Social Business at UNH
Consistent with Prof. Yunus’s vision of social business as a powerful force for good, the University of New Hampshire has a number of groups and programs designed explicitly to promote market-based solutions to social and environmental problems.
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Center on Social Innovation and Finance at the Carsey Institute
- Master of Arts in Development Policy and Practice
- Sustainable Microenterprise and Development Program
- Financial Innovations Roundtable
- Stonyfield Entrepreneurship Institute
- Carsey Social Innovation Internship
- Paul College of Business and Economics
- Holloway Prize Innovation-to-Market Competition (Social Venture Track)
- Sustainability Institute
- Net Impact UNH
Master of Arts in Development Policy and Practice: Student Profiles
Microfinance and Social Business at UNH
Hibak Kalfan and The African Future
In 2011, Hibak Kalfan enrolled in the Master's program in Development Policy and Practice to help grow her grassroots nonprofit organization, The African Future, to improve education and health care in Somalia. watch the video
UNH Master of Arts in Development Policy & Practice
Students in the Master Program take a course sequence in Project Design, Implementation, Management, and Evaluation - putting theory into practice through a major applied project. view the slideshow
Jobs for the Next Generation
Lina Bowden came to UNH because she had a vision for working in the development field. Her inspiration came from volunteer work in a poor neighborhood in Chiclayo, Peru, a city of about 630,000 people. read the UNH Today story
Driving Change
Communication major Mary Callaghan '13 poured her heart and soul into her Carsey Social Innovation Internship at More Than Wheels in Manchester, N.H. There she learned how such an organization can really transform people's lives. read the UNH Today story
Hamanasi Eco-Resort: Examining the Profit, Planet, and People Bottom Lines of Sustainability
The story was written by Kate Early '12, who spent nine weeks at Hamanasi, a resort in a rural fishing village in Belize. This piece was originally published in Inquiry Journal, an online, multi-disciplinary research journal featuring first-person accounts of undergraduate research done under the direction of one or more faculty mentors. read the UNH Today story