by Elise Stephenson | Aug 11, 2014 | Community Engagement, Uncategorized
Last weekend, from the 8-10 of August, saw the launch of the inaugural Impact Youth Social Enterprise Conference. 120 of Brisbane’s best and brightest 16-25 year olds gathered at the State Library of Queensland to hear from Australian and Social Entrepreneur of...
by Elise Stephenson | Jun 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
One month ago I received a very exciting email from the Australian Government stating I had won an inaugural New Colombo Plan Scholarship. Needless to say, it has been a difficult thing to keep secret for the past while, but this week myself and my fellow Griffith...
by Elise Stephenson | Mar 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
You wouldn’t believe it but a few months after my friends and colleagues I met in Taiwan came up with the idea of running a conference on social enterprise, we’ve opened the first applications for the event. It has been many long hours in front of my...
by Elise Stephenson | Aug 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
I feel like the winds of fortune have been blowing my way a lot recently! Earlier this week I was contacted by Griffith Asia Institute with an invitation to attend the Emerging Leaders’ Dialogue in Beijing, China, in October. As an Asian Studies scholar, myself...
by Elise Stephenson | Jul 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Seuang River Committee Meeting The impacts of tourists coming to the Seuang River Valley region are carefully watched. The Seuang River Committee is a group of village leaders and members from all the villages in the Seuang River. They have a village fund where...