Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps
Empowering Communities through Social Innovation
Looking for a meaningful way to spend your summer living and working in another country? Interested in becoming a changemaker and discovering how social entrepreneurship can bring lasting improvement to people’s lives?
Join the 2018 Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps (MSEC), a unique study and internship program abroad for undergraduate and graduate students where you will spend your summer in a Latin American country observing, creating and implementing sustainable business solutions to poverty-related challenges. Prior to departure, you will participate in a spring course at UMD (meets once a week from late March through early May) that introduces you to the theory and practice of social entrepreneurship and its potential to transform communities while preparing you for your summer fieldwork. You will then spend eight weeks immersed in your destination country while learning about social entrepreneurship through consulting with local businesses and implementing development projects with rural populations. Upon returning to campus, you’ll complete a reflection course to apply the skills learned abroad to your future coursework, career and your own entrepreneurial ideas.
Program Highlights:
- Eight-week Social Entrepreneurship Summer Internship Abroad
- Choose From Two Beautiful Locations:
- Ecuador (May 27 - July 20, 2018)
- Guatemala (May 20 - July 13, 2018)
- Earn 9 UMD Credits!
- Open to All Majors
- Undergraduate and Graduate Students Welcome
- Scholarships Available for Every Participant!
- Learn Adaptive Leadership, Collaborative Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation Design and Consulting Skills
- Make a Direct and Measurable Contribution to Rural Development Work in Latin America Focused on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Develop Lasting Connections with Homestay Families
- Learn or Improve your Spanish Language Skills
MSEC Information Sessions:
February 13th: 4:00 - 5:00 pm: Education Abroad (1102 HJ Patterson Hall)
February 19th: 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Career Center (3100 Hornbake, Southwing)
February 22nd: 5:00 - 6:00 pm: Education Abroad (1st Floor Atrium, HJ Patterson Hall)
February 28th: 5:00 - 6:00 pm: Education Abroad (1102 HJ Patterson Hall)
Check out TedTalk by Greg Van Kirk, co-founder of Community Empowerment Solutions, UMD’s partner organization for MSEC program
Learn more about the development projects you will be working on while abroad
Questions? Contact Jennifer Precht (jprecht@umd.edu (301) 405-5747 ) or Rose Malone rmalone3@umd.edu or visit http://ter.ps/msec
