Past Events Past Events View Upcoming Events UVA Batten Hour (-) Batten Facet Event Type - Past Events UVA Center for Politics School of Law National Security Policy Center Center for Effective Lawmaking EdPolicyWorks: Center for Education Policy and Workforce Competitiveness UVA Humanitarian Collaborative Miller Center Facet UVA Partner - Past Events Social Entrepreneurship Racial Justice and Equity Facet Area of Focus - Past Events Mar 17 Jacqueline Novogratz Book Series Mar 17, 2021, 4:00 PM Online via Zoom As part of UVA's annual Public Service Week, SE@UVA Book Series presents distinguished author and entrepreneur Jacqueline Novogratz. Join us as Novogratz discusses her book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution. Learn more Feb 22 ESG Series #1: How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Portfolio Feb 22, 2021, 7:00 PM Online via Zoom As part of SE@UVA's series on ESG investing, join to hear Jake Barnett, manager of Sustainable Investment Services at Wespath, discuss how to reduce the carbon footprint of portfolios. Learn more Nov 13 Social Entrepreneurship Pitch Night NOV 13, 2020 5:00 PM Online via Zoom Join us as eight UVA student social entrepreneurs pitch their concepts to make the world a better place! Learn more Oct 12 Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind OCT 12, 2020 5:00 PM Watch Here SE@UVA Speaker Series presents distinguished author and entrepreneur Alex Counts. Join us as Counts discusses his new books “Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind: Leadership Lessons From Three Decades of Social Entrepreneurship” and “When in Doubt, Ask for More: And 213 Other Life and Career Lessons for the Mission-Driven Leader.” Learn more Sep 24 E-Cup Workshop: Design Sprints SEP 24, 2020 5:00 PM Online via Zoom Teams of eager students will join our expert facilitators for a design sprint on ways that innovative startups can respond to the new environment we find ourselves in due to the pandemic. They will review ideas submitted by alumni and partners as jumping off points to design around for the Social Entrepreneurship Track of the UVA Entrepreneurship Cup and Fall Social Entrepreneurship courses. Learn more Sep 02 Batten Expert Chats: "Impact Investing - The Role of Private Capital in Achieving the Public Good" SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 12:00 PM Watch Here Whether we are discussing affordable housing, access to healthcare, racial equity, gender equity, LGBTQ+ rights, forced displacement, or climate change, current and aspiring policymakers should see the private sector as a key partner, Batten professor Christine Mahoney argues. For the next installment of Batten Expert Chats, Mahoney will speak and take questions on how investments can act as an engine for positive social impact. Learn more Aug 05 Building a Sustainable Legacy Through Impact/ESG Investing: Featuring UVA Alumni AUGUST 5, 2020 5:00 PM Watch Here This webinar offers insights to current UVA students and recent alumni about important trends in sustainable finance that are impacting capital markets. This panel features UVA alumni with important vantage points to these trends and their impact on business and society. Learn more Nov 12 Social Entrepreneurship E-Cup Pitch Night 5:00 PM Great Hall of Garrett Hall Join SE@UVA for the Concept stage of the E-Cup competition. Students are encouraged to come up with out-of-the-box ideas that could be translated into compelling projects. Learn more Nov 12 SE J-Term Interest Meeting 12:00 PM Great Hall of Garrett Hall Interested in learning about exciting sustainable economic development taking place in your own backyard? Come learn more about SE@UVA’s new January term course: Impact Investing in Action: Appalachia. Thanks to the generous and transformative gift of Richard and Donna Tadler, SE@UVA will now offer a deeply-immersive J-term course in Appalachia and Southwest Virginia. The course is open to UVA students minoring in social entrepreneurship who now have the opportunity to experience first-hand the challenges facing this region and the role impact investing can play in its impact rebirth. Learn more Oct 09 SE@UVA Speaker Series: David Tolmie 5:00 PM Garrett Hall Great Hall Join SE@UVA as we welcome David Tolmie for our October Speaker Series event. Learn more
Mar 17 Jacqueline Novogratz Book Series Mar 17, 2021, 4:00 PM Online via Zoom As part of UVA's annual Public Service Week, SE@UVA Book Series presents distinguished author and entrepreneur Jacqueline Novogratz. Join us as Novogratz discusses her book, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution. Learn more
Feb 22 ESG Series #1: How to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Your Portfolio Feb 22, 2021, 7:00 PM Online via Zoom As part of SE@UVA's series on ESG investing, join to hear Jake Barnett, manager of Sustainable Investment Services at Wespath, discuss how to reduce the carbon footprint of portfolios. Learn more
Nov 13 Social Entrepreneurship Pitch Night NOV 13, 2020 5:00 PM Online via Zoom Join us as eight UVA student social entrepreneurs pitch their concepts to make the world a better place! Learn more
Oct 12 Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind OCT 12, 2020 5:00 PM Watch Here SE@UVA Speaker Series presents distinguished author and entrepreneur Alex Counts. Join us as Counts discusses his new books “Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind: Leadership Lessons From Three Decades of Social Entrepreneurship” and “When in Doubt, Ask for More: And 213 Other Life and Career Lessons for the Mission-Driven Leader.” Learn more
Sep 24 E-Cup Workshop: Design Sprints SEP 24, 2020 5:00 PM Online via Zoom Teams of eager students will join our expert facilitators for a design sprint on ways that innovative startups can respond to the new environment we find ourselves in due to the pandemic. They will review ideas submitted by alumni and partners as jumping off points to design around for the Social Entrepreneurship Track of the UVA Entrepreneurship Cup and Fall Social Entrepreneurship courses. Learn more
Sep 02 Batten Expert Chats: "Impact Investing - The Role of Private Capital in Achieving the Public Good" SEPTEMBER 2, 2020 12:00 PM Watch Here Whether we are discussing affordable housing, access to healthcare, racial equity, gender equity, LGBTQ+ rights, forced displacement, or climate change, current and aspiring policymakers should see the private sector as a key partner, Batten professor Christine Mahoney argues. For the next installment of Batten Expert Chats, Mahoney will speak and take questions on how investments can act as an engine for positive social impact. Learn more
Aug 05 Building a Sustainable Legacy Through Impact/ESG Investing: Featuring UVA Alumni AUGUST 5, 2020 5:00 PM Watch Here This webinar offers insights to current UVA students and recent alumni about important trends in sustainable finance that are impacting capital markets. This panel features UVA alumni with important vantage points to these trends and their impact on business and society. Learn more
Nov 12 Social Entrepreneurship E-Cup Pitch Night 5:00 PM Great Hall of Garrett Hall Join SE@UVA for the Concept stage of the E-Cup competition. Students are encouraged to come up with out-of-the-box ideas that could be translated into compelling projects. Learn more
Nov 12 SE J-Term Interest Meeting 12:00 PM Great Hall of Garrett Hall Interested in learning about exciting sustainable economic development taking place in your own backyard? Come learn more about SE@UVA’s new January term course: Impact Investing in Action: Appalachia. Thanks to the generous and transformative gift of Richard and Donna Tadler, SE@UVA will now offer a deeply-immersive J-term course in Appalachia and Southwest Virginia. The course is open to UVA students minoring in social entrepreneurship who now have the opportunity to experience first-hand the challenges facing this region and the role impact investing can play in its impact rebirth. Learn more
Oct 09 SE@UVA Speaker Series: David Tolmie 5:00 PM Garrett Hall Great Hall Join SE@UVA as we welcome David Tolmie for our October Speaker Series event. Learn more