Nourish International :: The Summer Institute

Concepts and Contexts – The Summer Institute provides chapter leaders with an academic understanding of the issues they’ll be working with. Poverty, social entrepreneurship and development have a history and understanding this history is crucial to a chapter leader’s success.

Discussing these topics are an array of respected speakers, who’ll be giving lectures on everything from the History of Global Development to Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Concepts. A full list of speakers is can be found here.

Training – The Summer Institute pushes chapter leaders to begin putting their knowledge and abilities into practice. Leaders will be taught how to manage chapter finances, pitch Nourish and manage volunteers.

One of the forums for this is the Chapter Start-up Challenge, a competition between leaders to draft the best plans for example campuses.

Networking – Social events and activities are planned specifically for the purpose of meeting other chapter leaders. Throughout the year, chapter leaders at various schools can leverage the relationships they’ve formed with one another to swap best practices on running their chapters.

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Two forms of ID, one state-issued (example: a driver’s license and a student ID). These will be used to set up Chapter bank accounts.
Laptop computer for the Chapter Start-up Challenge.
Notebook & Pen
Toiletries
Clothing – Business casual for the conference (no jeans, please), with casual clothing for social activities and semi-formal attire for the Keynote Event (link). If you have any questions about what this means, please email them to info@nourishinternational.org.

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Q: How many students can attend from my university?

A: There are three spots for each university. To reserve your spot, RSVP today. If your chapter requires more spots, please notify us at info@nourishinternational.org and we will see if we can make accommodations.

Q:Can I apply for travel funding through Nourish?

A: Nourish does not have travel funding available for the conference. We highly recommend contacting the dean(s) of your academic department(s), who frequently have a small budget for opportunities like this. Food and lodging will be covered for the entire stay.

Q:What should we do about lodging?

A: Out of town leaders will be staying at the Holiday Inn in Chapel Hill.

Q:Will food be covered?

A: Yes, food will be covered during the entire stay. Evenings out, however, will not.

Q:What should I wear?

A: Clothing – Business casual for the conference (no jeans, please), with casual clothing for social activities and semi-formal attire for the Keynote Event. If you have any questions about what this means, please email them to info@nourishinternational.org.

Q:When should I plan on arriving/departing?

A: Registration for the summer institute begins at 2 pm on August 8th at the Holiday Inn in Chapel Hill. We recommend flying in the morning or early afternoon on the 8th. The Institute will end at 1 pm on the 12th, and we recommend booking an evening flight out of Chapel Hill.

Q:What do I need to do to prepare?

A:We are very excited that you will be attending Nourish's Summer Institute. Much of our success this year hinges upon the training provided at it, and to get the most out of it, we request that you prepare for the institute in three simple ways:

Come well rested and ready to learn: it's going to be a rigorous 5 days.
Please bring a laptop if you have one since it will come in handy for the Start-up Challenge
Read the following article: The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship, by Greg Dees.

This will prime you for the programming offered at the institute. We have a challenging road ahead and we ask that you come prepared so that we can make the most of our time between August 8th and August 12th.

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The Summer Institute is imperative to our mission of eradicating poverty by engaging students and empowering communities. Our students use the knowledge and skills they learn at the institute not only while they’re leading chapters, but in their future careers as teachers, doctors, engineers and social entrepreneurs. By volunteering or contributing to the Summer Institute, you’re enabling a generation of college students to participate in a global partnership for development.

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