Social Entrepreneurship

Overview

The Social Entrepreneurship program at Belmont University prepares students to engage and transform the world through the formation or expansion of ventures that will create social change. Our social entrepreneurs will be grounded in faith and values, shaped through experiential education and practical experience, and informed through the knowledge and skills drawn from diverse academic areas of study.

Social entrepreneurs are individuals who take on society’s most pressing problems, seeking innovative and sustainable solutions. To do this, social entrepreneurs need understanding and judgment, skills and stamina, and imagination and critical reflection. These qualities are fostered through study in the basics of entrepreneurship, study of an issue through multiple disciplinary perspectives, and extended personal reflection on goals and opportunities. The curriculum for the major combines business courses and issue-focused tracks in the liberal arts. As part of the curriculum, Social Entrepreneurship students will participate in service-learning, an internship and an extended capstone project in the senior year. Through these components, the liberal arts and entrepreneurship content is integrated with the experience and service that characterizes the practicing social entrepreneur.

Careers

• Program Service Coordinator

Program coordinators work with staff members, budgets, and procedures to ensure the implementation and success of programs. These individuals monitor staff members' workloads and hours, coordinate schedules, and plan time off. They are in charge of tracking billing payments as well as monitoring program budget limitations. It is also the responsibility of the program coordinator to make sure program plans stay within time constraints and help raise necessary funds.

• Director of Donor Engagement

The director of donor engagement is responsible for designing, implementing and coordinating an institution-wide comprehensive donor engagement and stewardship system that appropriately and consistently promotes interaction with and recognition of donors at all levels.

• Communications Director

A director of communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. Directors of communications supervise public relations staff, create communication strategies, and may serve as the key spokesperson and media contact for the organization.