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Changemaker Campus

University of San Diego Change Leaders

We believe universities can do good …

better.

That’s why Ashoka U promotes robust,

interdisciplinary approaches to teaching,

research, and action in social innovation that

advance the positive social and

environmental impact of colleges and

universities globally.

Simply put: Education that matters.

About

• Identifies and empowers entrepreneurial

change leaders in higher education

• Supports the transformation of colleges

and universities into Changemaker

Campuses

• Catalyzes and measures colleges and

universities’ contributions to positive

social and environmental impact

So that: A world-changing university experience

becomes the new normal.

Launched in 2008, Changemaker Campus is

a designation offered by Ashoka to leading

colleges and universities in social innovation.

The purpose of the Changemaker Campus designation is

to honor colleges and universities that have embedded

social innovation as a core value and showcase the ways

in which they have built supportive environments for

changemaking across the entire institution – from

admissions through the curriculum, career services, all

the way to community and alumni engagement.

What is Changemaker Campus?

Who are the Changemaker Campuses?

Arizona State University

Babson College

Brigham Young University

Brown University

College of the Atlantic

Duke University

George Mason University

Marquette University

Middlebury College

Portland State University

Rollins College

Tec de Monterrey – Guadalajara

The New School

Tulane University

University of Colorado – Boulder

University of Maryland – College Park

University of San Diego

Imagine a world where…

Prospective students choose Changemaker Campuses because they are known as the place for those

who want to make a difference.

Students see social entrepreneurship as a viable future career option and consistently seek out

opportunities to create positive social and environmental impact as an employee or entrepreneur.

Pressing social and environmental problems are solved through the knowledge and actions of Changemaker

Campuses and their graduates.

Highly competitive faculty, administrators, and staff seek to join Changemaker Campuses because of their

commitment to leverage resources for societal and environmental good.

Alumni remain committed to, and inspired by Changemaker Campuses because of their leadership in

addressing society’s most intractable challenges.

Innovative employers focus their recruiting efforts on Changemaker Campuses, knowing the caliber of

problem-solvers and social innovators who emerge.

Leading social entrepreneurs seek to partner with Changemaker Campuses, because they see them as

highly strategic partners in solving the world’s problems together.

We are creating this world together.

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Institutional Case Studies

http://vimeo.com/3444693

Innovation as economic and social imperative

What it looks like at ASU

“The most entrepreneurial businesses are

interdisciplinary; they communicate between

marketing, finance, operations and other

departments. College of the Atlantic expands this

entrepreneurial spirit by tearing down the walls

between traditionally siloed disciplines to spark

innovation and to solve problems from multiple

perspectives.”

Jay

Friedlander,

Sharpe-

McNally Chair

of Green and

Socially

Responsible

Business

Students at COA receive only one degree, that of Human Ecology, which

studies the relationship between human beings and their physical and social

environments through a distinctive interdisciplinary approach.

Natural fit with a non-traditional institutional structure

What it looks like

at COA

• Venture "hatchery”

provides eligible students

space and time to develop

their capstone projects into

for- or non-profits.

• Students selected receive

office space, business

mentors, and other support

services to launch

• Ventures are eligible for

seed funding of up to

$5,000.

• Supports the transition

from graduating student to

functional entrepreneur.

Venture Example

Gourmet Butanol: Turning

Yesterday's Eggplant

Parmesan into Tomorrow's

Fuel

Compelled by the historical moment …

“Really, we had no choice,” President Scott

Cowen writes. “The fates of the university

and the city were one and the same.” In the

wake of Hurricane Katrina, Tulane University

summoned the courage to rethink the role of

the university; not just its role in rebuilding

New Orleans, but also the responsibilities of

the university as an enduring driver of

positive social change.

Due in no small part to Tulane’s remarkable efforts after Katrina, social innovators today

are transforming New Orleans into an environment for equity, sustainability and visionary

change.

By investing in the future of New Orleans, Tulane seeks to inspire the next generation of

leaders to develop and invest in creative and cutting-edge solutions.

… and the needs of the local community.

• Endowed chair in social entrepreneurship and civic

engagement

• Five rotating professorships in social entrepreneurship

• Four Urban Innovation Fellows, using Tulane as an

incubator for local social entrepreneurs

What it looks like at Tulane…

• Ashoka Fellow employed as

instructor

• Internship placement for students

• Leverage Tulane’s partnership

with the Latin American School of

Medicine in Cuba to provide a

linkage with U.S. community

based medicine practicum

• Projects and collaborations in Ghana, Nigeria, Malawi, Honduras, Haiti

• Increase partnerships with local HBCUs

What it looks like at Tulane…

Cross-Sector Collaboration

A passion for entrepreneurship of all kinds…

“You are about

to learn why

entrepreneurshi

p is the most

powerful force in

the world for

creating

economic and

social value and

how Babson

educates

entrepreneurial

leaders.”

- President Len

Schlesinger

Why partner with Ashoka?

Ashoka is the global association of the world’s leading social

entrepreneurs – men and woman with systems changing solutions for the

world’s most urgent social problems. Since 1981, Ashoka has elected

nearly 3,000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing

them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global

network of peers in 70 countries. With our global community, we develop

innovative models for collaboration and design new architecture for social

change.

Leveraging our insights from working with this network of innovators,

Ashoka is in the unique position to share both examples of systems-

changing solutions and experience nurturing social entrepreneurs with the

academic sector. Ashoka’s unparalleled network and field knowledge of

social entrepreneurship provides the ideal platform for a thriving

community of social innovators with a new vision for higher education to

grow.

THANK YOU

For more information, please contact:

Michele Leaman,

Changemaker Campus Director

mleaman@ashoka.org