Author Archives: Moledina

Regarding relationships and employee morale

By Maddy Swoy. The work culture at PremaVidya (PV) is really wonderful. They stress the importance of relationships. They see the value that partnerships and relationships create in; improved employee morale, improved teamwork, increased productivity, … Continue reading

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Can social entrepreneurship solve poverty?

Samantha McNelly On our last day of GSE for the semester, Professor Moledina posed the question “Can social entrepreneurship solve the problem of poverty?”  Everyone in our class fell into one of those awkward I-hope-someone-else-will-answer-so-I-… Continue reading

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Understanding poverty as a social problem and a thought on my role

Maria Millan Last week we visited the Association of People with Disabilities (APD)in Bangalore. This is a social venture that provides vocational and educational training to under served people with physical disabilities: people with visual or hearing… Continue reading

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Field experiences are integral to understanding SE.

By Kristen Connors This week, the GSE students are beginning our second week of work, and already, the students are quite entrenched in their projects.  For myself and the three other ladies assigned to work with PremaVidya-SVYM, we spent the … … Continue reading

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2012 Student Bios. We have arrived!

All of us arrived safely! After a brief hands-on orientation, we have begun. This year, 12 Global SE students along with 3 Lilly students are in Bangalore working and learning in the social enterprise sector.  We will tell you more … Continue re… Continue reading

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Help twelve Global SE students goto India to learn

Please support Amanda, Abi, Kristen, Navee, Maddy, Maria, Matt, Parisa, Phu, Sam, Varun, and Yoshi as they raise funds to offset their personal travel expenses for their learning experience in India. The students have put together a silent auction. Su… Continue reading

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Problems and Prospects for Peace in South Asia

Join us for a dialogue with Dr Saeed Shafqat and Dr. Phillip Oldenburg on Wednesday April 4th, 2012, Babcock Formal Lounge 7pm South Asia is a region of great opportunity and progress but also a place that has historically suffered from territorial &… Continue reading

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Social Venture Capital Clinic

Last month, I returned from USASBE where the Social Venture Clinic, a day-long exposure to raising funds through hands-on workshops was chosen as the finalist in the 3E Learning Competition. What is 3E Learning? This is a community of entrepreneurship… Continue reading

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As It Happens

Join us at the College of Wooster CoRE on Monday February 27, 2012. President Cornwell will reflect with Robin Wright, and Rami Khouri (live from Lebanon via video conference) on the topic “One Year After the Arab Spring”. This event is a c… Continue reading

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Research on Global Engagement

While a community of faculty and staff have been having “conversations in global engagement” for close to a year now, two of our students, Mitik Zegeye and Andrea Patton have been researching what global engagement means. Here are some yout… Continue reading

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