2010 Institute

February 9, 2010 at Elon University

"Civic Engagement Through Social Entrepreneurship"

Mission of the Institute:  To help all 46 NC Campus Compact institutions consider how social innovation and entrepreneurship can impact their civic engagement initiatives

Objectives 

Participants will:

• Be introduced to an operating definition of social entrepreneurship
• Gain multiple perspectives of social entrepreneurship, as well as best practices and models
• Consider ways to spark student interest in utilizing innovative problem solving to address social and community issues, addressing concrete community issues in sustainable ways
• Assess their current campus initiatives – curriculum, research, co-curricular – as well as opportunities to integrate social entrepreneurship initiatives more fully
• Build communication between those initiating campus-based social entrepreneurship and the civic engagement office(s)
• Connect with like-minded staff and faculty from across the state and explore possible collaborations

2010 Planning Committee Members

Maryann Feldman,  S.K. Heninger Distinguished Professor of Public Policy,  Carolina Entrepreneurial Initiative,  UNC – Chapel Hill

Shari Galiardi, Director of Service-Learning, A.C.T., Appalachian State University
Leslie Garvin, Associate Director, NC Campus Compact
Christopher Gergen, Director, Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative, Duke University

Michael Giancola, Director, Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service, NC State University

Cathy Hamilton, Director, Office of Leadership and Service-Learning, UNC - Greensboro
Lisa Keyne, Executive Director, NC Campus Compact
Matthew Nash, Managing Director, Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE), Duke University

Gary Palin, Executive Director, Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Elon University

Jeff Stein, Associate Dean of Students, Elon University

Dianne H.B. Welsh, Director, North Carolina Entrepreneurship Center (NCEC) and Hayes Distinguished Chair of Entrepreneurship, UNC - Greensboro