We are a community of learners from every corner of campus, first-year through doctoral, applying our passions to change the world.
What is NC State Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship?
Social innovation and entrepreneurship is the practice of applying problem-solving tools and a creative mindset to bring about a more equitable and just world. We learn skills to become global change leaders, whether as entrepreneurs starting new ventures or social enterprises or those seeking to learn problem-solving skills to impact their communities or existing organizations.
The NC State campus and surrounding community serve as our vibrant laboratory for social entrepreneurship. Faculty, staff and students from across our diverse university work hand in hand with our area’s brightest entrepreneurs. In this dynamic environment, we teach, mentor and learn from and with each together.
New episode of the Exceptional Undergrads podcast is live with Ishita Pai Raikar @ishitapairaikar
Ishita is an undergrad at North Carolina State University! She has a passion for innovation at the intersection of technology, ethics, and policy. In addition to her academic pursuits, she is a TEDx speaker and entrepreneur, founding "GlobeUplift" – a non-profit dedicated to raising awareness about global issues.
Click the link in our bio to listen to the episode!
Syna Sharma, from Garner, NC is a sophomore in the College of Education studying Middle School Education: English Language Arts and Social Studies in order to become an innovative educator to empower youth to make a difference in their communities through critical service learning as well as to become a teacher leader to transform the education system into learner-centered and learner powered environment.
“My experiences attending a learner-centered, Montessori School while growing up on the island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands have heavily influenced my passion to transform the US public education system into a similar learner-centered environment that provides autonomy to learners and prepares them for the 21st century. Therefore, I am excited to be joining the Social Innovation Fellows in order to learn about how social entrepreneurship can be used to tackle education transformation work.”
Octobers innovation lab was focused on falling in love with the problem. The first step to creating a solution to any problem is being able to identify the root of the problem and the affected stakeholders. During this lab guest speakers from the @ncstatedesign conducted a workshop on stakeholder mapping and causal/systems mapping. We had a blast, special thank you to our guest speakers Catherine Wozniak and Raunak Mahtani.
