School of International Studies
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The School of International Studies, or SIS, is a school within University of the Pacific. It is one of the only six undergraduate schools of international studies in the United States and is the only school in the country that requires all of its students to study abroad. The school offers four Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Global Studies, International Affairs and Commerce, and Development as well as a minor. The school also offers a M.A. in Intercultural Relations. [1]
[edit] Social Entrepreneurship
The School of International Studies has recently increased its emphasis on Social Entrepreneurship. In 2006 one of the leading microfinance lenders for Central America, The Katalysis Bootstrap Fund, relocated to the University of Pacific campus, making UOP the first U.S. University to have a microfinance center operating on its campus.[2]
Also in 2006, the School of International Studies opened The Global Social Entrepreneurship Center. According to the center’s site, the center conducts research on Social Entrepreneurship as well as acts as a gathering place of social entrepreneurship. The center is also in the process of developing a Social Entrepreneurship specialization for its B.A. program as well as a certificate program.[3]
Two University of the Pacific graduates have been awarded by the Skoll Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. In 2005, Martin Burt received an award for his agricultural education and rural entrepreneurship program, Fundación Paraguaya. In 2006, Sakena Yacoobi was award for her foundation, Afghan Institute of Learning, which aims to restore education and health programs.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://sis.pacific.edu/international-studies-programs.htm
- ^ http://sis.pacific.edu/events/docs/Katalysis-press-release.pdf
- ^ http://sis.pacific.edu/events/global-social-entrepreneurship-center.htm
- ^ http://sis.pacific.edu/events/global-social-entrepreneurship-center.htm
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Gladys L. Benerd School of Education • College of the Pacific (School of Science and Liberal Arts) • Conservatory of Music • Eberhardt School of Business • School of International Studies • School of Engineering and Computer Science |
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McGeorge School of Law (Sacramento) • Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry (San Francisco) • Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Stockton) |
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The Office of Research and Graduate Studies • Brubeck Institute |
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Stagg Memorial Stadium • Alex G. Spanos Center • Klein Family Field • Big West Conference |
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