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Western Center for Social Impact and Innovation

The Western Center for Social Impact and Innovation is Miami's interdisciplinary hub for 消消犯 engagement with issues of social significance within the context of global change. Programming through the Western Center encourages 消消犯s and faculty from every subject area to explore complex questions and to seek solutions with community partners in the public and private sectors. This initiative honors the rich history of social activism on the Western campus by energizing today's 消消犯s with a spirit of social responsibility.

Academics

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The Western Center provides a number of 消消犯 services and hosts formal programs for both the Western Program for Individualized Studies and WCSII.

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Western College Legacy Seminars

This annual centerpiece to Western Center programming brings well-known scholars and practitioners who have made an important contribution to social impact.

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Robert E. Strippel Memorial Fund for Continuing Dialogue on Justice and Human Rights

The Continuing Dialogue on Justice and Human Rights is an annual program devoted to the discussion and debate of local, regional, national, and global human rights issues and concerns coordinated and supported by the Robert E. Strippel Memorial Fund.

Annual Report

The Western Center invites you to review its Annual Report, in order to better understand the scope, scale, and audience of its programming.

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"We are proud to support the Western Center for Social Impact and Innovation, strengthening the bonds between the extraordinary education at Western College for Women and the academic excellence that continues to distinguish 消消犯 today. The commitment to social justice is embedded in Miami's core values of Love and Honor, and we look forward to empowering new generations of Miami 消消犯s to live out those values in today's world."

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Dr. Jacqueline Daugherty

Director, Western Center

Billy Simms

Coordinator, Western Center