Social Innovation & Social Entrepreneurship

The School of Business delivers initiatives that strengthen organizations, build entrepreneurial leaders and catalyze social innovation. Our commitment to positive change is reflected in PSU's membership of the prestigious Ashoka U Changemaker Campus consortium.

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Map the System

Map the System challenges participants to use systems thinking as a guiding approach to understanding and addressing complex issues. Participants delve deep into a social or environmental issue, explore, probe and research its connecting elements, and share their findings with the world using systems maps. 

Social Innovation Field Study

Social Innovation Field Study

Explore creative implementations of social innovation while gaining an appreciation for the unique role of culture and history in designing for social impact.

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NET IMPACT

The Net Impact student organization inspires, educates, and equips individuals to use the power of business to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world. All PSU students are invited to attend Net Impact career events, community impact opportunities, and hands-on B Corp consulting experiences.

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Elevating Impact Archive

The Elevating Impact Summit was an experience in social innovation, a place to collide with a community of changemakers, and a forum to discover how business tools are used to address social and environmental issues in brilliant new ways. Find videos and highlights from the Elevating Impact Summit here.

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Publications

The School of Business authors award-winning publications on teaching, learning, launching and evaluating in the quickly-evolving field of social innovation and social entrepreneurship.

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PSU Center for Entrepreneurship

The PSU Center for Entrepreneurship is the resource hub for PSU students and faculty to catalyze innovation and entrepreneurship, expand your impact, explore your ideas, and bring your future into focus. 

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Student Organizations

Develop professional skills and build relationships with community partners through a variety of industry-engaging, experiential leadership opportunities.

Undergraduate Student Organizations

Graduate Student Organizations

 

Denise Tupper

Featured Alumni:
Denise Tupper 

Social Innovation Certificate, '19

Founder, Homebody Central 

Individual Development Account, MESO

Stephen Jensen

Featured Alumni:
Stephen Jensen

Social Innovation Certificate ‘23

Founder, Beople

Marketing and Innovation Strategist, TripleWin Advisory

Rebecca Goldcrump

Featured Alumni:
Rebecca Goldcrump

Social Innovation Certificate ‘18

Co-Founder & CEO, The Impact Collective

Connect With Us

Abby Chroman
Program Director, Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
achroman@pdx.edu

For general inquiries, please email sbinfo@pdx.edu