2018

Dec 12, 2018

NC State Social Innovation Fellows Present Mid-Year Progress

    Sandhills School Project team from left to right: Laura Schoeck, Sierra Jones, Ruth Kintzele, Craig Prince, Sofia Abdo & Alysa Buchanan The festive and beautiful Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center served as venue to the December 3rd gathering of Social Innovation Fellows, Brain Trust members, and campus and community leaders to mark… 

Nov 26, 2018

A TABLE FOR ALL Alumna’s ‘Pay-What-You-Can’ Cafe Brings People Together

Around closing time on a Tuesday afternoon, a man walks into Raleigh’s A Place at the Table cafe and looks around. “Y’all need any help closing up?” he asks. Maggie Kane, the restaurant’s founder and executive director, is the first to greet him. She tells him he’s welcome to volunteer. “But do you want something… 

Nov 20, 2018

Students Share Top Takeaways from this year’s Clinton Global Initiative University Conference

This year, six bright and ambitious students from NC State had the opportunity to engage with public policy leaders and change makers at the annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) conference on October 19-21, 2018. 

Nov 19, 2018

Global Entrepreneurship Week Features Dinners With Purpose: Student Stories of Purpose

Apex Friendship High School Student Presenters Jessica Hong and Nicole Van Liew Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is held annually each November, during which over 170 countries host events and competitions that celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit. On November 14th, the Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation unit at the NC State Institute for Nonprofits hosted its bi-annual Dinners With Purpose.… 

Nov 12, 2018

Dr. Richard Clerkin & others featured in the New York Times

Dr. Richard M. Clerkin, Executive Director of the Institute for Nonprofits  New research by Dr. Richard M. Clerkin, a professor of public administration, was featured in the New York Times on November 3, 2018. The research article entitled “The Politics of Donations: Are Red Counties More Donative Than Blue Counties?” studied the relationship between political… 

Oct 24, 2018

COMx: Women Driving Social Impact Through Entrepreneurship

(COMx Panelists from left to right: Lisbeth Arias, Emily Neville, & Catherina Gomes) The NC State Institute for Nonprofits and the Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) organization were hosts to over 70 attendees at this Fall’s COMx event, which took place on Thursday October 18th at the Raleigh offices of Google Fiber. The theme of this… 

Sep 28, 2018

Introducing the 2018 Social Innovation Fellows

We invite you to get acquainted with the new cohort of Social Innovation Fellows. The beginning of the 2018 school year ushers in the second cohort of Fellows.  Each Fellow has demonstrated exceptional accomplishments and was selected because of their outstanding academic and extracurricular achievement. 

Sep 27, 2018

Alum’s Sign Campaign Conveys a Powerful Message

Through her nonprofit, Activate Good, NC State alumna Amber Smith helped create a new sign campaign that urges us to "Do Good. Be Kind. Change the World." 

Sep 27, 2018

The Institute for Nonprofits Welcomes Alisha Brice

  Alisha Brice is the Program Coordinator for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation with the Institute for Nonprofits at NC State University. She helps to develop strategies and programming to enrich students’ educational and professional development while supporting their efforts to become changemakers, global citizens, and empathic leaders. She has already hit the ground running to accomplish… 

Sep 24, 2018

“Discover. Design. Do Good!” The Social Innovation Fellows Kick Off Innovation Lab

The Social Innovation Fellows is a high-impact learning experience at the Institute for Nonprofits. The program offers participants from any discipline a yearlong team experience to learn the adaptive leadership and technical skills it takes to be successful social entrepreneurs and innovators. On September 4, 2018, an engaging event in the Convocation Room at the…