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Hamilton Microfinance helps start apparel business
Hamilton University, 4/13/15
Francis Fund student group grants first community loan
Saint Francis University, 8/6/14
Honors students provide micro loans to Alabama small-business owners
Center for Ethics and Responsibility at the University of Alabama, 7/21/14
Swarthmore Students Win Contest to Boost Locally Owned Businesses
Swarthmore College News & Events, 7/17/14
Two UMD Students Named University Innovation Fellows
UMD Right Now, 5/8/14
Knowledge Access Initiative (KAI) Wins 2013-14 NYU Reynolds Changemaker Challenge
NYU Reynolds Program, 5/8/14
The New Class: College Students Redefine Leadership Through Microfinance
Month of Microfinance, 4/25/14
Putting Microbusiness on the Map: U.S. students survey local businesses to compete for social enterprise seed funding
Next Billion, 4/25/14
Pinning to Win: Students Get ‘Grassroots Dirty’ in the Delaware Valley
Oikocredit USA, 4/23/14
Student start-up helps college applicants with financial aid
Washington Square News, 4/14/14
College Credit: How U.S. university students are helping the underbanked build credit in their campus communities
Next Billion, 3/5/14
Microlender’s contest to boost Philly-region small business
Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/4/14
Philadelphia college students to set up microfinance institutions to assist local small businesses as part of new Lend for America regional program
Knight Foundation, 3/4/14
Financing the Future: Hilltop Microfinance Initiative strives to help low-income businesses
The Hoya, 2/21/14
The Value of a Paycheck and the Urgency of Now: Peter Keon Woo at TEDxUND
TEDxUND, 2/13/14
Growing Microenterprise: ELM2 Announces New Fellows
The Aspen Institute, 1/31/14
Students fuel businesses at Arizona State University
Arizona Republic, 1/30/14
Students attend Lend for America Summit
St. Francis University, 10/25/13
Aerospace Student Selected for Lend for America Fellowship
University of Maryland Department of Aerospace Engineering, 8/29/13
Berkeley Microfinance aids Bay Area entrepreneurs
Daily Californian, 4/2/2013
Group ‘funds’ ideas at home
The Advocate, 3/24/2013
4 Myths That Keep Students From Becoming Social Entrepreneurs
Forbes, 2/26/2013
Announcing the 2013 Ashoka U – Cordes Innovation Award Winners
Ashoka Innovators for the Public, 2/05/2013
Will College Students Really Step Up in U.S. Microfinance?
Huffington Post, 5/18/2012
Microfinance Deemed a Success in Evanston
Evanston Now, 5/12/2012
Nonprofit University of Alabama Organization Loaning Out Funds to Entrepreneurs
Tuscaloosa News, 4/01/2012
College Students Operate Microfinance Organizations
Voice of America, 2/22/2012
How College Students are Becoming Job Creators
Minyanville, 2/15/2012
US College Students Transform Domestic Microfinance With Digital Tools
Wiredacademic, 2/7/2012
Gen Y Helping Others Help Themselves
Gen Y Out Loud, 1/18/2012
Students Offer Microloans to help Campus Neighbors Start Businesses
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/15/2012
Growing the Next Generation of Leaders in Microfinance
The Inclusive Economy, CFED, 1/10/2012
College Students Work to Create Jobs in Needy Communities
CNN, 12/19/2011
The Alliance helps students boost local economies
Huffington Post, 12/14/2011
Student nonprofit wins $25K
Yale Daily News, 11/28/2011
Intersect Fund Provides Small Business Owners With Seed Money and Support
New Brunswick Patch, 11/22/2011
CEF Savings Program Provides Savings Opportunities for Homeless
Corporation for Economic Development (CFED) Blog, 11/07/2011
Perspectives: Community Empowerment Fund
ABC Local News, 06/24/2011
Campus Microfinance Funds: Connecting Campuses to Communities
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 04/20/2011
Campus Microfinance Funds: A Closer Look
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 03/20/2011
Find Your Passion: Too Good to Fail
University of Alabama Crimson, 02/05/2011
College-based Programs Spark New Era in Microenterprise
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, 01/25/2011
Can Student-run Microfinance Organizations Help Address Issues of Scale and Sustainability in the U.S.
Domestic Microenterprise Industry?
Aspen Institute FIELD Publication, 06/01/2009
Yale Daily News, 06/10/2001