Center for Creativity, Innovaton and Social Entrepreneurship

Please join the Social Entrepreneurship Program on selected Fridays for lunchtime conversations between members of the Middlebury community answering the question “What matters to me, and why?” Lunch from Grapevine Grille will be available to the first 20 attendees.

Please join the Social Entrepreneurship Program on selected Fridays for lunchtime conversations between members of the Middlebury community answering the question “What matters to me, and why?” Lunch from Grapevine Grille will be available to the first 20 attendees.

Please join the Social Entrepreneurship Program on selected Fridays for lunchtime conversations between members of the Middlebury community answering the question “What matters to me, and why?” Lunch from Grapevine Grille will be available to the first 20 attendees.

Please join the Social Entrepreneurship Program on selected Fridays for lunchtime conversations between members of the Middlebury community answering the question “What matters to me, and why?” Lunch from Grapevine Grille will be available to the first 20 attendees.

“Racism in International Development” panel with Emma Crewe, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, SOAS, University of London; William Michael Cunningham, founder, Creative Investment Research; and Conor Shapiro ‘03, president and CEO, St. Boniface Haiti Foundation. Cosponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, and the Center for Creativity, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship.

Join us for a brief informational session about fundraising techniques and strategies for crowdsourcing campaigns. John Coburn, Assistant Director of Annual Giving, and Jeff Stauch, Director of Annual Giving, will be leading the session and will have a Q & A afterwards.

Middlebury Entrepreneurs final pitch competition. Each pitch will last 10-12 minutes, with questions and comments at the end by our panel of judges. Winner of the Schiller Cup will get to compete in Launch VT’s annual Collegiate Competition.

Have an idea for a project or business? Is there a problem you want to solve or an artistic piece you wish to create? Spend this summer taking your idea to the next level and get the funding to do it. MiddCHALLENGE is here to help you turn your idea into reality. The Competition: MiddCHALLENGE is accepting proposals in which you explain the inspiration and/or viability of your idea or business.

Which of this year’s presidential candidates inspired you most? What values did “your” candidate champion? What choices will you make in college and beyond that reflect your commitment to these values? Please join this student conversation about VALUES, POWER, and IMPACT. Nadia Horning, Bert Johnson, and Heather Neuwirth and Meghan Colwell of the Social Entrepreneurship Program will facilitate. All are welcome to come reflect on their personal political values and engagement.

International and Global Studies Colloquium “Familial Capital and the Education of Refugee-background Youth: A local case study with global implications” by Shawna Shapiro, assistant professor of writing and linguistics, Middlebury College. Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; suggested $5 donation for others; RSVP by 11/9 to rcga@middlebury.edu. Cosponsored by the Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs and the Center for Social Entrepreneurship.