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"In the next phase of the War on Poverty, social entrepreneurship represents guerrilla warfare – localized, human-centered approaches that if successful, could be scaled to serve more people."
In his Direct Line column, Rockefeller Center Director Andrew Samwick discusses efforts to support social entrepreneurship and student innovation with courses and programs developed by the Center.
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Rockefeller Center's Create Your Path helps students evaluate their strengths, passions and values in developing a strategy to organize their capabilities and capitalize on their interests. Create Your Path allows students to take a step back and assess what they want to do and how they want to do it.
Inviolata Chami ’16, a student who participated in Create Your Path, believes the experience allowed her to unearth her passions.
“Sometimes you want to do everything, but participating in Create Your Path helped me realize what actually sparks me, and how I would go about following my passions at Dartmouth and beyond," Chami says. "It helped me deconstruct my larger goals and take smaller steps to achieve them.†Read more...
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PBPL 85, Economic Reform in India, Releases Its Final Report
PBPL 85 delivered its final report with prescriptions for economic reform in India. Written collaboratively by the 12 students participating in the course, the report lays out a series of highly detailed recommendations ranging from introducing a national Goods and Services Tax to new investments in education and infrastructure. Read more...
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Meet Our Current Rockefeller Center Funded Interns
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Julia McElhinney ’14 Shares Her Past Internship Experience
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Photos from Winter 2014 Events and Programs
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Upcoming Deadlines
- Registration for student workshops, dinners with public program speakers, career conversations - please see our Eventbrite page for more information and to RSVP directly.
- First-Year Fellows Program – March 26
- Rockefeller Mini-Grant - March 30, April 13, April 27, May 11
- Rockefeller Center Faculty Grants – April 1
- Rockefeller Leadership Fellows – April 8
- Internships Program (Summer 2014) - April 23
- Rockefeller Student Staff 2014-2015 - May 4
- Rockefeller Center Senior Honor Thesis Grant - May 9
- MLDP (Fall 2014) - May 9
- RGLP (Fall 2014) - May 11
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Rockefeller Center Staff News
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Prepare Your D-Plan Accordingly: Course Offerings in 14X & 14F
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Spring 2014 Public Events
- March 26 - "Creating Democracy and Challenging Corporate Rule," David Cobb, Move to Amend Coalition
- April 3 - "Climate Change and Indigenous Communities: How Can Dartmouth Make a Difference?"
- April 3 - "Democracy, the Jewish State & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," Gershom Gorenberg, Senior Correspondent
- April 4 - "From Dartmouth to Development - How to Build Conscientious Business," Johannes Lohmann '09, Chief Investment Officer of Instiglio
- April 14 - "Embers of War: The Meaning of the Vietnam War," Fredrik Logevall, Professor of History, Cornell University
- May 1 - "Can President Obama End the War on Terror?" David Cole, Georgetown Law School
- May 2 - Law Day Panel: "Preserving Liberty and Security in Fighting Terrorism: Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future"
- May 8 - Nossiter Lecture: "Pop-Up Learning: How Technology is Changing and Challenging College,†Jeffrey Young, Nieman Fellow at Harvard
- May 12 - “Debating Income Inequality: What’s the Problem? What’s the Solution?†N. Gregory Mankiw, Professor of Economics, Harvard University, and Jared Bernstein, Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- May 14 - Portman Lecture in the Spirit of Entrepreneurship: “Financial Inclusion & Women Empowerment,“ Chetna Sinha, Founder, Mann Deshi Mahila Bank
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Mark Your Calendar
- June 20-21 - The Startup Experience, Henrik Scheel
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We view the growth of our curricular and co-curricular programs as critical ways we support Dartmouth’s mission to educate the most promising students and prepare them for a lifetime of learning and responsible leadership.
The programs and events the Rockefeller Center offers are made possible through the generosity of those who believe that we can make a difference. Consider making a tax-deductible gift to support the work of the Rockefeller Center.
Your participation and generosity are greatly appreciated.
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