Old Normal to New Normal: Our opportunity for equitable innovation and resilience Marina Kim in Social Innovation • April 7, 2020 Making sense of our changing reality The past few weeks and months have become a blur for many of us – reading news articles, grieving the lives lost, and making sense of what COVID-19 means for our families, organizations, and communities. In this survival mode, our physical, emotional, and organizational systems are on overload. Not […]
Changemaking in the time of Coronavirus Jessica Lax in Ashoka U Team, Best Practices, Resources • April 7, 2020 It has become incredibly clear that the current moment of uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic is not only unprecedented in the world, but also in higher education. It has forced, almost overnight, a huge transition that is unlike anything campuses have done before. Amid the stories of rapid change, we have also seen an […]
Winners Announced for the #MillionsofChangemakers award Jessica Lax in Best Practices • March 5, 2020 Ashoka U is excited to announce four winners and six semi-finalists for the #MillionsofChangemakers award. The award recognizes the initiatives that have the greatest potential to spark #MillionsofChangemakers if adopted across higher education. The award is a part of Ashoka U’s #MillionsofChangemakers campaign, launched with support from Schmidt Futures in Feb. 2019. As part of the campaign, leading […]
2020 March News U Can Use Emily Lamb in News U Can Use • March 3, 2020 A New Tour of the U.S. – and You’re Invited! Join Ashoka U.S. on their 2020 “tour of the U.S. through the people making it better.” Part discovery travel series, part civics lesson, part future casting, you’re invited to meet real changemakers from across the country from all walks of life in all 50 states in 50 weeks. […]
2020 February News U Can Use Emily Lamb in News U Can Use • February 4, 2020 Ashoka U’s monthly newsletter for changemaker educators and students. One more day to get your Exchange ticket at $799 rate There’s only one more day to register for the 2020 Exchange at the rate of $799. Join 650+ educators, students, thought leaders and innovators as we bring our community together. Share your ideas, build a community and walk […]
2019 December News U Can Use Emily Lamb in News U Can Use • December 11, 2019 Evaluating Changemaker Education: A Practitioners Guide Available for Purchase Today! Ashoka U’s newest publication, Evaluating Changemaker Education: A Practitioner’s Guide, explores why and how educators can draw on evaluation practices to strengthen changemaker education. 20 leading field leaders offer their approaches to evaluation in classrooms and across campuses. Evaluating Changemaker Education is currently on sale for $79 (regular price […]
Walking the Walk Meets Social Entrepreneurship-Speak Mihai Patru in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • November 20, 2019 This blog is part of Ashoka U’s Student Changemaker Stories: a campaign bringing together diverse student changemaker perspectives to shift the narrative around what it means to be a changemaker and who can be one – on campus and beyond. Each story concludes with a note of gratitude and call-to-action from the author. A year ago, I was talking […]
Celebrating UDEM’s Community of Student Changemakers Mitzi Elizabeth Gonazalez Medrano in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • November 20, 2019 This blog is part of Ashoka U’s Student Changemaker Stories: a campaign bringing together diverse student changemaker perspectives to shift the narrative around what it means to be a changemaker and who can be one – on campus and beyond. Each story concludes with a note of gratitude and call-to-action from the author. You may have seen my friend […]
Studying Medicine, Practicing Changemaking Diego Carrión Alvarez in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • November 19, 2019 This blog is part of Ashoka U’s Student Changemaker Stories: a campaign bringing together diverse student changemaker perspectives to shift the narrative around what it means to be a changemaker and who can be one – on campus and beyond. Each story concludes with a note of gratitude and call-to-action from the author. I remember the day so clearly: […]
Witnessing the Snowball Effect of Changemaking Isabel Miranda in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • November 19, 2019 This blog is part of Ashoka U’s Student Changemaker Stories: a campaign bringing together diverse student changemaker perspectives to shift the narrative around what it means to be a changemaker and who can be one – on campus and beyond. Each story concludes with a note of gratitude and call-to-action from the author. They say hindsight vision is 20/20. […]