On April 23, the YouthBridge Community Foundation and the Skandalaris Center announced the winners of the 2009 Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition(SEIC) at an event featuring soclal entrepreneur Bill Strickland. Grant award winners include The Exchange, Urban Studio Cafe, Fathers' Support Center, Missouri Women in Trades, and Rupununi Learners. Claire Wolff, Project Manager for the Urban Studio Cafe and May 2009 graduate of the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University, won the $5,000 student prize in the competition. Read more about the winning ventures and enter the 2010 SEIC at www.ideabounce.com by posting your idea, and selecting SEIC 2010 as the program.

The Skandalaris Center Internship Program will host panel discussions all summer about starting, building, and sustaining new enterprises. The Center is sponsoring twenty-eight interns at start-up commercial or social ventures, who all gather on campus weekly to share information about their experiences and learn from each other and other community innovators. All sessions are free and open to all including a reception. See the schedule for a list of topics and location, and please RSVP if you plan to attend.