Launching Ideas: The Inaugural Social Impact Startup Weekend

Social Impact Startup Weekend

This post was written by Samantha Dina, CASE Fellow and Co-President of the Fuqua Net Impact Club. This post was originally posted on the Duke Daytime MBA Student Blog. When I walked into Duke’s innovation center, “The Bullpen,” to participate in the Fuqua Net Impact club’s inaugural Social Impact Startup Weekend, I had no idea what to […]

Investing in the Environment: From Niche to Mainstream – SBSI17

This post was written by Pia Morante, a second-year Fuqua MBA student, CASE i3 Fellow, and member of the Fuqua chapter of the Net Impact Club. This year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference focused on how business can tackle global challenges by exploring innovative models and collaborative partnerships that are already working to […]

A Balancing Act: Mission and Money in the Nonprofit Sector

Tim Scales

This post was written by Tim Scales, a second-year MBA candidate with a focus on social impact and entrepreneurship. Prior to Fuqua, he worked in support of the nonprofit arts and culture sector in New York, Massachusetts and North Carolina as a producer, marketer and consultant. At Fuqua, he is a CASE Fellow and cabinet […]

Day in Durham: Spending Time in the Muck

This post was written by Tiffany Hsieh, a 2018 Fuqua MBA and a CASE Scholar. For the past three years, she conducted impact evaluations of education programs at the non-profit, independent research institute SRI International. She previously taught middle school special education in Colorado as a Teach for America corps member. Tiffany received her undergraduate […]

Congratulations Fuqua Net Impact on Gold Chapter for 2015-2016

Fuqua Net Impact has done it again! For the 9th year in a row, they have once again received the prestigious Gold Chapter status from Net Impact. These standings – based on meeting a rigorous set of requirements for activities, programming, and membership reach – identify the most outstanding chapters in the Net Impact network, […]

Stories: Old, Outdated, Necessary

This post was written by Xander Kent, a third year dual Masters of Environmental Management and Business Administration (MEM/MBA) candidate at Duke’s Nicholas School of Environment and Fuqua School of Business. Xander has helped lead the Net Impact Club and has been actively involved in social impact throughout his time at Duke. In his spare […]

SBSI: Exploring Sustainability and Social Impact for 11 Years

SBSI Program

As we’re busy preparing for this year’s Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) conference on February 24th, it’s hard to believe it has been 11 years since the Fuqua chapter of the Net Impact Club began hosting the conference. In that time it has grown to be the largest conference of its kind in the […]

Day in Durham: Step One Towards Impactful Stewardship

This post was written by Chris Castro, Fuqua MBA 2017 and a CASE Scholar. After graduating from Loyola Marymount University, Chris was a 5th and 6th grade teacher in Honduras for the nonprofit organization The Farm of the Child. He spent five years working with City Year before becoming to Fuqua.   Although first-year Fuqua […]

Thomas E. Perez: Creating an Economy of Shared Prosperity through Leadership

US Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez at the Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) Conference

This post was written by Emily Silman, a first-year Duke MBA student and a member of the Fuqua chapter of the Net Impact Club. Government and business: to many people, these two entities mix about as well as oil and water. So it may have seemed surprising to some that the closing keynote speaker at Duke’s 10th […]

Fuqua Receives Gold Chapter Status Again!

Net Impact has announced the 2012-2013 Gold and Silver standings, awarding Fuqua the prestigious GOLD again! These standings – based on meeting a rigorous set of requirements for activities, programming, and membership reach – identify the most outstanding chapters in the Net Impact network, which includes 300+ chapters around the world. Fuqua’s activities this year […]