Tag Archives: developing world

A Summer of Firsts: Alex’s Adventure in Africa

Posted on September 27, 2016 by College of Business, Colorado State University

9/27/16 – GSSE MBA student Alex Anderson is on the team of students in the Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program who spent their summer conducting market research in Tanzania. This reflection is the 2nd post by this team – you … Continue reading →

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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kelly Martin

Posted on December 18, 2015 by College of Business, Colorado State University

Dr. Kelly Martin, Associate Professor of Marketing in the College of Business, has been teaching the Quantitative Business Analysis class in the GSSE MBA program since 2012. In 2014, she was the first College of Business professor to be awarded … Continue reading →

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Social Business in Action: Summer 2015 Adventures

Posted on December 18, 2015 by College of Business, Colorado State University

It’s amazing for those of us who have been involved since the early years of GSSE to hear that Cohort 8 is graduating already. C8 returned this fall from their practicum work on 4 continents, working in areas from healthcare to energy, … Continue reading →

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Working Towards a Healthy Malawi One Village at a Time

Posted on August 18, 2015 by College of Business, Colorado State University

8/18/15 – This guest post is written by Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA students John Garvey and Eric Harry, who spent a month working with Partners in Health on their Village Health Worker program in Malawi. Nine years ago … Continue reading →

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Chaka Fibers: Finding Markets for Alpaca Fiber in the Altitude of the Andes

Posted on July 27, 2015 by College of Business, Colorado State University

7/27/15 – This guest post is written by three students in the Global, Social and Sustainable Enterprise MBA program at Colorado State University, who are co-founders of Chaka Fibers. Chaka is working this summer in Peru, getting to know the … Continue reading →

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How Biogas is Improving Lives in Ethiopia: Focus on the Customer

Posted on July 21, 2015 by College of Business, Colorado State University

7/21/15 – This guest post is written by three GSSE MBA students who envision an entrepreneurial future involving biogas.  This summer, they are partnering with the Ethiopian branch of the social business (B)energy.  Biogas is a clean-burning cooking fuel generated … Continue reading →

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Just a Girl in the World

Posted on March 12, 2015 by College of Business, Colorado State University

Originally posted on CSU Global Connections:
By: Chrissa Percival I had been working in the rural village of Adaklu, Ghana, West Africa for a few months before I met Verone.  She is a woman in her mid-20s with a bright…

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One World, Thanks to the Data

Posted on March 7, 2013 by College of Business, Colorado State University

I love TED talks and am continually impressed with the wonderfully relevant talks on this site. And Hans Rosling is one of my favorite contributors.  He uses his website called “Gapminder” to produce what he describes as a “fact based … Continue reading →

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