proposals should be emailed to socialresponsibility@sienaheights.edu by 12:00pm, Wednesday, March 14, 2021 
  • Applicants will be notified of the committee’s decision by Friday, March 19, 2021. 
  • The selected presenters can practice their project pitches before the SHU SOUP. 
  • Presenters will pitch their projects to the community at SHU SOUP on April 14, 2021. 
  • The presenters of the winning project will give an update on their progress in fall semester 2020. 

Previously Funded Projects

(Click the project title to open their SOUP presentation.)
Winter 2018: Hannah Walters, Jenn Cardella, and LAS 441-AB students, Campus Food Pantry
Fall 2017: Peggy Ruess-McCann, Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility Through Sport: A SHU Class and After-school Program at the YMCA
Winter 2017: Kalah Parran and Keegan Pabst, HOPE Center Renovation and Awareness Session
Fall 2016: Siena Student Nurses Association, Blessing Bags Project