Below is a current list of opportunities outside of Rollins for students interested in social entrepreneurship, sustainability or nonprofits. To suggest an addition to this page, please contact us at changemaker@rollins.edu.
Summer Opportunities
Sullivan Foundation Summer Institute
- 8-week program in Costa Rica and Panama
- Develop skills needed to be an agent of change!
"[The Sullivan Summer Institute] without a doubt brought a new light to my understanding of not just social entrepreneurship, but also of my individual self."
- Sanjay Rana, Rollins College '14
Social Entrepreneur Corps Summer Program
- 4 or 8 week programs in South America
- students work side-by-side with local partners
"I feel that we were able to make a lasting difference in the lives of the children there and the community as well."
- Anna Montoya, Rollins College '14
- Immersion experience in rural Africa
- Build social business with community entrepreneurs
"The program really appealed to me because it is sustainable ... and focused on empowering people to help themselves."
- Fabia Rothenfluh, Rollins College '12
International and Study Abroad Opportunities
- Offers programs all around the world for people interested in human rights and genocide prevention
- Hands-on training in empower communities to help prevent genocide in the future
- Offers programs on social entrepreneurship of various lengths during summer, breaks, or year round
- Direct immersion into foreign countries thought which students get hands-on experiences
Jobs and Internships
- A platform with job opportunities for people in business, who want to do work that enhances the social and environmental good
- Offers a wide variety of internships, job openings, volunteer opportunities, events, and programs
- Great for people, who are looking to do something with a greater purpose
- Job listings in social entrepreneurship and for people interested in social and sustainable change
Grants and Fellowships
- Features a variety of grants for starting social entrepreneurs
- platform for helping social good initiatives raise funds and grow a community of supporters, empowering social innovators to transform ideas for good into action and impact
NIIA (National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance)
- CIIA awards almost $2,000,000 annually in grants to US-based faculty and student technology innovators
- NCIIA grants support courses, programs, products and ventures with positive social impact
- Provides fellowship opportunities for talented, yet unproven, social entrepreneurs
- Fellows transform innovative social ideas into action - get support and education from Echoing Green and connect to a global network of social entrepreneurs
- Offers grants for new social entrepreneurs
- By delivering critical support in the start-up phase, Draper Richards Kaplan Grants help outstanding people create wide-reaching social change
Clinton Global Initiative University
- Annual conference awarding college students with the most innovative commitment to change seed money to start their organization
- Rollins is a CGIU Network Member. Students have support through the SESi office and their college rep. Email changemaker@rollins.edu
