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I love meeting new SOLES students. They leave me inspired and reinvigorated to pursue my life\u2019s purpose. This is because my experience has been that the typical SOLES student is driven to change the world through education and social innovation. At USD we have a particular way to describe this commitment, we call ourselves \u201cChangemakers.”
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\n<\/a>\"USD<\/a>USD is a designated Changemaker Campus through Ashoka University<\/a>. This is a network 19 campuses that have demonstrated a significant and ongoing commitment to be a global-driver of social change by transforming the educational experience into a world-changing experience. Examples of other campuses in the Ashoka University network include Cornell, Marquette, Duke, and Johns Hopkins.
\nThis past week USD hosted the \u201cAshoka U Exchange\u201d<\/a> with over 650 innovative students and thinkers from 150 institutions around the world. The campus was buzzing with keynotes, presentations, luncheons, and roundtables all focusing on changing the world. The activities were capped off the TEDx Ashoka U Talk<\/a> at Balboa Park on Friday night featuring seven inspiring speakers.
\n\"Shai<\/a>One unique opportunity was made available only to SOLES students. Our Dean, Dr. Paula Cordeiro, invited Ashoka Fellow Shai Reshef<\/a>, who founded University of the People<\/a>, to a lunch and conversation with about a dozen masters and doctoral students emphasizing in higher education. To be honest, I was not aware of President Reshef or UoPeople when I received the invitation, but a quick Google search showed me that this is a person who exemplifies this idea of changing the world.
\n\"UoPeople\"<\/a>\u00a0President Reshef spoke to us about his founding of the world\u2019s first tuition free online university. University of the People opens the gates of higher education to students in over 136 countries, with most students enrolling from Sub-Saharan African countries.\u00a0 \u00a0He spoke to us about his vision of making peace a closer reality through access to education.\u00a0 He talked about the price of higher education and his innovative financial model to make college affordable for the tens of millions of people who otherwise would not be able to enroll in college. As a university administrator, it was an inspiring challenge to envision the possible future of higher education and to receive this challenge from someone who is at the forefront of this work.\"Higher<\/a>
\nWhen I am asked, why choose a SOLES education? This experience is just one example of the added value that a SOLES experience brings. I interact daily with inspiring students who are driven to change the world and I get to meet individuals like President Reshef who are on the frontlines of this change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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