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?
We
invite you to 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
Application Deadline: March 1st
2018
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
(301)
405-5747
