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LSI held the 3rd Annual Innovators Coffee House for the Fellows program yesterday. Fellows presented creative, one-minute descriptions of the issues they most care about and the solutions they propose to address them. Some of the ideas are quite advanced while others are still preliminary, and all will evolve over spring semester.
The coffee house ambiance and event format made it more of an open-mic night than a formal meeting. Fellows listened to each others’ presentations with an ear toward who they might collaborate with over the coming months. Venture ideas ranged from providing free golf lessons for low-income students, setting up a student-exchange program between DC area schools to increase diversity, to creating a scholarship program for kids of incarcerated parents. Look for detailed information on all planned ventures on this site soon.
Special thanks to the George Washington University’s School of Business and the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence, which hosted event.
Several former Fellows have been recognized recently:
- Ashley Richardson, LSI Fellow ‘08 from Hyde Public Charter School, is a Freshman at Grinnell College and a Posse Scholar, a four year scholarship. She also writes that she hopes to someday start her own non-profit based on what she learned in the Fellows program.
- Victoria Wang, LSI Fellow ‘09 from W.T. Woodson Senior High School, is a National Merit semi-finalist.
- Mae Missana, LSI Fellow ‘08 from Central High School, is now a freshman at the University of the South and also is a Posse Scholar. She writes that her LSI Fellows and Trips experiences influenced her choice of college and her application, which focused especially on her LearnServe Trip to China.
Congrats to all of them on their accomplishments!
‘09-’10 LSI Fellows
51 of this year’s LSI Fellows kicked off the 2009-2010 program year with a weekend retreat to the For Love of Children Outdoor Education Center in West Virginia. The Fellows challenged themselves Continue reading ‘Kicking Off the Fellows Program’
On May 19th, LearnServe International recognized the 2008-09 LSI Fellows—29 high school students from the DC Metro region who have launched social ventures of their own design in order to affect change in their communities. Continue reading ‘Fellows Launch Ventures’
Want to change the world? Apply to be an LSI Fellow for 2009-10! Learn more…
Caitlin at Nationals
Caitlin Lesczynski, a 2008 LSI Fellow, was recently recognized for her work that began as a venture in the LearnServe Fellows program.
Continue reading ‘2008 Fellow Honored by Nationals’
Oscar in China on LSC ‘07
Oscar Portillo, a 2007 LSI Fellow and member of the LearnServe China ‘07 Trip was recently named a Gates Millenium Scholar. Congratulations Oscar!
Continue reading ‘Gates Millenium Scholar’
Thirty students representing public and private schools from Fairfax, Montgomery, and Prince George’s Counties and the District of Columbia have been selected by LSI for this year’s Fellows class. This remarkable group of sophomores and juniors will receive intensive training to become social entrepreneurs, beginning with a two-day retreat in September. In the spring each Fellow will design their own venture project to address a specific issue in their community. The LSI Fellows program is sponsored by the Institute for Education.
