In this email: EVENTS- SBSI Conference, MLK and India: Transnational Conversation on Human Rights/Civil Rights, Demo Day for the Innovate Durham Program, 2018 Annual BOW Spring Business Conference- Women in the C Suite, Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club (EVCC) Conference, Rethinking Development: Sustaining Africa's Rise, Active Citizens Conference, Ripple 2018 Interfaith Conference, Startup Connect Networking Fair// OPPORTUNITIES- Duke ChangeWorks Global Social Innovation Challenge, SAF Story + Duke Project, UK Fulbright, Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative Tree Plantings, Local Food Supply Chain Apprenticeship, Davis Projects for Peace Award, Passport Magazine is Taking Submissions, Sowers + Reapers: Gardening in an Era of Change, Apply for the ZSR Nonprofit Internships, Apply for SOL Summer Grants, Democracy Summer, The GSL5 Summit is Coming, The Blossom Hill Foundation Fellowship
EVENTS
Sustainable Business & Social Impact Conference 2018
TOMORROW, February 7 from 9am-5pm in the Fuqua School of Business
Join us to discuss topics including: Blockchain, the future of food, diversity, the opioid epidemic, impact investing, AI, and more. Conference is free to Duke students. www.FuquaSBSI.com
MLK and India: Transnational Conversation on Human Rights/Civil Rights
Thursday, February 8
Ahmadieh Family Conference Room (101), West Duke Building, 4:00– 5:30 PM
the Kenan Institute for Ethics will host MLK and India: Transnational Conversation on Human Rights/Civil Rights- Reflect on human rights issues across time and place.
To RSVP for the event, email Deirdre White at deirdre.white@duke.edu by noon Feb 5th.
Demo Day for the Innovate Durham Program
Thursday, February 8, 5:30pm at the Hayti Heritage Center (flyer attached)
Learn how local startups are bringing new ideas into City Hall. Come celebrate the 2017 InnovateDurham cohort. The four 2017 cohort participants in the City of Durham’s Innovate Durham program will share presentations about their company and the work they did in partnership with City departments at the program’s first-ever Demo Day. The event is open to the public and will provide an opportunity for residents and other local startups interested in civic technology to see a model for government innovation in action. Refreshments will be served!
durhamnc.gov/3165/Innovate-Durham
2018 Annual BOW Spring Business Conference- Women in the C Suite
Duke’s Page Auditorium on February 9th from 3:30 pm to 7 pm
Duke Association for Business Oriented Women will be hosting their annual Spring Business Conference in Page Auditorium from 3:30 pm to 7 pm on Friday, February 9th. The Spring Business Conference
is BOW’s signature annual event that invites recognized business leaders in various industries from around the world to address the Duke community and beyond. The theme this year is "Women in the C-Suite," featuring keynote speaker, CEO and Chairman of General Motors, Mary Barra, followed by Kira Wampler, CEO of Art.com, and a panel of executive women in startups, such as Ivonna Dumanyan, CEO of Fathom AI, Hannah Sieber, COO of EcoFlow Tech, Pamela Hawley, CEO of Universal Giving, and Amanda Freeman, CEO of SLT (Strengthen, Lengthen, Tone). The event is open to everyone, and there will be networking opportunities afterwards. We are looking forward to seeing you there! If members of your organization are interested in attending, please have them check in on our Facebook event linked here for regular updates about the conference.
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club (EVCC) Conference
Valentine’s Day, February 14th
The Fuqua Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Club invites you to the 2018 EVCC Conference featuring a Keynote from the Co-Founder of Datebox, panels on Co-Founder Match Making and VC Breakups, and our 2nd Annual Pitch Competition. In honor of Valentine’s Day, we will be raffling a free movie night and Datebox subscription. We are in the process of finalizing a very exciting speaker that is very prominent in the blockchain space – keep informed, apply for pitch competition and Register here learn more at www.fuquaevcc.com. The Keynote Speaker is Brett of Datebox.com.
Rethinking Development: Sustaining Africa's Rise
Speaker: Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Thursday, February 15, 2018
5:30 pm to 7:00 pm, Perkins Library 217
Educating, Uniting, and Inspiring Active Citizens
February 17, 2018 Williamsburg, VA
Gathering 175+ undergraduates, The Active Citizens Conference is an engaging space to share experience and expertise in community. This year we’re convening around the theme The Skills of Freedom.
Register by February 8th. Funding from DukeEngage is available for interested students.
Register
here.
Ripple 2018 Interfaith Conference
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This conference will take place February 23rd-25th at Elon University and is open to students and educators from throughout the region. |
Want to intern at a startup this summer? Come to the 5th annual StartupConnect Networking Fair!
February 20th, 6-8 pm, Gross Hall
Join us for 5th Annual Duke StartupConnect Networking Fair! Students from all schools at Duke University are welcome to visit with startup employer representatives, many of whom are Duke alumni. This is a great place to bring your questions about what it’s like to work at a startup, learn more about opportunities at startups, and find internship and career opportunities. No dress code required.
Here are some of the 32 companies coming to the 5th Annual StartupConnect on Feb 20th. The event is 6-8pm at Gross Hall.
Listing of companies: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R8ax7TQUeCG2w9df6v9VyeUSQ_lS-rzuJCLkBTzxkYc/edit
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/128241254517547/
OPPORTUNITIES
Duke ChangeWorks- Global Social Innovation Challenge
Deadline for round 1 submission is February 15, 2018
Open to all students!
This year, Duke ChangeWorks is combining forces with the Global Social Innovation Challenge. Participants are asked to select a social or environmental issue of their choice, and work through the following stages:
1.) Study the existing landscape of the problem to discover gaps in existing solutions (if any) and identify levers of change.
2.) Come up with a promising solution and start perfecting it by working with all of the stakeholders.
3.) Prepare a business plan and develop a pitch to obtain funding from potential funders.
We will select teams to move to the second round. Duke final pitches are scheduled for April 18th
The winning team will receive a Duke prize and will also get to compete (in-person or virtually) for over $50,000 in seed funding at the final pitch competition in San Diego, CA, USA, scheduled for June 23-24, 2018.
To get ready for Round 1, please see Round 1 requirements, examples and resources.
Register as an individual or a team here
More info at:
http://www.sandiego.edu/globalinnovation
SAF Story + Duke Project
Priority application deadline is Monday, February 5 but it is open until filled
Student Action with Farmworkers (SAF) is excited to be participating in the Story+ Duke project this summer. They will have a small group of Duke undergrads and one graduate student work for 6 weeks this summer digging through our archives and finding stories to edit into a few short videos to educate the community about farmworker issues.
Right now they’re looking for undergrads with Spanish fluency, preferably with a background or interest in learning more about farmworker issues. And they’re looking for a graduate student interested in serving as the mentor/supervisor for the project. Both positions are paid.
Look here for more info about the program.
Deadline: February 7
First years and sophomores, apply to attend a nearly fully-funded program on a variety of themes at schools across England, Scotland, Ireland! Flights, tuition, room, and board are included. The 10 institutes will cover different themes:
theater at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, climate change, technology and innovation, development and politics, the history of the slave trade in England, the history of conflict and relationships of Northern Ireland, medieval studies, and much more.
Learn
more here.
Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative Tree Plantings
February 10th and 24th, See Link for Location
Join the Duke Carbon Offsets Initiative and Delta Airlines to be a part of the team that will plant over 1,000 trees in Durham this planting season. Register to volunteer this Saturday or Saturday the 24th to help increase tree cover in Durham’s neighborhoods that have historically less tree cover. Register here!
Local Food Supply Chain Apprenticeship
Apply by February 11
Through an exciting 8-week program, Local Food Supply Chain Apprentices will have the opportunity to work with local food hubs, businesses and organizations and gain hands-on training related to local food systems and value chains work. The apprenticeship will be paid and some travel (outside of home to duty station) will be included.
Local Food Supply Chain Apprenticeship
Davis Projects for Peace Award
Apply by February 12
Projects for Peace is an initiative for all students at the Davis United World College Scholars Program partner schools (and a few other institutions) to design grassroots projects for the summer of 2018 - anywhere in the world - which promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties. Projects will be selected for funding at $10,000 each. Apply by February 12.
Davis Projects for Peace Award
They are taking submissions for this semester's edition until February 12th at midnight!
Passport is Duke's premier travel magazine! Over 23 editions old, Passport is a semesterly publication that has always been created with care and passion. If you have travelled anywhere locally or overseas, hopped around a lot as a kid, or just have some thoughts on the travel and exploration, they'd love to hear from you! Submissions can be of any format (poetry, prose, photo essays) and generally of any length. They are also looking for people to fill other roles such as content editor, graphics editor, and publicity director, so reach out about that if you're interested! Please send in all submissions and/or questions topassportmag@gmail.com!
You can check out past editions here: https://issuu.com/passport
Sowers + Reapers: Gardening in an Era of Change
Priority deadline is February 16th
This Bass Connections project seeks to bring humanities tools to the issue of environmental justice and migration. The project team will document how Durham residents in the College View, West End and Watts-Hillandale neighborhoods are engaging with issues around climate change, environmental justice and gentrification through their gardens. This work will draw on human rights approaches, oral history, gardening history, documentary photography, digital mapping and exhibit curation. Learn more here!
Apply for the ZSR Nonprofit Internships
Deadline: February 18, noon
These 8-week, paid summer internships accepts 36 undergraduates with Pell Grants who are rising sophomores, juniors or seniors (in Fall 2017). Host non-profits offer skill-building opportunities in research, community outreach, public policy, communications, fundraising or social media. Experiences vary by organization. Connect with peers in the program and receive professional development throughout the summer. Students of color are encouraged to apply.
SOL Summer Grants are grant awards of $5000 for qualified undergraduates to design and conduct community-based research (CBR) projects collaboratively with partner organizations for 8-12 weeks during the summer of 2018. We are looking for
second or third year Duke undergraduates who have previously had an intensive, full-time, summer service experience through DukeEngage or another similar community-based volunteer opportunity offered by Duke University.
Apply
here!
Applications are due March 18th.
Democracy Summer is a life-changing, hands-on internship experience. Interns work for nine weeks during the summer as organizers in communities across the state. Right now, we're looking for interns who can spend the summer in Western NC,
Eastern NC, the Triad, and Charlotte area regions to empower local volunteers, advocate for policies that improve democracy, and help our state navigate North Carolina's power structure and political process during this important year of "justice elections."
Apply
here!
Held at University of Notre Dame April 15-17th
The Summit’s theme, Dignity and Justice in Global Service-Learning, aims to bring visibility and awareness to the history, richness of values and moral dimensions in higher education, including the role of faith-based and secular
institutions in supporting community and international development, civic and political engagement, democracy and human rights, while also educating students as faith-filled people and/or socially responsible global citizens..
Learn
more here.
The Blossom Hill Foundation Fellowship
Apply by April 16
The Blossom Hill Foundation offers a one-year fellowship to social entrepreneurs who have developed an innovative approach, program, or product that positively impacts war-affected Middle Eastern communities, either in-country or displaced due to conflict. There are two tracks of funding: Emerging Leader Fellows, eligible for up to $10,000 a year; and Sustaining Impact Fellows, eligible for up to $50,000 a year.
The Blossom Hill Foundation Fellowship
Katherine Black
Program Coordinator, Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative (I&E)
www.entrepreneurship.duke.edu | @dukesocent
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