In partnership with Cordes Foundation, Ashoka U seeks to recognize globally relevant teaching, learning, and partnership practices that may be adapted and replicated across the field.
Congratulations to our 2012 Innovation Award Winners! Watch interviews with the 2012 winners below.
Duke University’s “Social Entrepreneurship in Action” course developed and taught by Tony Brown of the Duke Enterprising Leadership Initiative.
Urban Innovation Challenge in New Orleans developed by Stephanie Barskdale with Tulane University’s Social Entrepreneurship Initiatives and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation.
ThinkImpact’s Innovation Institute full-immersion social entrepreneurship education program hosted in rural Africa and founded by Saul Garlick of ThinkImpact.
ALTIS Joint Venture MBA in Social Entrepreneurship and Management between three institutions from Italy, India, and Kenya launched by Mario Molteni, Frank Cinque and Stefano Guidotti of ALTIS – Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milan (Italy)
Berkeley MBA Microfinance Simulcast Course initiated and led by Sean Foote of Berkeley’s Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Center for Executive Education.
University Innovation Fellowship for institutional innovation created and led by Kimberly de los Santos of the Arizona State University Office of University Initiatives.
Innovation Award judges:
- Tim Brodhead, former President, McConnell Foundation
- Judith Cone, formerly of the Kauffman Foundation and now Special Assistant for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to the Chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill
- Christy Chin, Portfolio Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
- Ron Cordes, Co-Founder, Cordes Family Foundation
- Jorge de la Torre, Director of Institutional Relations, Santander
- Derek Ellerman, Ashoka Fellow and founder of Polaris Project
- Rich Leimsider, Director of Fellow and Alumni Programs, Echoing Green
- David Lipkin, Principal, Business Development, Method
- Jennifer Ratay, Program Director, Hewlett Foundation
- Diana Wells, President, Ashoka
Read about the 2011 innovation awardees here.
Please do not hesitate to contact Beeta Ansari at bansari@ashoka.org for more information.