CAREER PANEL and FAIR: Entrepreneurial Careers for Social Impact
Thursday, March 11, 12:30-2:30
Eng 285-287,
San Jose State University
ALUMNI are encouraged to attend
“How do I use my SJSU degree to make a difference and make a living?”
Become a social entrepreneur and innovator for the public!
Take a long lunch, get inspired, and gain practical advice about building a first, second or third career in the growing and exciting field of social entrepreneurship.
Learn from local leading social entrepreneurs about how you can use your education, skills and experience to create social impact and help to build high growth innovative companies that power social change in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Network with socially entrepreneurial companies and nonprofit organizations and get inspired by their missions and results.
Meet the Bay Area’s most entrepreneurial organizations creating change in the fields of public health, nutrition and fitness, criminal justice, business, education and literacy, sustainability, engineering and technology, employment, immigration, and global citizenship and more.
This event is open to all current students, alumni and SJ community members. It is relevant for all schools, degrees and majors.
Join the Facebook fan page: Social Entrepreneurship at San Jose State to get updates on employers who are attending! Questions? Contact Kriti Ashok at Kriti.
Panelists:
Whitney Smith, CEO/Founder, Girls for a Change http://www.girlsforachange.org/
Michael Lombardo, CEO, Reading Partners http://www.readingpartners.org/
Erin Llewellen, VP, School Partnerships, Revolution Foods http://www.revfoods.com
Moderator, Jane Leu, SJSU Social Entrepreneur in Residence and Founder, Upwardly Global http://www.upwardlyglobal.org
Network with leading orgs and companies and learn about internship opportunities, including:
Education Pioneers http://www.educationpioneers.org/
Career
Apple http://www.careerapple.com/
Benetech http://www.benetech.org
Fresh Lifelines for Youth http://www.flyprogram.org/
Playworks http://www.playworksusa.org/
Global Citizen Year http://globalcitizenyear.org/
Springboard Forward http://www.springboardforward.org/
This event is sponsored by the Career Center, Center for Community Learning and Leadership, and Global Leadership Advancement Center.
