October 2019 News U Can Use Emily Lamb in News U Can Use, Uncategorized • October 1, 2019 2020 Exchange Presenter & Facilitator Application due in 10 Days! There is still time to share how you’re bringing changemaker education to life on your campus. The Exchange presenter and facilitator application is due October 10. Submit your presentation here. What’s Ahead for Youth (and the world)? Catalyzing transformational change is ahead. Meet one of the […]
Tech and Changemaking Resources: Careers for Social Impact Kristen Nixon in Tech and CM • September 17, 2019 Based on my experience with engineering in the first three years of my undergrad, I assumed that there was not much overlap between social impact and engineering and planned to be done with engineering as soon as I finished my undergrad. Luckily, I was wrong! Here is a small sample of companies finding ways to […]
Tech and Changemaking Resources: Societal impact + Ethics Kristen Nixon in Tech and CM • September 17, 2019 As discussed in my original blog post, technology is an incredibly powerful force in shaping modern society, and the consequences of lack of ethical thinking amongst scientists and engineers can be staggering. Scientists and engineers build things that deeply affect people on a large scale by nature of the profession, although it feels like more […]
Tech and Changemaking Resources: For Students Kristen Nixon in Tech and CM • September 17, 2019 Below we’ve compiled resources, events, and opportunities specifically deigned for students engaged in STEM fields. Resources Toolkit for infusing social impact into CS/STEM at your university Coding it Forward: a student-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering computer science, data science, and design students to create social good by breaking down the barriers to entry in social impact […]
Tech and Changemaking Resources: For Professors + Universities Kristen Nixon in Tech and CM • September 5, 2019 Universities have the power to touch students at a highly influential point in their lives and empower them to live their life and build a career in a way that makes world a better place. Imagine the scale of impact of a professor over the span of their career if they left students simply with […]
September 2019 News U Can Use Emily Lamb in News U Can Use • September 3, 2019 You’re Invited: Speak at the 2020 Ashoka U Exchange The presenter & facilitator application is now open for the 2020 Exchange, cohosted by the University of St. Thomas on April 16-18, 2020 in Minneapolis, MN. We invite you to share your insights, promising practices, and big ideas for the future of higher education. Read all about itand apply here. […]
Announcing Six Working Across Differences Fund Grantees Emily Lamb in Best Practices, Changemaker Campus • August 27, 2019 Washington, DC, August 27, 2019 – Ashoka U has selected six institutions to receive the Working Across Differences Fund grant, supported by the Fetzer Institute. The Working Across Differences Fund provides one-year grants to post-secondary institutions for creative and innovative campus-wide initiatives that accelerate the creation, development, and/or application of methodologies that build bridges across […]
The Promise of Tech and Changemaking Kristen Nixon in Tech and CM • August 21, 2019 I decided to study engineering in college during my senior year of high school, when I learned that engineering was simply the application of math and science to real world problems, not just driving trains and constructing buildings. Fast forward three years – I was a junior in college, disillusioned with engineering and resenting my […]
Commitments to spark and accelerate more than 200,000 changemakers Jessica Lax in Programs • July 19, 2019 Washington, DC, July 19th, 2019 —Leading academic institutions, ecosystem building organizations, and individuals across 14 countries announce today a total of 73 commitments to activate #MillionsofChangemakers. These new commitments will directly spark and accelerate more than 200,000 changemakers and indirectly impact millions more. The commitments represent some of the most innovative work being done across higher […]
2019 June News U Can Use Emily Lamb in News U Can Use • June 4, 2019 Ashoka U Commons – Apply now for our Fall 2019 session! Are you a higher education professional advancing your campus social innovation and changemaking ecosystem? You’re invited to apply for the Ashoka U Commons session this September-December! Apply early-bird by June 15th, or general application by July 31st. Learn more about the Commons. You’re Invited to […]