Thanks to the use of social media giant YouTube, even former students at small colleges like Grove City are able to keep in contact with their friends.  For example, alumni of the Omicron Xi fraternity can check out what their active fraternity brothers have been up to…

Grameen Bank is a microfinance bank that was started in 1983 in Bangladesh. Its made the dreams of many impoverished people come true by giving them the freedom to invest the way they want. It works on the principle of using social pressure/ peer-pressure to advocate repayment and smart investing strategies. Muhammad Yunus started this bank on [...]

With all the issues out there in America, why wouldn’t you want to do something to help better the general societal goals of the community? Being a Social Entrepreneur is one way to help people. Being an entrepreneur is in and of itself a job. But a “social” entrepreneur differs from a “business” entrepreneur in that [...]

Have you ever wondered how big a carbon footprint you leave when you throw away a Snickers wrapper?  Well I definitely haven’t and I honestly don’t care, but if you do there’s a tool out there for social entrepreneurs to take advantage of and make an impact. Carbon Advice Group is a web community that allows [...]

After entering “Social Entrepreneurship” into the Digg search engine, one of the most popular items I found was an article off the New York Times written last year about entrepreneurs making an impact on society. The story of Michael Gainer really stuck out to me as a shining example of a young entrepreneur giving back to [...]

[/caption] Grove City Lacrosse began to step up the program’s online presence in the fall of 2009.  From redesigning the Grove City Lacrosse team website, to seriously investing in a social media presence with a Facebook Fan Page and Twitter Account, the team [...]

A pioneer in the open domain movement and former chair of Creative Commons, James Boyle has also published a book where he details and explains the problem of the current copyright environment. The book is called “Public Domain” and appropriately enough, is available online for free under a Creative Commons license. In his book, Boyle talks [...]

Conceivably, the collaborative concept behind Creative Commons is the key component to Web 2.0. Allowing users to share online property beyond the conceptual level leads to greater efficiency in the global community.  Generally, users are free to utilize the materials on Creative Commons without going through licensing hassles or violating property rights.  This is a [...]

The issue of intellectual property can be a real problem amidst academic circles. People are actually very picky about who uses their ideas and how they do it. And rightfully so. But on the other hand, I know many individuals who believe in free or only slightly limited use of what they produce. For people like [...]