Celebrating 2016: Ashoka U Year-In-Review Beeta Ansari in Ashoka, Ashoka U Live Team • December 23, 2016 Dearest friends, colleagues, and supporters: As 2016 comes to an end, the Ashoka U team is eager to pause and take a moment to celebrate… We want to thank and celebrate our ever-growing community of individuals, institutions, partners, and allies who bring our shared vision to life. We thank you for embedding social innovation into […]
December News U Can Use Beeta Ansari in Uncategorized • December 6, 2016 As the year comes to a close, we wish you a wonderful and thoughtful end of 2016. We look forward to working alongside you in 2017 to further educate and empower individuals as creators of positive social change! – the Ashoka U team You’re Invited: Ashoka U’s Virtual Accelerator for Social Innovation Education! Ashoka U Commons […]
Ashoka U Commons Applications Now Open! Beeta Ansari in Uncategorized • December 5, 2016 “The Commons increased my ability to navigate this field; that is, through readings, discussions, and assignments, I gained a stronger grasp of what I knew and needed to learn more about. The work … on identifying ways to collaborate across campus and exploring how to maximize the successes of university efforts was invaluable.” -Lisa Gring-Pemble, […]
November News U Can Use Beeta Ansari in Uncategorized • November 10, 2016 2017 Exchange Early Bird Registration Open Until Nov. 16! The 2017 Ashoka U Exchange, co-hosted by Miami Dade College, will take place on March 2-4, 2017 in Miami, Florida. You won’t want to miss one of the largest global conferences on educating people to be changemakers. Get a taste for the conversations happening at the […]
Ashoka U October News U Can Use Emily Lamb in News U Can Use • October 14, 2016 Join us in welcoming the newest US Ashoka Fellows! Ashoka is proud to present the 2016 Cohort of US Ashoka Fellows! This year’s extraordinary group reflects our commitment to Redraw the Map of Social Entrepreneurship in the US. We’re excited for you to get to know them and their systems-changing ideas for immigration reform, labor […]
Categories Announced for the 7th Annual Cordes Innovation Awards Emily Lamb in Uncategorized • October 5, 2016 Ashoka U and the Cordes Foundation are proud to recognize leading models of social innovation education through the Cordes Innovation Award. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding programmatic innovations that transform how colleges and universities foster changemaking education on campus. History of the Award The Ashoka U – Cordes Innovation Award was established in 2011, at the first […]
Ashoka U September News U Can Use Emily Lamb in Ashoka, Changemaker Campus, Exchange, News U Can Use, Resources, Social Innovation • September 14, 2016 Must Read! AAC&U’s publication on “Social Innovation and Civic Engagement” We know students can gain a sense of efficacy through projects focused on social innovation; we also know they can ground this work in community-identified priorities through civic engagement experiences. Yet too often, social innovation and civic engagement efforts are separate from each other. […]
2017 Ashoka Exchange Application Now Open! Emily Lamb in Uncategorized • August 22, 2016 “The Exchange and the community represented has always been so helpful for Watson (U). [It is] not only a lot of fun but also helps me learn so much and meet many great people in the field.” – Eric Glustrom, Founder & President, Watson U; Ashoka Fellow We invite you to join us and hundreds of […]
Ashoka U August News U Can Use Emily Lamb in Uncategorized • August 9, 2016 2017 Ashoka U Exchange Presentation Application Now Live The Exchange, co-hosted by Miami Dade College on March 2-4, 2017 in Miami, Florida, is one of the world’s largest annual gatherings that highlights exciting, globally relevant models of social innovation in higher education. This year, we’re calling for content on three key pillars of leadership critical […]
Rethinking College Admissions – Ashoka U White Paper and Best Practice Links Erin Krampetz in Uncategorized • August 9, 2016 Ashoka U has published a white paper on “Rethinking College Admissions: A Social Innovation Approach,” which can be downloaded in full here. Positioned as action research, we asked the following research question: “How can the college admissions process empower every student with the skills and qualities they need to shape the world for the good of […]