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Social Entrepreneurship Major - Belmont University
Social Entrepreneurship Major The curriculum for the major will be offered as a 45 credit hour B. A. or B. S. degree, to undergird the liberal arts framework central to the major but combine business courses and thematic tracks in the liberal arts. Students in this major will complete a seminar sequence of 9 credit hours to integrate the professional and liberal arts components of the major which includes service learning, an internship, and an extended community-based project in the senior seminar, thus linking the learning of the content with the experience and service that characterizes the practicing social entrepreneur.
Social Entrepreneurship Across the Campus | Entrepreneurship@Cornell
Social entrepreneurs are growing in number on the Cornell campus, supported by a variety of courses, student clubs and university-wide efforts to encourage students to use the skills of entrepreneurship to be agents of change in the world. See the cover story from ESHIP Magazine that details some of the ways Cornell is embracing social entrepreneurship. Cornell President David Skorton has been vocal in his support for social entrepreneurship. “If there ever was a time for higher education to be front and center in solving societal problems, that time is now,” he said during a 2009 commencement address. Cornell was chosen as one of four model universities by the Ashoka Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports social entrepreneurs and education. Through this partnership, the university will further develop its resources to support social entrepreneurs and help mentor other campuses who are developing similar programs.
Social Value Creation - Robert H. Smith School of Business
Whether you want to start your own nonprofit or for-profit organization, or create social and environmental changes from within a company, Smith's Center for Social Value Creation (CSVC) will equip you to tackle today's complex global issues and create innovative business solutions. CSVC offers real-world field experience, cutting-edge coursework and research, and targeted career planning to connect you with opportunities to effect change and resources to put your ideas in motion. Our mission is to develop leaders with a deep sense of individual responsibility and the knowledge to use business as a vehicle for social and environmental change. More The Robert H. Smith School of Business will host a one-day forum featuring high-profile academics, industry leaders and policymakers.
Master of Arts in Social Entrepreneurship and Change | "" | Graduate School of Education and Psychology | Pepperdine University
In light of the major social and economic issues around the world, the Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) has established a new degree which will empower students to effect change at the local and global levels. With a course curriculum that builds business, management, and leadership proficiency , the 40-unit master of arts in social entrepreneurship and change will encourage students to explore the root causes of pressing problems affecting individuals, communities, and nations, and develop models for sustainable solutions. Join the ranks of the many GSEP students and alumni already striving to address social challenges around the world. This program is applicable for students interested in working in advocacy, philanthropy, or nonprofit management , and who will benefit from Pepperdine’s distinguished faculty and legacy of service.This time of year first-year full-time MBA students at the Graziadio School are narrowing in on summer internships. Full-time MBA students looking for experience with companies and organizations affecting social change, and alumni seeking such talent, will find a perfect fit with the Graziadio Social Enterprise Program that is offered through the Office of Alumni and Career Services . The school’s Board of Visitors has underwritten a limited number of funds that are allocated into stipends for qualified students who wish to spend their summers applying business management skills to solutions to social problems.
When MBA summer internships make a difference | Pepperdine Business Newsroom - Graziadio School of Business and Management
Social Entrepreneurship Initiative
The event will be 48 hours long on the weekend after spring break. We have a lineup of great mentors and sponsors, prizes for a variety of interests and skill levels, and hardware and software tracks, with funding available for hardware hackers.
Social Entrepreneurship Courses | Global Resolve
Make a difference in developing countries and get credit! Get involved by taking one or more of the courses listed below. Each one is project-based so you will understand a different culture, design a new product and plan a business. Click on each course name to register for the course for the spring 2001 semester. - also cross-listed as EGR494 (Spring 2011 SLN 20836 - capstone project), SOS 494 (Spring 2011 SLN 21810), IND 494 (Spring 2011 SLN 21858) and IND 598 (Spring 2011 SLN 27191) -
MBA Students Take Honors in Social Entrepreneurship Competition | At the Center of It All | The George Washington University School of Business
MBA student Anthony Shop presents a model for social return on investment. Credit: Marriott School Brigham Young University GWSB MBA students earned high honors last month in a case competition that went beyond the bottom line and asked participants to measure the benefits of social entrepreneurship. The first Innovation in Social Entrepreneurship Case Competition, held Feb.10-12 at Brigham Young University, asked MBA students to create a model for social enterprise organization Fundación Paraguaya and calculate its social return on investment.Sarah Abboud was part of the Dream A Dream team WOOSTER, Ohio, Aug. 16, 2011 - “So much of academics is talking, but sometimes you just can’t understand the full scope of a situation unless you’ve experienced it yourself.” Erika Takeo wrote those words in a blog post from India this summer, where she and three other Wooster students were immersed in a seven-week field experience with the college’s Global Social Entrepreneurship program. Takeo, who has designed her own major in global sustainability, and Sam Susanin, a business economics major, worked with EnAble India, a non-governmental organization in Bangalore that trains and counsels persons with disabilities to help them find jobs.
Students Put Theory into Practice in Global Social Entrepreneurship Program - College of Wooster
Nonprofits play a critical role in society, often able to address social needs and issues in more meaningful ways than their for-profit and government counterparts. Yet that role is changing. Increasingly, nonprofits must enlarge their focus to include advocacy and social entrepreneurship. We discuss the changing role of nonprofits in society, particularly zeroing in on when and how nonprofits should take on an advocacy role to address issues critical to their mission.
UCLA Extension : Advocacy, Social Entrepreneurship, and the Role of Nonprofits in Society
So what is Social Entrepreneurship? Dr. Bernard Turner, assistant professor of social entrepreneurship and director of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship & Service-Learning, will be on hand to discuss the social entrepreneurship major and the results of the first 2.5 years that the major has been offered at Belmont and why Social Entrepreneurship is the major that everyone is talking about. The information session will be held on Monday, February 14 at 10 a.m. in Massey 103.
Social Entrepreneurship Information Session Monday, February 14
New Wharton programs reflect social entrepreneurship trend | The Daily Pennsylvanian
Amidst the recession, business has seen a shifting focus toward social entrepreneurship. A new curriculum and several programs at Wharton reflect this trend. Every year, there are more students interested in social impact, Vice Dean of the Wharton Program for Social Impact Leonard Lodish said.Stern | NYU Stern Undergraduate Program: Social Impact
Make a difference in the world Every day business shapes and impacts the world around us. At Stern, we encourage you to think critically about the role of organizations in society and your influence as a prospective leader. Curricular Offerings (Learning) Stern’s unique Social Impact Core allows you to explore issues of personal and professional ethics, corporate social responsibility and the interconnections between business and our global society.The Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation Program in Social Entrepreneurship is designed to attract, encourage and train a new generation of leaders in public service. Each year, the program will expose a highly selective group of graduate and undergraduate students from throughout New York University to the cross-disciplinary skills, experiences and networking opportunities needed to advance and support their efforts to realize sustainable and scalable pattern-breaking solutions to society's most intractable problems. The program will also bring the field of social entrepreneurship to the greater NYU community.