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The Business of Doing Good
Current Events
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March 2008: Socially Responsible Business
Program to be developed in conjunction with Student Centers and Get Involved around campus visit of high-profile business figures such as Ben and Jerry of ice cream fame. Connections developed with Corporate Social Responsibility faculty on the business of doing good.
On-Going Projects
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Social Action Job Expo
Collaboration with Career Services to develop and re-target "non-profit" career fairs to include hybrid presentations of social action, global awareness and service along the lines of addressing the question of "making a difference" and "making a living" at the same time.
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Microcredit Bank and Policy Learning Community
Initiative developed by the Roosevelt Institution with support from members of allied student groups and Professor Douglas Blair's course on Global Microfinance. Plans to develop a student-run microcredit institution for supplying loans, expertise, and support to small businesses in the Rutgers community with outreach to immigrant groups and international constituencies.
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Engineers Without Borders
Support for group to pursue applied engineering projects in developing countries—bridge-building in El Salvador, water purification in Thailand, as well as recreational and playground building efforts in Newark. Project premised on completion of feasible designs for material solutions and workable means to publicize work to a larger audience. In conjunction with Busch Campus Dean Jeff Rankin and faculty from the Bloustein School of Public Policy.
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Peru Children Medical Volunteerism
Group of 25 Rutgers students led by pre-med Wadji Kanj to Peru to assist in children's health care in clinic. Program under the auspices of Rutgers chapter of FIMRC, international organization dedicated to global children's health needs in the developing world. Program integrated at Rutgers with information sessions and teaching workshops.
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Energy Contest
Promotional and organizational support for Contest for Capping Rutgers Carbon Emissions, sponsored by the Rutgers Energy Institute and Paul Falkowski, Marine and Geological Sciences. Energy Institute will award grants (totaling $10,000) to undergraduate student groups developing workable plans to reduce Rutgers University carbon emissions.
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