Tag Archives: CASE students

Introducing CASE Scholar Michelle Kirby

Duke’s Fuqua School of Business offers scholarships each year to individuals with nonprofit backgrounds who are looking to acquire business skills for use in their pursuit of social impact. The Social Sector Scholarship brings in amazing students who add a richness to …

The Impact of Impatient Optimism

This post was written by second year student, Carla Hickman. Carla spent her summer interning with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington. I have always worked in the education sector, and arriving at Fuqua, it was a …

Global leaders start at home

This post was written by second year student, Mark Hiew. Mark and fellow second year, Dawn Arthur, were the leads for the 9th annual Day in Durham, an annual event that introduces incoming Fuqua students to the social entrepreneurship community …

Education Reform for the Summer

This post was written by second year, Ambika Ahuja.  Ambika interned this summer with the Houston Independent School District through an Education Pioneers fellowship.  Ambika’s internship was supported by CASE’s Summer Internship Fund (learn more about SIF at the bottom …

From Fuqua to Rwanda: Global Health in Action

This post was written by second year student, Liz Charles. Liz interned this summer with the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD) with the support of CASE’s Summer Internship Fund (learn more about SIF at the bottom on this …

Learning to Lend with Social Impact

This post was written by second year student, Jacqueline Westley.  Jacqueline interned this summer at RSF Social Finance with the support of CASE’s Summer Internship Fund (learn more about SIF at the bottom on this post!). RSF is a non-profit …

I could not have hoped for anything better…

This post was written by second year student, Julia Houlihan.  Julia interned this summer at Teach for America through an Education Pioneers fellowship. Julia’s internship was made possible with the support of CASE’s Summer Internship Fund (learn more about SIF …

Harnessing the Power of Business to Do Good

This post was written by third year student, Carrie Gonnella.  Carrie is concurrently pursuing her MBA at Fuqua and her MEM (Master of Environmental Management) at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment.  Carrie interned this summer at B Lab with …

Duke MBAs Consulting in Developing Economies

We recently completed another exciting year of CASE’s Global Consulting Practicum in Social Entrepreneurship (GCP). The GCP is a field study course in which teams of Duke MBA students complete projects with social enterprises serving base-of-the-pyramid markets in developing economies. …

Fuqua’s Net Impact Club does it again!

Net Impact has announced the 2011-2012 Gold and Silver standings for Net Impact chapters across the globe and once again Fuqua won gold! The standings, based on the chapter’s performance this past academic year, represent the most outstanding chapters in the Net …