By Solomon Kronberg, BA Economics and Comparative Cultures & Politics 2022

International development is a complex topic. In today’s world, we all participate in the process, making it vital to understand.

By Paulette L. Stenzel, Professor Emeritus of International Business Law and Sustainability and advisor to Spartan Global Development Fund (SGDF)

Professor Stenzel shares her thoughts on the SGDF Student Team’s Black Lives Matter statement. She also recaps our 2020 lending.

By Solomon Kronberg, BA Economics and Comparative Cultures & Politics 2022

A recap of Professor Stenzel’s presentation to the Spartan Global Student Team. Her presentation covered the history of Micro Finance, why it’s important, and the unique opportunities SGDF has because of it’s student team.

By Tyler Spigarelli, BA Supply Chain Management class of 2021

The onset of the Coronavirus pandemic has drastically affected every part of the globe. In March, strict lockdowns were put in place to help stop the rapid spread, and businesses were forced to shut down. These shutdowns put a significant amount of stress on many of Spartan Global’s previous loan recipients in Guatemala…

By Toby Valentino, BA International Relations and Economics 2021

In early March, I spent nine days on an Education Abroad program in Guatemala alongside Spartan Global Development Fund (SGDF) members and fellow students at MSU….

By Solomon Kronberg, BA Economics, BA Comparative Cultures & Politics 2022

One of the most difficult challenges that face student organizations on every college campus is consistent, long-term success. A group can begin with a stellar goal, great momentum, and effective execution and still struggle as its core members graduate or move on to new endeavors…

By Madeline Malpass, BA Business, 2023

The Ethical Lens Inventory (ELI) is a personal evaluation tool used to help individuals assess their own values, and how people prioritize those values when making ethical decisions…

On the twenty-ninth of October, Spartan Global was lucky to host Professor Catheryn Baird of Regis University, Colorado. Professor Baird is the creator and CEO of the Ethics Game…

Mark your calendar: Thursday October 3rd at the Breslin Center 1 pm-5 pm.

Do you want to take your MSU experience beyond campus? Are you interested in learning about sustainable development through microloans? 

By Paulette L. Stenzel, Professor of International Business Law and Sustainability, Michigan State University, and advisor to SGDF

 Spartan Global Development Fund (SGDF) has reached a significant milestone:  Since we made our first package of four $25 loans on July 4, 2009, SGDF has extended over $101,000 in loans to small entrepreneurs.

By Professor Paulette L. Stenzel, Professor of International Business Law, Michigan State University

This coffee was roasted and packaged by Sr. Victor Cataví of San Miguel Escobar, Guatemala in early January...

By Jake Sadilek, BA Psychology, 2019
By Scott Lyman, BA Finance and Social Relations & Policy, 2018

As a by-product of Spartan Global’s microfinance initiatives, we the students often feel distant from the loan recipients and their entrepreneurial endeavors. We understand our impact, yet, it can be difficult to see the tangible results of our loans...

By Scott Lyman, BA Finance and Social Relations & Policy, 2018
By Jake Sadilek, BA Psychology, 2019

For the second time in the last six years, The Spartan Global Development fund (SGDF) was awarded the Richard J. Lewis Quality of Excellence Award by Eli Broad College of Business for its work during the 2016-2017 academic year...

By Scott Lyman, BA Finance and Social Relations & Policy, 2018
By Jake Sadilek, BA Psychology, 2019

Over the past several months, The Spartan Global Development Fund has raised $2,561 from donors to aid aspiring entrepreneurs around the world who face structural, social, and financial barriers to access capital...

By Jake Sadilek, BA Psychology, 2019

Domestically, our economic lives are fortunate. Our free market structure makes it easy for aspiring entrepreneurs.  We enjoy social safety nets – like welfare programs – that aid the economically disadvantaged...

By James Robinson

Stanford professor Sean Foote’s microfinance class, which reaches thousands of undergraduates through a web broadcast, including a small group at Michigan State, introduces students to a range of...