草榴社区

aerial view of Western's campus at night, with golden lights surrounded by dark trees

Learn. Play. Discover. Costa Rica!

Western Washington University and The IDEA Institute are offering Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation:  Social Sector Edition-Cost Rica from June 24-July 5, with an optional self-designed week July 6-13.  This class can be taken for credit or as a non-credit class.

This highly experiential, field-based course takes increasingly deep dives into social ventures including women-empowered coffee businesses, squatter-settlement education, sustainable-community fishing and child physical therapy and leadership development with horses.  Learn design thinking, social venture modeling and consulting in this journey of self-discovery.  Participants will also be recognized with a joint Global Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Certificate from the Center for Executive Education at the United Nations mandated University for Peace and the 草榴社区’s IDEA Institute.  Join us in this beautiful, safe and welcoming country for an epic travel experience of a lifetime!  Space is limited.

For more information visit or contact Kristine Baker, Administrative Assistant for the IDEA Institute at Kristine.baker@wwu.edu or 360-650-4875  and watch for upcoming information sessions to present program details; TBA.