U.S. CHINA SOCIAL ENTERPRISE SUMMIT 2011
On March 29, 2011 The University of the Pacific’s Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship will host its second annual U.S. China Social Enterprise Summit in San Francisco, CA. Through a generous commitment from Pacific, we have partnered with the Cordes Foundation, Schoenfeld Foundation of Hong Kong, and the HUB Bay Area to engage 30 young social enterprise leaders from Mainland China and Hong Kong. This year, ECSEL received over 2000 applications for 30 fellowships. The 30 ECSEL fellows will also join Pacific’s Delegation of 15...
read moreISRAELI PARLIAMENT PASSES HISTORIC MINE ACTION LAW
Media Contacts: Heidi Kühn, Founder/CEO(415) 455-8008Dhyan Or, ROPWest Bank +972 546 707106 International Community Celebrates Success of Campaign Led by12-year old Landmine Survivor March 14, 2011—Jerusalem—Last February, when young Daniel Yuval said he wanted to do something to rid his country of landmines, even he did not expect that his call to action would result in a dramatic shift in Israeli landmine policy this year. Today, the Israeli parliament, in an historic vote of 43 to 0, passed legislation to establish a National...
read moreGlobal Heroes Lecture Series: Heidi Kuhn
Featured news: Israeli Parliament Passes Historic Mine Action Law SEND YOUR RSVP TO GLOBALCENTER@PACIFIC.EDU
read moreFast Company Features Mike Del Ponte and Sparkseed
Mike Del Ponte is the founder of Sparkseed. Del Ponte had been traveling the world, involved in various activist and charitable projects. As he saw social entrepreneurship take off, he decided to create Sparkseed, “We identify the most promising social entrepreneurs, we help them launch their ventures, connect with capital, and scale their impact.” Learn More
read moreCongratulations 2011 Ambassadors
Left Right Katie Bella Senior School of International Studies Karelli Cabral Junior School of International Studies Shannon Chapman FreshmanSchool of International Studies Ana Gonzalez JuniorEberhardt School of Business Sara Menges JuniorSchool of International Studies Christina Ramirez GraduateSchool of Engineering & Computer Science Hunter Tanous SeniorSchool of International Studies Caelan Urquhart JuniorEberhardt School...
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Ms. Keely Stevenson, CEO of Bamboo Finance USA Joins Global Center Board of Stakeholders
Keely’s commitment to social change was sparked by her lessons learned working with people with terminal illnesses as a hospice volunteer in Sacramento, California in the early 1990s. She built on those lessons of appreciation for life through her work over the last decade in the field of social entrepreneurship with experience on five continents. She now currently serves as the CEO of Bamboo Finance USA, which is a commercial investment firm that specializes in the financing of social entrepreneurship globally. Keely joined Bamboo in 2007...
read morePipeline Partnership with the Unreasonable Institute
Dear GCSE Entrepreneur, We’re excited to announce an official pipeline partnership with the Unreasonable Institute and are writing you now because we believe you should consider applying! To give you a little background, the Unreasonable Institute accelerates high-impact entrepreneurs with mentorship from 60 global thought leaders and investors, ranging from the co-founder of Google.org to an entrepreneur who’s lifted over 24 million farmers out of poverty. These entrepreneurs form relationships with 30 impact investment funds...
read moreClinton Global Initiative University 2011
APPLICATION DEADLINE: JAN 21, 2011 OPEN TO ALL 3 PACIFIC CAMPUSES DOWNLOAD APPLICATION Building on the successful model of the Clinton Global Initiative, which brings together world leaders to take action on global challenges, President Clinton launched the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) in 2007 to engage the next generation of leaders on college campuses around the world. Each year, CGI U hosts a meeting for students, national youth organizations, and university officials to discuss solutions to pressing global issues. The...
read moreFast Company features Ron Cordes
GCSE PRACTITIONER SPEAKERS SERIES FEATURING: Ron Cordes Impact Investor and Humanitarian WEBER HALL 102 NOVEMBER 18, 2010 AT 5:00 PM Fast Company features Ron Cordes: Impact Investor: Finance Guru Ron Cordes Is Pointing Billions of Dollars in Better Directions BY Lisa Katayama In the third of our series on social entrepreneurs, we profile a money manager whose epiphany in Uganda helped create a whole new online portal for global social investing. Call it a midlife crisis gone terribly right. After 28 years in finance, Ron...
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