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Ashoka U
Ashoka U is an initiative of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public launched in 2008 with an aim to create new models for social entrepreneurship education by focussing on universities exclusively. Ashoka U empowers the colleges and universities to establish a dynamic entrepreneurial milieu supported by a vibrant academic culture so as to provide individuals with access to the resources, role models, learning opportunities, and peers needed to actualize their full potential as social entrepreneurs and changemakers.

History
Ashoka, after working for three decades with leading social entrepreneurs around the world since its formation in 1980, realized the need for more changemakers to create a sustainable and flourishing society. Furthermore, Ashoka recognized that solving the most complex social and environmental problems would require sparking and sustaining collaboration between key innovators across sectors and experts with deep knowledge to drive towards collective impact. Ashoka realised the immense potential in the institution of the university as a platform that educates the next generation of leaders, and brings together a startling diversity of stakeholders and expertise. This ultimately led to the launch of Ashoka U, the university division of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public in 2008.

Changemaker Campus
Changemaker Campus is the designation offered by Ashoka to leading institutions in social innovation education through Ashoka U. After establishing an institutional partnership with select universities, Ashoka works with teams of entrepreneurial students and faculty from these universities to accelerate their growth as hubs of social innovation. By distilling key strategies and practices common among the campuses and sharing those innovations throughout a wider global network, Ashoka aims to set a new standard for social entrepreneurship education.

The current Changemaker Campuses are:


 * Arizona State University
 * Babson College
 * College of the Atlantic
 * Duke University
 * George Mason University
 * Marquette University
 * The New School
 * Tulane University
 * University of Colorado at Boulder
 * University of Maryland

By 2015, Ashoka hopes to grow the consortium to 30 diverse institutions, each with unique contributions.

The Exchange
The Ashoka U Exchange is a global convening for social entrepreneurship education, bringing together 650 individuals representing over 150 institutions from 40 countries to explore how universities can spark ideas big enough to change the world. The 2013 Exchange will take place from February 21 to 23, 2013 at the University of San Diego.

The Ashoka U Cordes Innovation Award
Ashoka U, in partnership with Cordes Foundation, instituted The Ashoka U Cordes Innovation Award to recognize innovative, globally relevant teaching, learning, and partnership practices with high impact that may be adapted and replicated across the field of social entrepreneurship education.

Ashoka U Team

 * Marina Kim, Co-Founder and Executive Director
 * Erin Krampetz, Co-Founder and Community Director
 * Michèle Leaman, Changemaker Campus Director
 * Beeta Ansari, Exchange Manager
 * Renata Chilvarquer, Atlas Corp Fellow

Academic Advisors

 * Judith Cone, Special Assistant, Innovation & Entrepreneurship, UNC-Chapel Hill
 * Tom Ehrilch, Visiting Professor, Stanford School of Education
 * Kirk O. Hanson, Executive Director, Markkula Centre for Applied Ethics and Professor, Organisations & Society, Santa Clara University
 * Johanna Mair, Associate Professor, Strategic Management, IESE Business School
 * Maximillan Martin, Founder & Managing Director, Impact Economy
 * Alex Nicholls, Said Business School, University of Oxford

Social Impact Advisors

 * David Castro, Ashoka Fellow and President, I-LEAD Inc.
 * Christy Chin, Portfolio Director, Draper Richards
 * Derek Ellerman, Ashoka Fellow and Founder, The Polaris Project
 * Rich Leimsider, Director of Fellow & Alumni Programs
 * Jen Ratay, Program Officer, Hewlett Foundation
 * Steve Toben, President, Flora Family Foundation
 * Greg Van Kirk, Ashoka Fellow and Founder, New Development Solutions Group

Strategy Advisors

 * Ron Cordes, Co-Founder, Cordes Foundation
 * Susan Davis, President, BRAC
 * Jed Emerson, Managing Director, Integrated Performance, Uhuru Capital
 * Russ Hall, Managing Partner, Legacy Venture
 * Laura Herman, Managing Director, Foundation Strategy Group
 * Haney Hong, Lieutenant, United States Navy
 * Jane Leu, Ashoka Fellow and Founder, UpWardly Global

Partners & Supporters
Ashoka U partners with mission-aligned organizations and businesses to advance the goals of Changemaker Campuses, the broader network of universities, and Ashoka Fellow collaborators.

At present, the partners of Ashoka U are Ashoka Changemakers, Assetmap, Corporate Executive Board, Mission Markets, Open Action, Start Some Good, Starting Bloc, Summer Advantage USA, Think Impact, Transformative Action Institute, Unreasonable Institute and Ashoka Youth Venture.

The supporting organisations of Ashoka U are Sullivan Foundation, Artemisia Negócios Sociais, The Cordes Foundation, Flora Family Foundation, and Legacy Works.