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Core values

- **Promoting Social Change**: The center aims to promote social change through entrepreneurship, serving students, nonprofit organizations, and social enterprises with education, research, communication, and advisory services[2][4].
- **Education and Leadership Development**: It cultivates the next generation of interdisciplinary nonprofit and social enterprise leaders, which is crucial for sustainable social impact[1][4].
- **Research and Practice**: The center creates a diverse portfolio of research projects focused on addressing immediate issues facing nonprofits and social enterprises, which helps in identifying and solving societal problems[1][4].
- **Community Engagement**: It fosters a collaborative community of faculty, students, alumni, and practitioners, promoting a collective effort towards social improvement[1][4].