Project Connect Project Connect is a new social engagement opportunity that Bentley University will be offering during the fall semester. Project Connect has been intentionally designed to help our new students do the following: Form a connection with campus Meet new people Reduce loneliness Grow social networks Why Project Connect?
66%
80%
40%
of college students felt very lonely in the last year
of Americans have a confidant, 1 in 5 Americans do not
decline in empathy of college students post-2000
Project Connect will help reduce loneliness and increase empathy, while forming a better connected campus
Program Overview - Students are placed into groups with 4-5 other students - Peer facilitators guide conversations within groups - Conversations are organic and are driven by students - Groups meet one hour, once a week, for five weeks - Groups design and execute a community building project
Results 100%
93%
of former participants would recommend a friend
of former participants would participate again