NC State University

Mar 28, 2018

People of Poe | Fumi Agboola on Giving Back

Fumi Agboola is a junior pursuing a B.S. in Elementary Education with a STEM Concentration and a minor in Nonprofit Studies at NC State’s College of Education. She is President of the Education Council, a College of Education Ambassador, a member of the college’s Passport to Success program and the Engaged Service Scholars program, a participant in the… 

Feb 22, 2018

COMx: Innovations in the Global Challenge of Food & Water Security

(COMx Moderator and Panelists from left to right: Christine Howell, Dr. Derek Aday, Lisa Johnson, and Eric Henry) NC State Institute for Nonprofits hosted this spring’s COMx event, which occurred on Monday February 19th, at Loading Dock Raleigh.The theme of this event was: Food and Water Security. The goals of  COMx were to facilitate creative collisions,… 

Dec 15, 2017

Entrepreneurial Students Excel at NC State

When Chancellor Randy Woodson gives the commencement address at PNC Arena this Friday, he’ll speak to nearly 3,500 students ready to take their Think and Do attitudes out into the world. Each student took their own path to finish their studies at NC State, and they will turn their tassels ready to tackle society’s grand challenges.… 

Dec 14, 2017

“Discover. Design. Do Good!” The Social Innovation Fellows Brain Trust Reception

On December 6, 2017, the Institute for Nonprofits hosted a reception in the Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center to highlight the work being done by the Social Innovation Fellows. The reception was an opportunity for the Fellows to showcase their projects and receive encouraging remarks from NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson.   Dr. Richard Clerkin… 

Nov 13, 2017

NC State Students Attend CGI University

“Every great problem at its root is an identity question.  How you respond depends on who you are, or who you have decided to be.” -President Bill Clinton Every year students from around the world come together to meet at the Clinton Global Initiative University. Over 1,000 students from 80 countries descended on Boston for an… 

Nov 8, 2017

COMx features SE Raleigh Innovation Challenge, PTA Thrift Shop, and Inmates to Entrepreneurs

NC State Institute for Nonprofits partnered with the NC State Office of Outreach and Engagement and the Southeast Raleigh Innovation Challenge to host this fall’s COMx event, which occurred on Thursday November 2nd.The theme of this event was “Finding Partners to Launch or Scale Your Venture.” For this COMx installation, we sought to highlight the work of… 

Oct 10, 2017

“Discover. Design. Do Good!” Social Innovation Fellows Kick Off Inaugural Year

The Social Innovation Fellows is a new high impact learning experience at the Institute for Nonprofits at NC State University. The Social Innovation Fellows 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 October 1, a lively event… 

Sep 19, 2017

Design it Forward: Session 4

Institute for Nonprofits working across disciplines | a partnership course with IBM and the College of Design                  Blog by Katie Gray Altmann   After presenting our “Final Playbacks” for the microproject, we spent session 4 of “Design it Forward” discussing the importance of understanding stakeholders. AKA: working… 

Sep 5, 2017

“Discover. Design. Do Good!” The Social Innovation Fellows Has Officially Launched

  The Social Innovation Fellows is a new “high impact” learning opportunity administered by the Institute for Nonprofits at North Carolina State University. The purpose of the Social Innovation Fellows is to offer participants from any discipline a yearlong team experience to learn leadership as well as technical skills to become impactful social entrepreneurs and… 

Jul 5, 2017

The Fisherman, the Old Wise Tale, and the Fifth Leadership Challenge – Activate Good Blog

Keep this famous little saying in mind: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Imagine you are the fisherman faced with this decision after being approached by this man. Which decision would you make? Would you just give…