The Decade-Long Question that Brought Me to Watson Institute Bryan Nakambonde in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • October 22, 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’m five years old during a […]
100 Interviews Later: How Do You Equip a Changemaker? Clément Moliner-Roy in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • October 22, 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. Many people across higher education are […]
The Recurring, Slow-Burn Question: “Who, Me?” Katie Gingerich in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • October 22, 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. “If not you, then who?” I […]
Making Sense of the World We Live In Nithya Vemireddy in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • October 14, 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. Post-graduation, day 191. I was in […]
Researchers as Changemakers: The Power of a PhD Simon Sizwe Mayson in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • October 14, 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’m lying on the floor of […]
Student Voices Unleashed – Activism as a Critical Part of Changemaker Education Megan Simmons in Student Changemaker Stories Campaign • October 14, 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 was sixteen during the 2016 […]
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 […]