October 2009 Archives

The NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship (www.nyu.edu/reynolds) is pleased to continue the 2009-10 "Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century" Speaker Series with Slow Money President and Investor's Circle Founder Woody Tasch. As president of Slow Money, a 501 c 3 formed in 2008, Woody is working to catalyze the flow of investment capital to small food enterprises and to promote new principles of fiduciary responsibility to support sustainable agriculture and the emergence of a restorative economy.

The event will take place on November 5 at 5:30pm at the Rudin Family Forum on the 2nd floor of the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street.  All are welcome, but space is limited and an RSVP is required at: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229L2SDHJJ8. 

Now in its forth year, The Social Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century Speaker Series features a remarkable selection of social entrepreneurs and related leaders who have launched extraordinary programs, companies and movements addressing the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.  Reflecting the NYU Reynolds belief that social entrepreneurship is a meta-profession drawing on cross-disciplinary knowledge and practice, the series presents prominent social entrepreneurs and leaders from across the spectrum of public and professional sectors who will share their insights as cutting-edge, far reaching change makers.

Other speakers this year include Honest Tea Founder and TeaEO Seth Goldman, Former U.S. Ambassador and President and CEO of Population Services International Karl Hofmann, and George Foundation Founder Dr. Abraham George. Additional speakers to be scheduled throughout the year.

To learn more about the NYU Reynolds Speaker Series, and to access our audio and video library of previous speakers, click here or cut and paste http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds/speaker_series/ into your browser. The audio and video library is also available from the podcast section of iTunes. Search NYU Reynolds Program.

To learn more about the NYU Reynolds Program in Social Entrepreneurship, please visit us at http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds.  

Applications are available now for the New York University Reynolds Graduate Fellowship in Social Entrepreneurship (www.nyu.edu/reynolds).   Our goal is to attract, train, and encourage the next generation of social entrepreneurs. Each year we offer up to twenty graduate fellowships to a highly selective group of individuals from across all fields of study who posses the vision and passion to implement pattern breaking change to intractable social problems in sustainable and scalable ways.

Successful applicants will receive $50,000 in tuition aid and participate in an intensive two-year curricular and co-curricular component to compliment the students' particular courses of study including:   

• Incubator for social venture and non-profit development and launch
• The NYU Reynolds "Social Entrepreneurship in the 21^st Century" Speaker Series
• Specially designed course in social entrepreneurship
• One on one and small group social entrepreneurial coaching sessions with leaders in the field
• Seminars and workshops led by the Reynolds Expert Advisors and alumni
• Peer review sessions
• Intensive business plan coaching
• Summer internships and project-related work
• Mentorship
• Networking opportunities with visionary leaders from the public, private and citizen sectors
• Membership in a community of diverse and extraordinary changemakers

This opportunity is open to individuals applying to any full-time two year master's degree program at NYU seeking September 2010 enrollment, or students that are currently enrolled in the schools of Law, Medicine or Dentistry and will have  two years remaining beginning September 2010.  Application deadlines vary by school and run January through February. For more information or to apply, please visit the NYU Reynolds website at http://www.nyu.edu/reynolds.