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Introduced in 2021, interest in the 
SEI Minor has grown to 60 students 
enrolled through spring 2024, with 
10 students completing the program 
in May.
Students Aid a School’s 
Success in Tanzania
“The SEI minor allowed 
me to break into a new 
aspect of learning I 
hadn’t been able to access 
before—experiential 
learning—and combine 
it with my passion for 
social causes. You don’t 
necessarily find that with 
other concentrations.”
A new school in Tanzania provided student teams pursuing the 
Keough School’s Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation (SEI) 
Minor a chance to shape student formation—and support a 
business venture’s future success—a world away.
Facilitated through an ongoing partnership between the Pulte 
Institute and the McKenna Center for Human Development 
and Global Business, the SEI Minor invites undergraduates to 
apply entrepreneurial methods to social problems. In 2024, 
the program was approached with a real-world project 
that SEI students could examine and contribute to in two 
ways. Still in the construction phase, St. Bonaventure Girls’ 
Secondary School is a project initiated by Sr. Dativa Mukebita, 
superior general, and the Franciscan Sisters of St. Bernadette 
in Tanzania. Sr. Dativa asked the students to research the 
inclusion of an entrepreneurship curriculum among future 
academic offerings; at the same time, the school’s business 
plan needed to be evaluated.
SEI Minor Co-Director and Pulte Institute Entrepreneurship 
and Education Program Director Melissa Paulsen said that 
two student teams have worked to push this project forward 
while deepening their own understanding of entrepreneurial 
concepts and tools. In May 2024, students presented their 
initial recommendations, with work continuing over the summer 
to validate their recommendations and assemble a final 
business plan.
Courtney Sharpe
Math, SEI, Theology ’24
The Pulte Institute for Global Development
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