Details - Benjamin Franklin Experience

2017 Summer Schedule

Weekdays, 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.

Course 1: Monday, June 5 — Friday, June 16
Course 2: Monday, June 19 — Friday, June 30
Course 3: Monday, July 10 — Friday, July 21

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Class Headquarters

101 North Main Street
Suite 300
Greenville, SC 29601

NEXT on Main is located in the heart of downtown Greenville’s Main Street, overlooking ONE City Plaza. The 20,000 square foot space creates a home in Greenville’s Central Business District for entrepreneurs to cultivate and grow their businesses into world-class operations.

* 3rd floor, directly above iStore and Methodical Coffee

Field Trips

All field trips depart from class headquarters. Transportation to and from field trips and headquarters is provided. Many are walking field trips. (Assistance in getting from home to class headquarters and back each day may be available for eligible students.)

Who You Will Meet

Guest-Instructors
Every class is led by a different Guest-Instructor. These are experts in their field who immerse students in their career for a day via hands-on experiences and guided field trips. Each class is crafted by the Guest-Instructor and BFE directors to introduce students to worlds previously unknown to them, and open their eyes to new possible futures.
Program Instructors
Two Program Instructors attend each class to offer continuous guidance, prepare students for field trips, handle logistics, and encourage focused reflection at the end of each class. They sharpen students’ writing skills with thoughtful assignments, and the exploration of interests and future passions.

Visiting-Mentors
Visiting-Mentors attend select classes alongside students. They are high-performing professionals from a variety of fields, interested in sharing their career stories with students and participating in class experiences. Students may be paired with visiting-mentors based on interests expressed in their program application, which could include former Olympians, CEO’s, venture capitalists, restaurant owners, architects, and more.
Other Motivated Students
Students accepted into BFE are highly motivated with a desire to develop friendships with other young emerging leaders from diverse backgrounds and interests.

Your Program Instructors

Jonathan Shanin is the founder of Benjamin Franklin Experience. Jonathan has excelled in many careers, including naval architecture, online marketing, and philanthropy. He brings a long history in photography, storytelling, and filmmaking to students, with past projects including mini-documentary production for the United States Embassy Association related to the need for increased medical care in the Amazon rainforest. Jonathan is a former member of the U.S. National Team in kayaking.

Ellen Edwards graduated from Wofford College in 2016 with a Bachelors of Arts in Humanities and a minor in Business. Ellen studied abroad with the SIT International Honors Program, spending 16-weeks living with host families while studying Urban Planning through a social justice lens. This program took her all over the world— to New York City; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Dakar, Senegal and Hanoi, Vietnam. Ellen greatly enjoys spending time outside, hiking in beautiful national parks, playing intermurals with friends, or sitting on the shore of Lake Michigan.

Example Course

Please note: we are currently in the process of finalizing our course schedules. Our Guest-Instructors have very busy schedules, and inspirational experiences take a huge amount of planning. Final BFE course schedules will be published at the end of March/beginning of April.

2017 Summer Schedule

Class Headquarters

Field Trips

Who You Will Meet

Guest-Instructors

Program Instructors

Visiting-Mentors

Other Motivated Students

Your Program Instructors

Example Course

Example Day

Contact Information

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