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Dear Net Impact Club Members, Welcome back to campus! We hope you enjoyed Spring Break and that the first week of classes has gone well. This newsletter is the first under the leadership of Jessie End and Brinda Ramaiya. We are grateful to the outgoing SY cabinet for all their hard work and to the soon to be decided incoming SY cabinet (Thank you for your applications!). Simply click on different tabs to navigate to the different events. Read below for more event information. Everyone is encouraged to help! If you were a recipient of the CASE Summer Internship Fund in 2009, we hope that you will sign up to help with multiple events. If you hope to receive the fund in 2010, remember that your assistance is considered in the decision making process.
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Coming Up: |
Reminders: |
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| Volunteers Needed For Cap and Gown Rentals This Week! | Vote For Kosh! | |
| CSI Practitioner Workshop: “The Greening of Business: Why It’s Unavoidable and How Companies Profit From It” | ||
Featured Announcements |
| Introducing Fuqua's new Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment (EDGE) |
The Fuqua School of Business is pleased to announce the launch of the Center for Energy, Development and the Global Environment (EDGE). EDGE will provide an integrated platform for education, research, and outreach efforts related to global issues of energy, development, and environment and their implications for business. The EDGE Center will build on and expand the mission of the Corporate Sustainability Initiative (CSI) by enhancing our focus on the energy sector, and exploring its connection to global development, resource use, and sustainability considerations. EDGE's strategic focus is to address questions like: how do we sustainably meet the global demand for energy, resources, and improved quality of life? What are the most promising pathways to transform our current industrial systems to achieve this goal? What role can leading firms play in catalyzing these transformations across their value chains? What partnerships are needed to help facilitate these profound changes? More details will follow as we enlist a Board of Advisors for EDGE and build our center capabilities. See EDGE's new web site at: http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/edge. |
| EMSG Speaker Series: Dr. Craig Pirrong |
| When: Thursday, April 1, 2:30pm Where: LSRC A158 Click to add to your calendar: http://tinyurl.com/y8mbkk9 Please join the EMSG, in conjunction with the Nicholas Institute for the next event in the EMSG speaker series. Dr. Pirrong will be leading a discussion in regards to regulation of carbon derivatives trading. This event will be a brown bag lunch. About Craig Pirrong: Dr Pirrong is Professor of Finance, and Energy Markets Director for the Global Energy Management Institute at the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. He was previously Watson Family Professor of Commodity and Financial Risk Management at Oklahoma State University, and a faculty member at the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago, and Washington University. Professor Pirrong's research focuses on commodities and commodity derivative pricing; the relation between market fundamentals and commodity price dynamics and the implications of this relation for the pricing of commodity derivatives; derivatives market regulation; commodity market manipulation; and the organization of commodity markets. He has published 35 articles in professional publications and is the author of three books. He has consulted widely with exchanges around the world, and has testified before Congress on energy pricing, and has served as an expert witness in a variety of cases involving commodity markets. He holds a Ph.D. in business economics from the University of Chicago. |
| Lecture by VisionSpring Founder & CEO, Dr. Jordan Kassalow |
| When: Thursday, April 8, 7:00 - 8:00pm Dr. Jordan Kassalow, VisionSpring’s Chairman and CEO will deliver the ESI Lecture and accept the CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation on behalf of VisionSpring. Read more about VisionSpring. |
| CSI Practitioner Workshop: “The Greening of Business: Why It’s Unavoidable and How Companies Profit From It” |
Instructor: Andrew Winston Duke’s Corporate Sustainability Initiative is pleased to offer a second workshop in the CSI Practitioner Workshop series on sustainability strategies and practices. This workshop is open to current first-year and second-year MBA students at Fuqua. The workshop is not for credit and is free for Duke graduate students, but space is limited and registration is required. Register at: http://duke.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_6s2UXSC4jloOU7i&SVID=Prod About the Instructor Andrew Winston advises some of the world’s leading companies on how to profit from environmental thinking. His clients include Bank of America, HP, Boeing, Pepsi, and Bayer. He is the co-author of the bestseller, Green to Gold and author of Green Recovery, a guide to surviving and thriving in an economic downturn. Andrew is also a highly respected and dynamic speaker, exploring the business benefits of going green with audiences around the world. Andrew’s earlier career included corporate strategy at Boston Consulting Group and management positions in marketing and business development at Time Warner and MTV. He received his BA in Economics from Princeton, an MBA from Columbia, and a Masters of Environmental Management from Yale. |
| Volunteers Needed For Cap and Gown Rentals This Week! |
We are renting cap and gowns to SYs for their graduation. They pay to rent gowns for graduation and return the gowns to us for use again next year. Rentals have already begun and the rental table will be up in the Fox Center from March 1 – April 2. How you can help with Cap and Gown Rentals 1. ASAP, go to the Google Doc to sign up for a time to work at the table in the Fox Center: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhGV109HmS-7dFRaWHdFVjY0SGFXUF9vTE9lWjdGMUE&hl=en". Cap and Gown Volunteer information is on the first tab of the worksheet. 2. Look out for an email in the coming weeks about a special off-campus gown prep party! (We need to wash and bag gowns; breakfast or lunch will be provided) 3. If you are a second year, rent from us! 4. Help to spread the word to your friends and make announcements in your classes if possible! http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhGV109HmS-7dFRaWHdFVjY0SGFXUF9vTE9lWjdGMUE&hl=en If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Alfonso Puente (alfonso.puente@duke.edu). |
| Give-A-Day |
We will be asking faculty and students to donate one day of their summer income to the CASE Summer Internship Fund. Donations can be given in two ways: online and in person in the Fox Center. We will need people to sit at the table in the Fox Center to collect donations starting at the end of March and going through the end of spring 2. How you can help with Give-A-Day 1. ASAP, go to the Google Doc to sign up for a time to work at the table in the Fox Center: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhGV109HmS-7dFRaWHdFVjY0SGFXUF9vTE9lWjdGMUE&hl=en". Give-A-Day Volunteer information is on the second tab of the worksheet. 2. If you are able, Give-A-Day! 3. Help to spread the word to your friends and make announcements in your classes if possible! |
| Stache Bash |
We will be asking students and faculty to grow “staches” or wear crazy hair to raise money for the CASE Summer Internship Fund. Each person who grows a stache or has crazy hair will be asked to donate AND they will need to find individuals to sponsor them. We will monitor and give prizes to people who grow the best staches/have the craziest hair and who raise the most money. Donations can be given in two ways: online and in person in the Fox Center. We will need people to sit at the table in the Fox Center to collect donations and to help enforce the “rules” of the contest/monitor and document participation. The dates will be April 7 – April 31. Here is how you can help with the Stache Bash 1. ASAP, go to the Google Doc to sign up for a time to work at the table in the Fox Center: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AhGV109HmS-7dFRaWHdFVjY0SGFXUF9vTE9lWjdGMUE&hl=en". Stache Bash Volunteer information is on the third tab of the worksheet. 2. Join one of the committees for the Stache Bash (marketing, hair fair, judging/winner announcement, etc.). There will be an information/committee kick-off meeting March 26th at 5 p.m. in Seminar Room A. 3. Sign up to grow a Stache or have crazy hair (more information to come about this soon), and have people sponsor you! 4. Help to spread the word! |
Career |
| Employment Opportunity With Aspen Institute |
Please view the following graduate summer internship opportunities at the Aspen Institute: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/policy-work/aspen-network-development-entrepreneurs/jobs/summer |
| Capital One Job Opportunity - Project Manager, Community Relations |
The Project Manager for Community Relations works closely with the Manager of Community Relations delivering business returns to Capital One including CRA value for qualified associate engagement, corporate reputation, and community impact. The Project Manager is accountable for implementing local associate engagement opportunities that align with both national and regional community relations strategies. Further, the Project Manager is accountable for supporting the Manager of Community Relations in identifying, developing, and sustaining “devastatingly local” neighborhood-based partnerships that are focused on raising the economic vitality of the residents and businesses in a neighborhood. The Project Manager is also responsible for supporting regional and market-level communications needs related to community relations. |
Case Competitions / Educational Opportunities |
| GH/Innovate 2010 - Global Health & Innovation Conference |
When: Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010 |
| 2010 SustaInvest Portfolio Pitch Competition @ Cornell University |
When: April 16th, 2010
Deadline: Monday, March 15, 2010, 11:45 pm EST |
Reminders |
| Vote For Kosh! |
Kosh is a social venture of a Fuqua Team that has been selected to compete in the semi-finals for the Dell Social Innovation Challenge. Out of 700 international entries, it was selected in the top 50 as part the judges selection. The next stage involves submission of a full length business plan. Team Kosh has requested your support and your vote in the Dell Social Innovation competition, which also has a social media component. Kosh,is an online knowledge repository that will aggregate and create engaging educational content in all formats. This virtual library will make educational media accessible at a nominal price and in regional Indian languages, to over 200,000 educators and school administrators, and through them to young students in rural India. Please check out the idea and vote for "Kosh" if you feel the idea merits consideration. http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com/ideaView?id=08780000000PERPAA4 Incase you have trouble, these are the steps to vote for us: 1. You will have to create a username and password (just takes a few seconds) at http://www.dellsocialinnovationcompetition.com 2. Once you are logged in, you will find a tab called “Semifinalists”. Scroll down or search for “Kosh” 3. The result will show the business idea for “Kosh”. There will be a button saying “Promote” on the left. Click that to submit your vote. |
Click here to access all other active announcements made in previous newsletters. |
Please contact Ashanka Iddya if you have any questions regarding items on this newsletter. |
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