/unhtoday/feed/2576/rss.xml 91制片厂 Today Articles en /unhtoday/2023/12/unh-celebrates-students-and-alumni-annual-social-venture-innovation-challenge Student and alumni innovators alike were celebrated last week at the culminating events of the NH Social Venture Innovation Challenge (SVIC), 91制片厂鈥檚 annual idea competition. Paige Balcom 鈥�16 (CEPS, mechanical engineering) was named the 2023 91制片厂 Social Innovator of the Year during the festivities. The award is among the university鈥檚 most prestigious, recognizing leaders with a demonstrated commitment to combining the purpose of a social and/or environmental mission with the rigor and accountability of a financially sustainable, scalable model for change.聽Over the years, awardees have served as inspiration for students competing in the SVIC, Fiona Wilson, deputy chief sustainability officer at 91制片厂 and director of the Sustainability Institute, says. Paige Balcom 鈥�16 receives the聽2023 91制片厂... ]]> Tue, 12 Dec 2023 08:45 -0500 /unhtoday/2023/12/unh-celebrates-students-and-alumni-annual-social-venture-innovation-challenge /unhtoday/2021/01/qa-masami-dustin-21 When you came to 91制片厂 had you planned聽on聽weaving in聽a聽focus聽on聽social聽innovation聽or聽sustainability聽into your major and why?聽 I knew since my聽junior year of high school that I would want to major in business come college, though it wasn鈥檛 until recently that I found a true passion for social innovation. My entire life, I鈥檝e always been interested in helping people, and business in my eyes was always the most impactful way to reach large groups of people. I was never sure prior to college how I wanted to pursue this, but I knew I would make it happen somehow.聽 聽 What social innovation or sustainability classes, programs or experiences聽have you been聽involved in and how did they challenge you to think differently about what a career in business or economics might聽be?聽 The experience that... ]]> Wed, 06 Jan 2021 09:30 -0500 Sharon Keeler /unhtoday/2021/01/qa-masami-dustin-21 /unhtoday/2020/12/qa-tori-wyman-21 Did you know you would be majoring in business or economics? Had you planned on weaving in a focus on social innovation or sustainability?聽 When聽I was applying to school I applied into the business school, but what ultimately made my choice to come to 91制片厂 was the fact that it had so many other options and gave me the ability to change my mind and not feel like I had to be strictly business once coming here. At the time of applying, I had very little knowledge of the聽social聽innovation movement, other than my brother being an Environmental Science聽Major. I took a聽natural聽resources聽class as part of my degree requirements freshman year. It was during this class that I really learned about more than just the environment being at stake, and what being sustainable really meant. I didn鈥檛 get... ]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2020 09:30 -0500 Sharon Keeler /unhtoday/2020/12/qa-tori-wyman-21 https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2020/11/22/nh-social-venture-innovation-challenge-finalists-compete-nov-30/3765585001/ Nine teams were selected from a field of 60 teams comprised of 121 college students from across the state to advance to the final round of the 2020 New Hampshire Social Venture Innovation Challenge.聽The program is a collaborative, interdisciplinary event organized by the 91制片厂聽Changemaker Collaborative聽and co-hosted by the Carsey School of Public Policy, Peter T. Paul College of Business & Economics and the Sustainability Institute. ]]> Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2020/11/seacoast-online-nh-social-venture-innovation-challenge-finalists-compete-nov-30 /unhtoday/2020/10/university-collaborative-grooms-new-kind-sustainable-business-leader Often, those seeking broad changes in the way corporations behave toward their employees, society, and the environment, have done so as protestors. Such protests are valuable in raising attention to important issues, but what happens next to create change? At the 91制片厂, tomorrow鈥檚 workers are learning that 鈥渃hangemaking鈥� can have a big impact when pursued within an organization.聽The literal 鈥渃enter鈥� of this pedagogical and experiential movement聽is聽the聽Changemaker Collaborative, formerly known as the Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise.聽聽 Founded in 2015 as a joint venture of Paul College of Business and Economics and the聽Carsey聽School of Public Policy,聽the Changemaker Collaborative brings together students, faculty, staff, businesses, non-profits and... ]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:00 -0400 Dave Moore /unhtoday/2020/10/university-collaborative-grooms-new-kind-sustainable-business-leader /unhtoday/2020/10/b-change Certified B Corporations鈥痑re businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose.鈥疎very semester, 91制片厂 students have the opportunity to help firms such as Timberland, Lonza, Orvis, and Jack鈥檚 Pizza work toward B-Corp Certification, recertification, or simply to assess and improve their effect on the world through the聽Changemaker Collaborative鈥檚 B-Impact Clinic, of which Paul College is a founding partner. At the heart of the Clinic is the B Impact Assessment, an opensource tool developed by the non-profit B Lab, widely considered to be the most rigorous and comprehensive assessment of a sustainable company.聽 Economics and sustainability dual major Sarah Wilkinson 鈥�22 worked... ]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2020 00:15 -0400 Dave Moore /unhtoday/2020/10/b-change /unhtoday/2020/05/change-yourself-change-world Semester in the City聽honored its eighth successful semester on May 1. Eighteen students presented five-minute reflections on their recent internships at locations throughout the Boston area.聽 ]]> Wed, 13 May 2020 19:45 -0400 Colleen Flaherty /unhtoday/2020/05/change-yourself-change-world /unhtoday/2019/12/2019-nh-social-venture-innovation-challenge-winners A digital platform to help educators use experiential education to improve students鈥� lives and a micro-franchise that delivers vitamin supplementation to people in Haiti were the winners of 91制片厂鈥檚 seventh annual聽NH Social Venture Innovation Challenge聽(SVIC). ]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2019 16:00 -0500 Erika Mantz /unhtoday/2019/12/2019-nh-social-venture-innovation-challenge-winners https://www.unionleader.com/news/business/unh-students-get-more-opportunities-to-apply-business-skills-to/article_53294477-22d1-569c-a9e3-fd6f167ab323.html ]]> Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2019/10/unh-students-get-more-opportunities-apply-business-skills-sustainability-problems /unhtoday/2019/06/nine-weeks-start-changing-world Since 2011, 91制片厂's聽Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise聽has offered聽students internship opportunities with socially conscious nonprofit and for-profit businesses. ]]> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:00 -0400 Jody Record 鈥�95 /unhtoday/2019/06/nine-weeks-start-changing-world /unhtoday/2019/03/fishing-fortunes From the icy waters of the Gulf of Maine to clean drinking water in East Africa, 91制片厂 innovations enhance economic opportunities. ]]> Sun, 17 Mar 2019 10:30 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2019/03/fishing-fortunes /unhtoday/2019/02/just-people Before Emily Woods 鈥�19 started her internship at a homeless shelter in Boston, she was scared. ]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:00 -0500 Jody Record 鈥�95 /unhtoday/2019/02/just-people /unhtoday/2019/01/high-school-students-address-social-issues A 91制片厂 competition is encouraging action. ]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:30 -0500 Jody Record 鈥�95 /unhtoday/2019/01/high-school-students-address-social-issues /unhtoday/2018/12/rising-challenge Social business competition winners get creative at the annual NH SVIC. ]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:45 -0500 Jody Record 鈥�95 /unhtoday/2018/12/rising-challenge /unhtoday/2018/10/six-students-help-make-positive-change-boston-unhs-semester-city The CSIE has announced the 2018 Fall Cohort for 91制片厂鈥檚 acclaimed Semester in the City program. ]]> Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:45 -0400 Jennifer Saunders /unhtoday/2018/10/six-students-help-make-positive-change-boston-unhs-semester-city /unhtoday/2018/08/high-impact-internships Students devote their summers to social innovation. ]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2018 11:00 -0400 Sarah Schaier /unhtoday/2018/08/high-impact-internships /unhtoday/2018/08/summer-success-social-innovation-intern Graduate student Justin Klingler appliesd his environmental policy education to a summer internship. ]]> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 08:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2018/08/summer-success-social-innovation-intern /unhtoday/2018/08/social-innovation-internships Nelson Thomas 鈥�20 was among 24 91制片厂 students who participated in social innovation internships this summer and presented their work July 24.聽 ]]> Wed, 01 Aug 2018 14:15 -0400 /unhtoday/2018/08/social-innovation-internships /unhtoday/2018/05/wilson-wins-cornerstone-award Fiona Wilson was recently honored by the NHBSR for her commitment to sustainability. ]]> Tue, 08 May 2018 15:45 -0400 /unhtoday/2018/05/wilson-wins-cornerstone-award /unhtoday/2018/03/bright-lights-bright-future Jill Howard '19 left for a semester and returned with a different worldview.聽 ]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2018 09:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2018/03/bright-lights-bright-future /unhtoday/2018/03/using-fast-food-model-social-good 91制片厂 seniors Rachel Vaz and Gina Occhipinti spent part of their winter break in Tanzania. ]]> Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:30 -0500 Jody Record 鈥�95 /unhtoday/2018/03/using-fast-food-model-social-good /unhtoday/2018/02/not-your-typical-major Here's why Jill Howard '19 designed her own major.聽 ]]> Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:45 -0500 Zachary Tavano /unhtoday/2018/02/not-your-typical-major https://poetsandquantsforundergrads.com/2018/02/01/b-schools-help-make-money-make-difference/ 91制片厂鈥檚 Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise is recognized for offering interdisciplinary, high-impact experiences. ]]> Fri, 02 Feb 2018 14:15 -0500 /unhtoday/2018/02/poetsquants-b-schools-help-you-make-money-and-make-difference /unhtoday/2017/12/honey-and-flowers-all Andrew DeMeo 鈥�18 wants to put flowers in your yard and honey on your table and create a better world for you and your children. ]]> Wed, 06 Dec 2017 09:00 -0500 Sarah Schaier /unhtoday/2017/12/honey-and-flowers-all http://www.nhbr.com/December-8-2017/NH-Social-Venture-Innovation-Challenge-finalists-named/ ]]> Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:30 -0500 /unhtoday/2017/12/new-hampshire-business-review-nh-social-venture-innovation-challenge-finalists-named