Course

There is a new Social Venture Creation Course from the University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship. The new Social Venture Creation Course, in partnership with the Center for Entrepreneurship at the College of Engineering, the School of Art & Design, and the William Davidson Institute, is an innovative, action-based learning laborat … Read more »

From the course description: BIT 646 Social Enterprise 1.5 hours Elective Terms Offered: F06(A) Course Prerequisites: No credit in BIT 645/STRATEGY 645 Cross-listed with: STRATEGY 646 Social Enterprise: Innovation in the Information Society --- Social Enterprise roughly means making the world better through the efforts of for-profits or non-profits and broadly covers problems in the areas of poverty, health, education, the environment, and other social issues, such as treating women and children better. We will pay significant attention to how companies working at the economic bottom of the pyramid in the developing world and the West can develop successful businesses, though we will focus on other opportunities as well. We will see how many innovations in this area embrace new business approaches supported by information and communication technology (ICT).

Gavin Clarkson writes: If you've ever wondered about American Indian tribes and how and where they fit into the larger fabric of America (other than their respective placements on the maps in West Hall), I will be teaching a 3-credit Federal Indian Law at the law school this fall and would like to invite SI students to enroll. 686 Federal Indian Law MW 8:35am-10:00am Hutchins Hall 218

The University of Michigan student chapter of the Society of American Archivists has course rankings online. Here is their review of SI 575 over the past few years.

from the U-M Ginsberg Center newsletter:

A Weekend to Last a Lifetime
A mini-course, focusing on transforming social activism into career choices after college, was offered to graduating seniors through an intensive weekend mini-course.  … Read more »