![]() ![]() SYG2010 - Social Problems & Solutions- Dr. In addition to running YELS, Kristin is passionate about creating opportunities for students to learn about Social Entrepreneurship & Sustainability. Most recently, in May 2014 she earned a Certificate in Social Entrepreneurship, sponsored by USASBE and the Kauffman Foundation. In March 2014 she was awarded a 75% scholarship to attend the Stanford Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship along with 50 other students from 23 countries around the world. In July 2013 she graduated from the AACSB PostDoc Bridge Program and was awarded Academic Scholar status. In November 2012, Kristin was one of 36 students from 22 countries selected to participate in the International Social Entrepreneurship Programme at INSEAD. Kristin believes education is a life-long endeavor. For the 2011–2012 academic year, Kristin served as a Sustainability Fellow and in 2013 she won the UF Champions of Change Sustainable Solutions Award for her academic work (aka Sustainability Professor of the Year Award). In fact, in 2012 her students completed more than 10,000 hours of service totaling more than 1/2 of President’s Goal of 1 Million minutes of service for all UF students. In 2006 Kristin was named Service Learning Professor of the Year at UF, because of the community service she requires her students to do. From 2003–2006 she served as the Coordinator of Admissions & Student Activities for the Honors Program at UF. Kristin is passionate about teaching students to use the skills & strategies of business to create innovative & sustainable solutions to social, environmental, and economic problems locally and around the world. Her research interests center around youth & emerging adulthood, social entrepreneurship, sustainability, community service and creating positive social change. ![]() in Sociology & a graduate certificate from the Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. ![]() Kristin is a UF graduate, earning her bachelors degree in Psychology with minors in Sociology, Religion, and Women’s & Gender Studies. In 2005 she brought Social Entrepreneurship to UF and co-founded and now directs the Social Impact & Sustainability Initiative in the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Kristin Joys is the Director for the Young Entrepreneurs for Leadership & Sustainability High School Summer Program at UF. ![]()
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