By Kara Sherrer
As another school year comes to a close, we’ve been looking back on the best stories of the past academic year. We continue the series with a look at the best social impact stories from 2017-2018.
Can Social Enterprise Help Alleviate Poverty Around the World?
Find out how a Nobel Peace Prize winner inspired a long-running course on alleviating poverty with business principles.
Exploring Social Impact with the TFC Seattle Trek
Turner Family Center for Social Ventures sends students to Seattle over winter break to learn about social impact investing and social enterprise consulting.
The $1 Million Hult Prize Challenge 2018 Kicks off at Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Business and Turner Family Center hosted the first-round pitch competition, and Team SoLLago advanced to regional finals.
An art installation outside of Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Climbing the Social (Impact) Ladder: Summer Fellows Use Internships to Switch Career Paths
Kayla Armgardt and Mike Woodnorth (MBA’18) used their Turner Family Center summer fellowships to support an art collective and break into social impact investing.
Team Leaf Wins Sohr Grant
The blockchain-based mobile application earns $25,000 prize, the latest in a string of victories for the startup.
Team Leaf enjoys a desert lunch
Have Fellowship, Will Travel: Team Leaf Visits Six Countries
Turner Family Center summer fellows Connor Echols and Alejandro Sabillon (MBA ’18) seek to provide secure mobile banking for refugees.
Social Enterprise at Vanderbilt Business
In this podcast episode, second-year MBAs Kayla Armgardt and Tori Samples, as well as MBA’07 Nat Robinson (Law’18) discuss social enterprise, their ventures, and more.
