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Summer 2013 Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps This summer UMD will launch the Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps, an eight-week overseas study and internship program that will enable UMD students to work side by side with development professionals in designing and supporting MicroConsignment businesses in rural Nicaragua. The program will start with an intensive, two-week course on the concepts of social entrepreneurship, to be taught on the UMD campus from April 15th to the 26th by Greg Van Kirk, co-cofounder of the Social Entrepreneur Corps and a leading expert in economic development. Students will then travel to Nicaragua for 8 weeks of additional training and carefully structured, closely supervised fieldwork. More information about the program may be found at: http://ter.ps/umdsecorps Information Session: Greg Van Kirk will visit the University of Maryland Campus on Tuesday, February 19 to discuss his groundbreaking work, concepts of social entrepreneurship, and the new Maryland Social Entrepreneur Corps at 12:00 noon, in room 0100 of La Platta Hall. All interested students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend. If you are unable to join us, please contact the Office of Education Abroad for more information about this important new program: [log in to unmask]