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BYU Interns and Ballard Center Professor Featured in Stowaway Magazine

February 12, 2014
The work of BYU student interns and the Ballard Center's Jeremi Brewer is featured in a recent Stowaway magazine article.
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Center News

“Do Good Better” Exhibit to Open

January 30, 2014
Students will learn how to better serve others through social innovation at the opening reception for "Do Good Better"
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School News

Y-Prize Kicks Off Ugandan Service Competition

January 24, 2014
BYU students have the opportunity to serve the Ugandan people without leaving Provo.
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Center News

BYU Ballard Center to Host Self-Reliance Book Launch Party

January 17, 2014
Students will have the chance to learn new ways to eliminate poverty at a book launch for "More than Money" on Jan. 23.
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Student Experiences

Bateman Awards Honor Students, Professor and Organization

April 30, 2012
BYU's Marriott School announced the 2012 Bateman Awards—the only school-wide awards selected entirely by students.
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Student Experiences

Focusing Social Innovation in Nation’s Backyard

November 18, 2011
For at least one BYU student participating in the Peery Film Festival, social innovation is just as important domestically.
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Student Experiences

Social Entrepreneurship Interns Dangle Carrots to Do Good

October 15, 2011
As part of a new internship program, five students at BYU decided to experiment with carrots —mobs of them.
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School News

Peery Program Hosts First TEDxBYU

March 22, 2011
Eight engaging speakers, one gifted violinist and an energetic audience gathered to celebrate social innovation.
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School News

BYU Social Entrepreneurship Program Named for Peery Family

March 01, 2011
Peery Social Entrepreneurship Program, the flagship program of the Ballard Center for Economic Self Reliance.
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School News

BYU Hosts First-Ever Social Innovation Competition

February 23, 2011
The University of Michigan receives top honors
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Center News

Collaborating to Make an Impact

December 29, 2010
Nearly 2.5 billion people around the world live on less than $2 a day. Lewis Hower is developing a solution.
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School News

Peery Film Festival Receives Rave Reviews

November 03, 2010
Lights. Camera. Make a difference. Four student films were showcased at the first-ever Peery Film Festival.
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Student Experiences

Students for Social Entrepreneurship's Internship Program Provides Practical Experience

February 09, 2010
How do you actively engage students in a field of study that most know little about? That's the question married BYU students Curtis and Misty Lefrandt asked themselves early last year when they founded Students for Social Entrepreneurship.
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School News

Social Innovators Converge in Economic Self-Reliance Conference

October 26, 2009
Individuals and organizations interested in eliminating poverty worldwide will meet at BYU for the 12th annual Economic Self-Reliance Conference Nov. 5-6.
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Student Experiences

Marriott School Students Ramp up Experience to Compete

September 11, 2009
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there. Marriott School students are equipping themselves with the skills by interning for some of the biggest names in business.
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Student Experiences

BYU Grad Students Use Break to Help Small Businesses

July 20, 2009
More than twenty BYU MBA and MPA students worked this spring to improve small businesses around the world.
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Student Experiences

Tipping Bucket Wins 2009 Social Venture Competition

May 29, 2009
For The Tipping Bucket, every dollar brings a social entrepreneur closer to his or her goal of implementing positive change.
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Student Experiences

Students Jump On Boards

January 16, 2009
A new program at Brigham Young University is giving graduate students the chance to become board members of nonprofits in Utah Valley.
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