Want to see international business pitches? UConn's Global Training and Development Institute (GTDI) invites you to attend social entrepreneur project presentations from participants in the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI)!
During the month of October, UConn’s GTDI has hosted 21 college student leaders from Southeast Asia at the Storrs campus to participate in a five-week program to learn about the U.S., economic development, and social entrepreneurship. The students later apply the skills learned in the program to address social/economic challenges back in their home countries: Cambodia, Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippians, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. YSEALI is a President Obama signature education/diplomatic initiative launched in 2013, https://youngsoutheastasianleaders.state.gov/about-yseali/) with aims to strengthen leadership development in areas of social entrepreneurship and economic development. The program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State.
* Feel free to stop by the Library's Class of 1947 Meeting Room on Thursday November 3rd, anytime between 9am-11:45am, and from 1:00-2:30pm to watch the participants' social entrepreneurship pitch the idea of their social enterprise (10 minutes per pitch and guests are not expected to stay for all).
For more information, contact: Jack Barry at jack.barry@uconn.edu