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 the MicroConsignment Model, their programs have had a huge impact on our students and the communities they serve.
-Eric Mlyn, Executive Director DukeEngage
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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