<p>On Sept. 30, the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics will host the first New Hampshire Social Business and Microfinance Forum for New Hampshire college students and statewide entrepreneurs.</p><p>The forum is a collaboration between the Paul College, the office of the president and the Carsey Institute.</p><p>Dr. Muhammad Yunus, a renowned Nobel laureate and "father of microcredit," will deliver the day-long event's keynote address. Yunus defined the concept of "social business" as financially self-sustaining business that crafts innovative solutions to primarily social and environmental problems, such as poverty and climate change. Social businesses are market-based and are both for-profit and non-profit.</p><p>Yunus will also announce and present awards for ranking winners of the Social Business Innovation Challenge, a competition arranged by Paul College that is now open to UNH students, recent graduates and members of the New Hampshire community.</p><p><a href="http://www.tnhonline.com/paul-college-hosts-state-wide-competition-promotes-solving-variety-of-social-and-environmental-iss-1.3060952">Keep reading...</a></p>