社会企业家精神，B.A.

Our social entrepreneurship program prepares students to launch new socially minded companies, 进入自由市场, build sustainable solutions to social problems 和 contribute to job creation.

The major focuses on the importance of positively impacting society as a whole. It stresses entrepreneurship as a way to not only achieve personal success, but to give back to others by creating innovative solutions to society's most pressing social problems. The major strives to inspire you to use your ambition 和 passion to develop new ideas to evoke wide-scale change for major social issues.

Comprehensive courses focus on developing skills 和 broadening underst和ing of social entrepreneurship, including non-profit public relations, 企业家精神促进社会变革, social problems 和 community studies. The coursework is designed to reinforce skill sets in marketing, 会计, 销售, leadership 和 perhaps most importantly, 创造力和社会意识.

课堂外的学习

The social entrepreneurship major requires completion of an 实习 allowing you to gain firsth和 experience working alongside seasoned professionals in a business environment.

每年, Lenoir-Rhyne hosts Global Entrepreneurship Week, 一年一度的, international initiative aimed to inspire 和 recognize entrepreneurs. It is the largest celebration recognizing those who invent products 和 create new companies 和 start-up businesses, as well as those who use their business to create a social change.

该活动邀请了演讲者, 研讨会, roundtable discussions 和 presentations all focusing on the impact of commercial, social 和 industrial aspects of entrepreneurship. 教师 members from multiple disciplines, 国际合作伙伴, 本地和区域企业家, as well as LR business students participate in the event.

职业发展机会

It is our goal to help you become not just successful social entrepreneurs who can establish sustainable initiatives 和 organizations that impact our economy 和 create jobs, but to also be successful people in a dynamic 和 ever-changing world.

Career options for students include not only building 和 running their own commercial or non-profit organization, but also being a valuable member of an existing company.

Our students learn the critical thinking 和 leadership skills that the world's top employers are seeking. Whether it is envisioning 和 building your own new ventures or helping to build value in an existing company, you are prepared with the self-confidence 和 abilities to enter the marketplace 和 to be successful in building a better world.

学生 with a strong commitment to service will be especially drawn to the career opportunities available to the social entrepreneurship major.

认证

Lenoir-Rhyne is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges 和 Schools Commission on Colleges. B.A. in Social Entrepreneurship is also accredited by the 认证 Council for Business Schools 和 Programs (ACBSP).