Overview

High-impact social entrepreneurship requires a team effort. Through both Social Entrepreneur Corps and our non profit Community Enterprise Solutions we have formed strong, strategic relationships where everyone both adds and derives value. For example, we have a long-standing relationship with Warby Parker who provides us with glasses for our MicroConsignment Model through their “one for one” program. We partner with social impact solutions providers such as Vision Spring, Barefoot Power and Basic Water Needs. We work with foundations and funding supporters such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the IFC and Levi Strauss Foundation. And we are part of the Schwab Foundation, Ashoka and Lemelson Foundation networks. And of course we work with dozens and dozens of local, grassroots organizations.

College and University Partners

Most importantly for you we have strong relationships with college and university partners. Following is a list of our partners in alphabetical order. If you are attending one of our partner schools please click on the name to learn relevant information about the applications process, potential credits, and financial support.

Cornell University

Please apply directly and contact Debra Lynn Moesch to inform her that you have applied. Cornell University students may be eligible for limited financial support.


Deadline: Rolling applications.

Duke University

DukeEngage partners with our 8 Week Social Impact Immersion Programs in Guatemala and Nicaragua; applications to participate through DukeEngage for 2015 are closed, but we project a deadline of November 2015 for our 2016 programs.  Apply through DukeEngage at http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/engage/proposal.html

If you are a Duke student and you would like to apply outside DukeEngage, please apply directly.

Deadline: November 2015 for 2016 Duke Engage programs; rolling deadline for general applications.

Georgetown University

Social Entrepreneur Corps works in partnership directly with GU Impacts.  Please apply online directly through us and reach out to Amanda Delp to inform her that you have applied. Georgetown students may be eligible for limited financial support for specific Social Entrepreneur Corps programs.

Deadline: Rolling applications.

Miami University

Social Entrepreneur Corps works in partnership with the Center for Social Entrepreneurship.  Please apply online and contact Brian Bergman to inform him that you have applied. Miami students may be eligible for limited financial support and eligible for credit hours.  Miami University students traditionally participate in any program or country where there is availability.

Deadline: Rolling applications.

Northwestern University

Social Entrepreneur Corps works in partnership with GESI (the Global Engagement Studies Institute) for the 8 Week Social Impact Immersion Program in the Dominican Republic; to participate through their program, please apply here. Contact Meghan Ann Ozaroski for additional information.

If you are a Northwestern student and you would like to apply outside GESI, please apply directly.

Deadline: March 1st.  Rolling deadline for general applications.

The College of William and Mary

Please apply directly online and contact Elizabeth Miller to inform her that you have applied. William and Mary students may be eligible for limited financial support.


Deadline: Rolling applications.

University of Connecticut

Social Entrepreneur Corps works in partnership with UConn Study Abroad for the Eight Week Program in Guatemala.  Please apply through UConn. UConn students may be eligible for financial support. This program receives nine credit hours.

If you are a UConn student and you would like to apply independently, please apply directly.

Deadline: February 13th; rolling deadline for general applications.

University of Maryland

Social Entrepreneur Corps works in partnership with UMD for the 8 Week Social Impact Immersion Programs in Nicaragua, Ecuador, and the Dominican Republic; please apply directly through UMD’s Education Abroad Office. Maryland students receive academic credit for this program and may be eligible for limited financial support; contact Jennifer Precht for more information.

If you are a UMD student and you would like to apply independently, please apply directly.

Deadline: March 1st; rolling deadline for general applications.

University of New Mexico

Please apply online and contact Dr. Manuel Montoya to inform him that you have applied. University of New Mexico students may be eligible for limited financial support.

Deadline: Rolling applications.

University of Notre Dame

If you are a student enrolled at the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Mendoza College of Business, please apply online and contact Melissa Paulsen to inform her that you have applied. Notre Dame students may be eligible for  financial support.

If you are an SIBC member please apply online and contact Monica Laidig to inform her that you have applied. SIBC members may be eligible for limited financial support.

Deadline: Rolling applications.

University of South Carolina

Please apply online and contact Carolyn Jones to inform her that you have applied. University of South Carolina students may be eligible for limited financial support.

Deadline: Rolling applications.

College and University Partner Testimonials

“Our relationship with Social Entrepreneur Corps is now nearly five years old, and we value it very much. Our belief in DukeEngage is that student transformation comes when they are fully immersed in an issue and community. The Social Entrepreneur Corps model achieves this as well as any program I know. Through intensive  language instruction, homestays and student involvement in theMicroConsignment Model, their programs have had a huge impact on our students and the communities they serve.”
- Eric Mlyn, Ph.D., Executive Director, DukeEngage, Duke University

“Social Entrepreneur Corps offers students a unique opportunity to make a real difference in the world. Their partnership program with Franklin & Marshall College in Ecuador has allowed our students to engage in intensive community-based learning experiences bridging the gulf between theory and practice in a real and meaningful way.”
- Susan Dicklitch, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the College, Director, The Ware Institute for Civic Engagement, Franklin & Marshall College

“At the Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Miami University we research and study a broad scope of social entrepreneurship models. The combined impact that the MicroConsignment Model and Social Entrepreneur Corps create is a true rarity. Rarely do we come across such elegant models for alleviating poverty that are both highly-scalable and empower everyone involved in such a high quality manner.”
- Brett Smith, Ph.D., Founder and Director, Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Miami University

“Some business ideas are so straightforward and make so much sense that you wonder, “Why didn’t I think of that?”This is definitely the case with the MicroConsignment Model. When our students heard Greg Van Kirk present the model, it made perfect sense to them;the idea in itself was entrepreneurial and encouraged entrepreneurial activity in rural communities. The model provides the training and tools for micro-entrepreneurs to sustain their businesses, as well as purchasing power, which can then be used to spur economicdevelopment in their own communities. Our students keep mentioning the model because it just makes sense.”
- Melissa A. Paulsen, Social Entrepreneurship Program, University of Notre Dame