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| CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES |
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| MICRO-CREDIT PROGRAM |
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Micro-Credit Program
 The Center for International Studies Micro-Credit Program is dedicated to assisting micro-entrepreneurs living below the poverty threshold to start income generating businesses. The program seeks to promote freedom, fairness and democracy around the world by endorsing basic principles of micro-entrepreneurship, self-employment, property rights, and wealth accumulation, while integrating the Catholic values of the University of St. Thomas.
The Micro-Credit Program is a student-operated non-profit organization that sets in motion the concept of social change by a humble call to action directed to other fellow students, University peers, and the Houston community. The University foresees a future for the Program that will transcend us all and will become a legacy for future UST generations.
For additional information, view the Micro-Credit Program Brochure
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The Educational Experience
The Program is a mechanism to reflect in a concrete and direct manner UST’s Mission and Objectives as a Catholic institution for higher education. This is accomplished by:
- Providing UST students with a tangible opportunity to impact the world in a positive and fulfilling way.
- Offering UST students an opportunity to close the gap between theory and practice.
- Helping UST students develop rational and concrete mechanisms for decision making and problem solving.
- Helping the world’s working poor take steps towards economic independence.
- Promoting freedom, fairness and democracy around the world by endorsing basic principles of micro-entrepreneurship, self-employment, property rights, and wealth accumulation.
Meet our Student Board of Directors
For more information contact us at microcredit@stthom.edu or (713) 525-3530.
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The Voice
The Voice is a student-run newsletter to notify the community of the needs, goals, accomplishments, and latest occurrences of the Micro-Credit Program. If you have any comments on the newsletter, are interested in helping with it, or a question, please contact us at microcredit@stthom.edu.
The Voice Archive
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