Author Archives: Moledina

Students work on social problems and challenges in the community “We haven’t had these many projects for a long time!” said Dr Mariola. Last fall, Dr. Matt Mariola (Environmental Studies) and Dr. Amyaz Moledina (Economics) began speaking to variou… Continue reading →

The Social Entrepreneurship (SE) program at The College of Wooster once again designed community-based projects that connected talented students seeking experiential learning opportunities with community leaders with real business needs. For more than … Continue reading →

Despite the pandemic, the SE program continued its commitment to working with social change organizations. Three students, Claira Schiffrik, Eraj Sikandar, and Keegan King advised by Professor Moledina worked with FoodSphere: the Entrepreneurial Center… Continue reading →

By Mekdes Shiferaw ’23 Historically, Adivasis communities many of whom live in India’s forests have not been consulted when it comes to use of their land. They are often subject to forced displacement and inadequate compensation for ancestral or … Continue reading →

By Maggie Dougherty ’21 Most years, Wooster’s Global Social Entrepreneurship (GSE) program is distinguished from the Local SE program by one crucial word: global. On any other year, Wooster’s GSE students would be in Bangalore, India, working and… Continue reading →

The award-winning program, founded by students, alumni, faculty, and staff had great plans for 2020. However, with the reality of the COVID pandemic, we had to pivot. As we planned for 2020 with our alums and partners, we came to … Continue readi… Continue reading →

The award-winning program, founded by students, alumni, faculty, and staff had great plans for 2020. However, with the reality of the COVID pandemic, we had to pivot. As we planned for 2020 with our alums and partners, we came to … Continue readi… Continue reading →

We are recruiting for the Award Winning Global Social Entrepreneurship experience for 2020. We believe you can solve social problems like poverty, environmental degradation, minority access to education and others by learning from and working alongside… Continue reading →

Lately, the local SE program has been working and thinking holistically about the ways in which our food system marginalizes the poor. We are also concerned that our beloved College, its curriculum and its strategic orientation is not effectively connected … Continue reading →
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What is if we could solve food insecurity and stagnating farm income with one solution? Twelve College of Wooster students working with four community advisers tried to devise a plan to do just that. Thirteen percent of Wayne County’s population … Continue reading →
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