{"id":27312,"date":"2019-05-22T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T17:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=27312"},"modified":"2019-05-22T10:22:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:22:52","slug":"nonprofit-executive-mallory-fundora-finishes-freshman-year-at-apsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/05\/22\/nonprofit-executive-mallory-fundora-finishes-freshman-year-at-apsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Nonprofit executive Mallory Fundora finishes freshman year at APSU"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Austin<\/a>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – Austin Peay State University freshman Mallory Fundora, founder and chief operating officer of the nonprofit Project Yesu, recently completed her first year at APSU, but before she can relax and enjoy her summer, she has to make a three-week business trip to Africa.<\/p>\n

\"Austin<\/a>

Austin Peay State University freshman Mallory Fundora has the words “Be the Change” tattooed across her forearm. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cWe have an office building now on our land in Uganda,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to check that out, to make sure everything is still running smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fundora, 19, has an easy, friendly demeanor, and it\u2019s rare to see her without a smile. Meeting her, it\u2019s sometimes difficult to realize that for the last eight years she\u2019s run an organization that feeds more than 500 schoolchildren every weekday in Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cI usually don\u2019t start with that because it\u2019s kind of weird, but if it gets brought up, I definitely do talk about it, and everyone seems to be on board\u201d she said. \u201cAnd now we actually have a few students here sponsoring kids. As a college freshman, it can be hard to pay for things, so it means a lot to me to see an Austin Peay name pop up to pay for something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fundora arrived at Austin Peay last fall as a business major, eager to embrace the college experience while also growing her skills as the head of an international nonprofit. But as a member of the University\u2019s President\u2019s Emerging Leaders Program, along with serving as vice president of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, she struggled with finding time to fit everything in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a little bit of a learning curve; it took me a while to get the hang of it and balance my time,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m definitely very busy, and it\u2019s all about time management.\u201d<\/p>\n

When she was able to scrape together a few free moments, Fundora met with business professors and members of the APSU Center for Service-Learning and Community Engagement to talk about developing a service trip connected to Project Yesu.<\/p>\n

In January, Fundora and Dr. Victoria McCarthy, professor of business, made an exploratory visit to Uganda. They hope to offer a service-learning trip next year.<\/p>\n

After Fundora returns from Africa this summer, she will prepare for her sophomore year at Austin Peay and a new program of study \u2013 she switched her major from business to social work, with a minor in nonprofit management. And she\u2019ll look forward to catching up with her friends from the University\u2019s PELP program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve really enjoyed it, and it\u2019s been interesting to get to know my fellow PELP students,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019re awesome, and they\u2019re all doing great things. They all have similar hearts to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information or to support Fundora\u2019s efforts, visit www.projectyesu.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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