My name is Karen Vison� and I have just joined the Centre's team as Coordinator.

I first heard of the Centre through a friend who had taken the course 'Educating for the 21st Century'. At that time I was working for an international hotel chain, as I studied hospitality management, but was feeling that the work I did had no impact on others' lives. Sure, they had a great vacation or business trip, but that was it. So I started exploring what career change I could make, when my friend sent me one of the Centre's e-mails introducing the 'Skills for Nonprofit Leadership' course.

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The UPEACE Centre for Executive Education (Centre) is delivering its signature online course 'Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Social Change' as part of a new professional exchange program. The 'Empowering Women through Social Entrepreneurship' grant aspires to promote mutual understanding among Costa Rican and US women. It focuses on the areas of public health, environmental sustainability and socioeconomic development. It is funded by the U.S. Department of State and jointly run by UPEACE and the University of Connecticut. The Centre has adapted what was previously delivered as purely an online course and is offering it as 'hybrid', combining face-to-face delivery at the beginning and the end with online learning. 

The University for Peace held its second executive training for Banco do Brasil in New York this Spring. Twenty top executives in the Bank participated in the seminar "Responsible Banking in a Multicultural World". The participants dealt with the subjects of sustainable and responsible investments, corporate social responsibility, and doing business in a multicultural world, among others. The Centre's Director, Mohit Mukherjee, facilitated a participant-centered session titled 'Innovating Beyond Borders'. The group had a chance to practice 'Design Thinking' beginning with brainstorming and ending with a presentation of their top idea.