In addition to all the great programs we offer through the Changemaker Collaborative, there are a number of academic courses and other wonderful opportunities that may also be of interest to you. We encourage you to explore the classes and programs below.
For additional support, reach out to the UNH Fellowships Office, which provides information, counseling, and editorial support to highly motivated students applying for competitive national and international fellowships.
Sustainability Related Academic Courses
- ADMN 444: Business for People, Planet, and Profits, Dr. Fiona Wilson
- ADMN 798: Sustainable Business, Dr. Fiona Wilson
- ECON 698: The Social Economy, Dr. Michael Swack
- ECON 698: Microfinance, Dr. Michael Swack
- INCO 505A: Semester in the City, Dr. Fiona Wilson
- INCO 505B: Social Innovator's Toolbox, Dr. Fiona Wilson
- INCO 620: Talk to Action: Facilitating Deliberative Democracy, Amy Oliva
- PAUL 598: Paul Change-Makers: Exploring Social Justice, Faina Bukher
- Trash 2 Treasure, *Independent Study, Dr. Fiona Wilson
*Dr. Fiona Wilson, Director of the Sustainability Institute is always willing to meet with students who are interested in designing their own independent study in social innovation and enterprise.
Contact her at Fiona.Wilson@unh.edu.
Consider a Sustainability Dual Major and a Social Justice Leadership Minor!
Sustainability Every Day
UNH values sustainability and has many ways for you to get involved in sustainability – from taking small steps to live a more sustainable life, to taking classes, conducting research, interning, volunteering, and getting involved in student organizations.
Test Your UNH Sustainability Knowledge!
Take the "What Sustains Us?" quiz and find out why UNH is one of the most sustainable universities in the country and how you can get involved right here on campus!
Looking for a changemaker job?
Check out these resources during your search.
- Reconsidered Jobs (a new jobs tool built specifically for social impact, sustainability and corporate social responsibility employers and job seekers)
- Top 10 Purposeful Jobs from PROJECT X (weekly newsletter with job postings)
- Koya Leadership Partners
- Common Good Careers
- B Work
- Idealist
- Work for Good
- Net Impact
- Boston BASIC job board (also sign up for their listserv)
- Impact Jobs LinkedIn Group
- NH Businesses for Social Responsibility
Social Innovation Opportunities with our Campus Partners
The Carsey School's Master in Public Policy (MPP) degree at the University of New Hampshire offers students the skills to have an impact and make a difference—to make change happen and defend past progress—in the often challenging environment of 21st century policy making. Students will learn the strategic practice of public policy, and to hone the skills that today’s policy professionals need to succeed—analytical expertise, clear and compelling communications, and the tools of leadership. With an Accelerated Masters option, the program gives current undergraduates a jump-start on their MPP degree. Students can take up to 12 credits during their senior year that apply to both their undergraduate degree and the MPP.
Accelerated Masters in Public Policy
For more than 100 years, UNH Cooperative Extension has strengthened New Hampshire’s residents and communities by providing trusted knowledge, practical education and cooperative solutions. Our work makes life better in New Hampshire. Earn money, make connections in your field and cultivate your passions into a rewarding career. Extension internships offer valuable work experience and networking opportunities. Best of all, you have the chance to help make life better in New Hampshire. Summer internships are credit-hour eligible so you can build your resume and help local communities while earning college credits.
Cooperative Extension Internship
Career and Professional Success has launched a new career management system to support all Wildcats in connecting with professional success. Handshake has replaced Wildcat Careers and is your one-stop shop to: search and apply for full-time jobs and internships, search and apply for part-time and/or work-study positions on campus or in the local community, schedule an appointment with your college's Career and Professional Success team to discuss your career documents (resumé, cover letters, etc.), job/internship search process, and much more, learn about career success events, programming, professional development opportunities, and on-campus recruiting events with visiting employers.
Handshake
The fellowship recognizes exceptional students who have an interest in the nonprofit and public sectors, providing valuable work experience in the field of public service. Fellowship recipients receive a stipend of $3,250 for full-time summer work (300 hours to be completed anytime between mid-May and late August) with a nonprofit organization or government agency of their choice in New Hampshire.
John G. Winant Fellowship Program
IROP grants are competitive awards supporting qualified research projects in diverse settings: universities, government agencies, museums, art galleries, archeological sites, laboratories, and field sites. Average grant: $6,300 for 9 weeks of full-time summer research abroad.
International Research Opportunities Program (IROP)
Due to the generosity of Harry Patten ('58), four (4) UNH Durham students from any college or major can get hands-on experience working at a start-up company (priority given to UNH alumni start-ups). We recognize that not all students have the “a-ha" idea right away and/or they want to learn about and understand the inner workings of a start-up and help in the building process. The Internship Program provides that experiential learning opportunity over a 10-week period. Students will receive a stipend of $4,000.
Paid Student Internship at Start-Ups Program
Get involved in the many student organizations and groups on campus advancing sustainability! To see all officially-recognized UNH student organizations, visit the Memorial Union & Student Activities website. Below are some examples.
- Alliance
- Alternative Break Challenge (Habitat for Humanity)
- American Cancer Society on Campus
- American Fisheries Society UNH
- American Sign Language Club
- Amnesty International UNH
- Animal Welfare Alliance
- Arab Cultural Club
- Autism Speaks U
- Best Buddies UNH
- Black Student Union
- Buddies Without Borders
- Business and Sustainable Environments (BASE)
- Catholic Student Organization
- CHAARG at UNH
- Chabad Jewish Student Group
- Chinese Student and Scholar Association
- Circle K International
- Club Love
- Committee on Rights and Justice
- Compost Cats
- Creating Acceptance Through Students (CATS)
- Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority
- Desi Students' Association
- Diversity Support Coalition
- Eating Concerns Mentors
- EcoReps at UNH
- Engineers Without Borders
- Environmental and Water Resources Institute
- Friends of Jaclyn
- German Language and Culture Appreciation Society
- Girl Up at UNH
- Global Citizens at UNH
- Green Living Club
- Hillel
- Indonesian Students Association
- Inner Peace Yoga Club
- Iranian Association of New Hampshire
- Japanese Cultural Club
- Korean Culture Club
- Magic WheelChair UNH
- March For Our Lives University of New Hampshire
- MEDLIFE UNH
- Men of Strength Diversity Education & Family
- Middle Eastern Cultural Association
- Model United Nations
- MOSAICO
- Muslim Students Association
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) On Campus
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Native American Cultural Association
- Net Impact
- NH Outing Club
- Northeast Passage
- Nourish UNH
- Organic Garden Club
- oSTEM
- Oxfam UNH
- Partners for World Health Chapter of UNH
- Paul College Diversity and Inclusion Social Coalition
- Peace and Justice League
- PERIOD @ UNH
- Project Sunshine
- Protect Our Breasts
- Red Shoe Club
- Relay for Life
- Russian Club
- Save the Children Action Network
- Seacoast Reads
- Senior Smiles
- Sigma Alpha
- Slow Food UNH
- Society of Women Engineers
- Stonewall Grads
- Stop the Stigma
- Student Anti-Genocide Coalition (STAND)
- Student Arts Association
- Student Environmental Action Council (SEAC)
- Student Nutrition Association
- Students Advocating Gender Equality
- Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture Club
- The Socratic Society
- Trans UNH
- UNH Chapter for Global Dental Brigades
- UNH DAIRY CLUB
- UNH Forestry Club
- UNH Genealogy Club
- UNH Italian Club
- UNH Planned Parenthood Generation Action
- UNH Red Cross Club
- UNH Students for Global Health
- UNH Students for Life
- UNH Students for the Exploration and Development of Space
- UNH Trash 2 Treasure
- United Asian Coalition
- University of New Hampshire Chapter of Leading Women of Tomorrow
- Vietnamese Student Association
- VOX
- WildACTS Social Change Theatre Troupe
- Wildlife Society
- Women in Business
- Women in Science
Shoals Marine Laboratory's Research Internships are specifically designed for undergraduate college students over the summer break. Research interns work directly with faculty mentors and SML scientists to conduct research experiments and projects, combining new areas of discovery with ongoing, long-term monitoring. Internships provide invaluable experience and help develop skills that will increase your marketability when it's time to apply to graduate school or pursue your career aspirations.
Summer Research Internships at Shoals Marine Laboratory
The Peter T. Paul Entrepreneurship Center (ECenter) invites all students to submit applications for grant funding to take their entrepreneurial ideas to the next level through the development of prototypes, business models and/or companies during the summer months. Summer is one of the best times for students to work on ideas and early stage start-ups. This grant allows a student/students to focus full time attention on the venture and receive a grant payment to do so in lieu of having to find a summer job. Receive a $3,500 grant!
Summer Seed Grant
SURF grants are awarded to students who wish to conduct research over the summer at various locations in the U.S. or overseas; the grants may also support research that contributes to a senior project or thesis. Fellowship: $3,500 stipend for full-time summer research (10 weeks for SURF USA, 9 weeks for SURF Abroad), $600 for research expenses.
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF USA & SURF Abroad)
UNH Sustainability Fellowships pair exceptional students from across the U.S. with municipal, educational, corporate, and NGO partners in New England to work on transformative sustainability initiatives that lead to integrated solutions. Sustainability Fellows, mentored by the UNH team and dedicated individuals from our partner organizations, undertake challenging site-specific and applied 10-week summer projects that include defined deliverables and a competitive stipend.
Sustainability Summer Fellows Program
The UNH Emeriti Council, a group of engaged UNH donors, has initiated this grant with the goal of supporting international development and service by UNH students (including faculty advisor travel and participation). In addition to students applying to fund their own projects, UNH’s Social Sector Franchise Initiative, which is a project of the Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise, is looking for students who are interested in forming a small team which will work with faculty mentors to develop an application for ECSISI funding, and if funded, to spend 2-4 weeks this summer on project implementation. There are three international partners that have proposed exciting field based research projects in Africa or the Philippines.
UNH Emeriti Council Student International Service Initiative (ECSISI) Grant
Since 1976, the University of New Hampshire (UNH) has affiliated with The Washington Center (TWC), to offer internships and seminars in Washington DC. DC is home to hundreds of government agencies, multi-national corporations, non-profit organizations, think tanks, advocacy groups, law firms, and more. There are countless internship and networking opportunities for all majors, including in the media, the arts, education, business, science, international affairs, the environment, health care, and much more.
The Washington Center Program
Social Innovation Opportunities Outside of UNH
Archimedes Project recruits aspiring changemakers as summer Frontier Social Entrepreneur Fellows. Fellows spend 12 weeks in their country of interest conducting human-centered research and working to lay the groundwork for a scalable water or sanitation enterprise. Archimedes Project believes that locally-driven social enterprise is the solution to the clean water and sanitation crisis and research is critical to understanding what has been tried and failed in the past. Fellows receive a travel and room and board stipend of $2,500-$5,000 and the guidance of the Archimedes Project team.
Archimedes Project’s Frontier Social Entrepreneur Fellowship
Show us what you’ve got! North American environmental ministers are calling on youth to champion bold ideas for green growth to address the complex sustainability challenges we currently face. Visit cec.ideascale.com to submit your science, technology and business innovations and get the chance to present your idea to North America’s top environmental officials, receive $5,000 in project seed funding, and meet with experts at the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC).
The CEC Youth Innovation Challenge is open to residents of Canada, Mexico and the United States (and its territories) aged 18-30. Participants are encouraged to look beyond incremental solutions and propose bold ideas to leapfrog to solutions that address the complex sustainability challenges facing North America. Ideas will be evaluated based on four criteria: innovation, impact, feasibility/replicability and profitability. Students and young entrepreneurs are invited to propose ideas on a broad range of green growth topics.
Commission for Environmental Cooperation Youth Innovation Challenge
The Cultural Vistas Fellowship affords underrepresented U.S. university students the unique opportunity to advance their career goals, develop global competencies, and experience life in another culture. Cultural Vistas selects up to 12 fellows to take part in this multinational professional development program that includes eight-week summer internships in Argentina, Germany, or India.
Cultural Vistas Fellowship
A non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the number of women in portfolio management and executive leadership in the asset management industry.
Apply to their Summer Intensive Program: Four-week educational experience at either the University of Pennsylvania or University of Notre Dame, learning core finance and investment concepts from top professors and building relationships with industry leaders, all with free tuition, room, and board on-campus, plus a six-week paid internship - secured by Girls Who Invest - at a leading asset management firm around the world. Including access to a supportive professional community and the GWI private job board upon completion of the program and additional resources to help you succeed, such as a Bloomberg Terminal training, interview preparation, and one-on-one career coaching. Join the Girls Who Invest Online Learner Programs for freshman and sophomore women studying at U.S. colleges and universities. Join the GWI community through their tuition-free, self-directed online programs. Online programs include the Wharton Online Financial Modeling Program and the CFA Investment Foundations Program.
Girls Who Invest
Synergy is a signature conference hosted by the Harvard Social Innovation Collaborative that challenges students to tackle the social issues that matter to them in transformative ways. Through presentations from award-winning innovators, hands-on workshops, excursions to local businesses, opportunities for mentorship and networking, Synergy walks you through the process of building a social enterprise—from ideation, product design, business development, to investment pitching.
Harvard Synergy
A new Humanity in Action Fellowship program in Atlanta, Georgia. In partnership with The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Humanity in Action brings together a group of 30 American and European university students and recent graduates for an intensive program about diversity and civil rights in America. The program honors Congressmen John Lewis, an icon of the Civil Rights Movement. The John Lewis Fellows attend discussions with renowned scholars and activists at The Center, visit historical sites around Atlanta and engage in discussions on a range of political and social issues.
Humanity in Action: John Lewis Fellowship
This fellowship brings together international groups of students to participate in month-long fellowship programs in one of five European cities (Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris or Warsaw) where they collaboratively explore national histories of discrimination and resistance within the historical and national context of their placements. Intensive and demanding, each program is highly interdisciplinary and features daily seminars, discussions, site visits and workshops with renowned academics, journalists, politicians and activists, as well as site visits to government agencies, non-profit and community organizations, museums and memorials. The programs seek to highlight different models of action to remedy injustice.
Humanity in Action Fellowship
The fellowship helps to fund a proposal designed by the applicant to conduct brief work in a foreign country related to the mandate of UNESCO – using education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, and/or communication and information to build strong ties among nations. The length of time for the travel is expected to be between four and six weeks and should include interaction with individuals from other nations. Students are strongly encouraged to work with the Office of National Fellowships on their application.
Laura W. Bush Traveling Fellowship
This program is a fully-paid and funded five-week summer residential program for rising juniors who desire to make a difference. The select, small cohort comprised of students from diverse academic disciplines will engage in dynamic leadership education curriculum, interact with nationally recognized corporate, government, and military leaders in the nation’s capital, and discover how to change the world through self-reflection, exciting experiential activities, and a community service-focused capstone project.
Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows
Omprakash is offering free opportunities to be an Online Volunteer for a social impact organization.
Omprakash
Social Entrepreneur Corps leads impact and immersion programs throughout Latin America. With us, you will gain invaluable leadership and professional development experience through foundational training on social entrepreneurship and community consulting, working on high-impact social innovation projects and experiencing deep cultural immersion in local communities.
Social Entrepreneur Corps
These special summer institutes provide the opportunity for first-years and sophomores to come to the United Kingdom on a three- to six-week academic and cultural program. Participants in these programs get the opportunity to experience an exciting academic program at a highly regarded U.K. university, explore the culture, heritage and history of the U.K. and develop their academic ability by improving presentation, research and communication skills. The summer institutes cover the majority of participant costs. This includes round-trip airfare from the U.S. to the U.K., tuition and fees at the host university, accommodation, and meals.
U.K. Fulbright Summer Institute
Venturewell helps student inventors make an impact on the world. They fund and train student inventors and entrepreneurs who want to address important problems in the world through new technology-based ventures. Thier E-Team Program provides funding, immersive workshops, and specialized coaching to student STEM innovators to help them move their inventions into the marketplace. They accept E-Team Program applications three times a year.
VentureWell
