Hult Prize at UST

What It Means To Be A Social Entrepreneur Social entrepreneurship is driven not so much by profit as by societal needs that the entrepreneur has identified and is passionate about.

Check out our Regional Team on Instagram! This weekend they are in San Francisco and are competing today.

"Empowerment through markets. Dignifying individuals. We want to provide a space for refugees to unlock their entrepreneurial potential."

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Julian Ocampo, Gautam Naroji, Stefan Snyder and Alex Thomas will represent the University of St. Thomas as finalists at the Regional Competition in San Francisco this year!

Congratulations to our finalists and a big thank you to all those that competed! We encourage you to keep working on your ideas for the wildcard round opening April 1st. Most importantly, continue to pursue your passion to make positive change in the world!

Our teams are hard at work! One week left until the competition. Come to McNeely Hall next Wednesday, December 7th at 6:00PM to see our finalists pitch their million dollar ideas!

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Rethinking How Refugees Get Medical Care Refugees can be a benefit rather than a burden to health services in countries where they live, says refugee health expert Paul Spiegel. He explains that when refugees are integrated into national health systems and allowed to work to pay for care, everyone wins.

Hult Prize Final 2016 The past 12 months of the Hult Prize saw more than 1,500 student entrepreneurs pour 2.5 million hours of their time into innovation focusing on the demand si...

Today, we had our second help session for the UST teams who are on the path for creating sustainable change. These students are full of bold, creative ideas. We are excited to see the solutions that these brilliant minds come up with!

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We had a fantastic Hult Prize at St. Thomas event last night. Congratulations to all the competitors and of course, the winning team- all members of the Full-time UST MBA:

James Iliff
Oscar Cediel
Latifah Kiribedda
Ruma Gupte
Sandra Pastrana

We would also like to thank our distinguished judges:

Brian Abraham, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship
Astein Osei, DLTL Principal, Osseo Area Schools
Scott Gilyard, Retired, Past-President, UnitedHealth Group Division, Express-Scripts, Inc.
Bethany Mammenga, General Manager, CityKid Java
Maureen Ramirez, Policy and Research Director, Growth and Justice
Julie Baker, Chair, Childcare Accreditation Program Fundraising Committee, Twin Cities United Way
Terrance Kwame-Ross, Executive Director, Origins Program-Education for Equity
Mark Muckerheide, Sr. Group Manager, Community Relations, Target
Dr. Art Rolnick, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Fred Rose, Co-Director, Acara Institute on the Environment and Vice-Chairman of the Board, MN Social Impact Center

THE 12/3 Hult Prize At St. Thomas schedule has been posted. Please join us for both the semifinal and final rounds of the competition.

Semi-finals:
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Schulze Hall Room 314 and Terrance Murphy Hall Room 351

Finalist Announcement:
5:15 p.m.
Schulze Hall Auditorium (SCH 120)

Finals:
5:45 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Schulze Hall Auditorium (SCH 120)

Awards:
7:00 p.m.
Schulze Hall Auditorium (SCH 120)

All events are free and open to the public!

Happy Thanksgiving (almost!)- Just seven days remain until the Hult Prize At St. Thomas Competition!!!

MEET OUR DISTINGUISHED JUDGES:

Brian Abraham, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship
Osei Astein, DLTL Principal, Osseo Area Schools
Scott Gilyard, Retired, Past-President, UnitedHealth Group Division
Express-Scripts, Inc.
Bethany Mammenga, General Manager with CityKid Java
Maureen Ramirez, Policy and Research Director, Growth and Justice
Julie Baker, Chair, Childcare Accreditation Program Fundraising Committee, Twin Cities United Way
Terrance Kwame Ross, Origins Program- Education for Equity
Mark Muckerheide, Sr. Group Manager, Community Relations, Target
Dr. Art Rolnick Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Human Capital Research Collaborative, Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Fred Rose, Co-director, Acara Institute on the Environment and Vice-chairman of the Board, MN Social Impact Center