| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.23 |
| Liaison | Heather Albert-Knopp |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2022 |
College of the Atlantic
IN-25: Network for Student Social Innovation
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.50 / 0.50 |
Rob
Levin Director of Communications Communications |
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Is the institution currently designated or actively participating in the following?:
| Yes or No | |
| Changemaker Campus (Ashoka U.) | Yes |
| CGI University Network | Yes |
| An equivalent, external network for institutions that support student social innovation that has been approved by AASHE | No |
Documentation affirming the institution’s participation in an external network to support student social innovation:
Website URL where information affirming the institution’s participation in an external network to support student social innovation is available:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/programs/leadership-public-service/clinton-global-initiative-university/university-network/
In addition to CGI University Network and and Ashoka U, COA participates in the following additional student social innovation networks:
Sustainia Arctic Opportunity Explorer
https://www.coa.edu/live/news/1846-coa-student-is-an-arctic-explorer-winner
https://nordregioprojects.org/arctic-programme/arctic-opportunity-explorers/
The Arctic Opportunity Explorers program is an international collaboration to empower young people to become changemakers in the Arctic through sustainable entrepreneurship. The program is a collaboration between Copenhagen-based climate group Sustainia, five Scandinavian universities, and College of the Atlantic.
The program tasks teams of students to develop sustainable solutions to some of the most pressing problems of the ecologically critical Arctic area. In 2020, Olivia Paruk '24 and her team, including students from the University of Edinburgh and the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, won the challenge with Arctic ReWild, which focused on ecological restoration in Alaska.
Greenlight Maine Collegiate Challenge
https://greenlightmaine.com/
Season 6, Episode 4
The 2021 competition features a matchup between College of the Atlantic student Patrick Caron '24's team Move Free, including Taibatou Bintou Adamou Garba ’22, Mauro Jose Ramirez Azofeifa ’23, and Gloria Atondeh ’23, and University of New England student Pablo De La Guardia Criado’s Ready Set Returns. Contestants pitch their businesses to judges Andrew Silsby, president and CEO of Kennebec Savings Bank, Deb Mills-Scofield, strategy and innovation consultant, and John Zeitler, exec. VP corporate legal affairs, Silver Car, Inc.
In addition to CGI University Network and and Ashoka U, COA participates in the following additional student social innovation networks:
Sustainia Arctic Opportunity Explorer
https://www.coa.edu/live/news/1846-coa-student-is-an-arctic-explorer-winner
https://nordregioprojects.org/arctic-programme/arctic-opportunity-explorers/
The Arctic Opportunity Explorers program is an international collaboration to empower young people to become changemakers in the Arctic through sustainable entrepreneurship. The program is a collaboration between Copenhagen-based climate group Sustainia, five Scandinavian universities, and College of the Atlantic.
The program tasks teams of students to develop sustainable solutions to some of the most pressing problems of the ecologically critical Arctic area. In 2020, Olivia Paruk '24 and her team, including students from the University of Edinburgh and the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, won the challenge with Arctic ReWild, which focused on ecological restoration in Alaska.
Greenlight Maine Collegiate Challenge
https://greenlightmaine.com/
Season 6, Episode 4
The 2021 competition features a matchup between College of the Atlantic student Patrick Caron '24's team Move Free, including Taibatou Bintou Adamou Garba ’22, Mauro Jose Ramirez Azofeifa ’23, and Gloria Atondeh ’23, and University of New England student Pablo De La Guardia Criado’s Ready Set Returns. Contestants pitch their businesses to judges Andrew Silsby, president and CEO of Kennebec Savings Bank, Deb Mills-Scofield, strategy and innovation consultant, and John Zeitler, exec. VP corporate legal affairs, Silver Car, Inc.
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