SIPS Fund Passes Referendum
Feb 14, 2012 No Comments ›› adminGeorgetown Students Establish $1.5 Million Social Innovation Fund The “SIPS Fund” is the first of its kind in the nation Georgetown University students overwhelmingly approved a campus-wide referendum in January that allocates $1.5 million in student activities money to establish a Social Innovation and Public Service (SIPS) Fund. The SIPS Fund aims to invest in “Georgetown students ...
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Vote for YES on SIPS Fund on Jan. 24th
Jan 22, 2012 No Comments ›› adminThe Working Groups for Georgetown Energy, the SIPS Fund, and the New South Student Center proposals are pleased to announce that they have joined forces and teamed with a few student leaders under the banner of Students for a Better Georgetown, which will coordinate a unified campaign to pass all three allocation questions on the ...
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Georgetown: Government Major Starts Service Fund
Oct 24, 2011 No Comments ›› adminGeorgetown College recently profiled Nick Troiano, one of the SIPS Fund co-founders. It’s not unusual for young people to want to make waves in politics or to work hard on personal projects with the hope of improving society. But Nick Troiano (C’11) noticed two things: student advocates often don’t have the money to reach their goals, ...
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Investing in Social Innovation
Oct 24, 2011 No Comments ›› adminPaige Lovejoy, one of SIPS Fund co-founders, contributed an op-ed to a new website called PolicyMic.com. Check it out and share it with your friends! Georgetown University has the opportunity to do something unprecedented by the end of this semester – to create a fund for the purpose of supporting students who have ideas for social ...
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