Abstract
This paper outlines a project that represents collaboration between faculty members across three colleges: Professional Studies (Health), Engineering and Business at one University to educate a group of high school students, a class of undergraduate engineering students and two classes of MBA Entrepreneurship students in social entrepreneurship activities. The project began by sending a group of students to Guatemala for a summer program designed to excite them about careers in health, science and engineering by having them conduct needs assessments and develop preliminary solutions for needy citizens in the developing country. The next step involved having engineering students spend a year developing long term solutions to the issues faced by the community members. Finally, students in MBA Entrepreneurship courses took these engineering solutions and developed business plans to determine feasibility and implementation of the solutions effectively and efficiently. The project is an example for other colleges and universities of how the AACSB goal of integrating innovation and cross-college collaborations can be accomplished.