Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps (MSEC) - Summer Internship Abroad - App Deadline March 1

Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps
Empowering Communities through Social Innovation

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
jprecht@umd.edu
(301) 405-5747