Tag Archives: CASE students

Introducing CASE Scholar Hilary Nichols

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

Strengthening Financial Services for Women

This post was written by Evelyn Powery, a 2015 graduate of the Duke MBA program. While at Fuqua, Evelyn served as student co-chair for CASE i3 and as a CASE fellow. The CASE i3 Fellowship allows practitioners to engage MBA …

Did You Know? 10 Facts About CASE

Fuqua sends out “Did You Know?” messages to its staff about the activities of different departments at Fuqua. We are a large institution and especially since CASE does so much of its work outside of the walls of Fuqua, we …

A Year of Impact and Progress  

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. ~ Thomas Edison A university-wide Ebola Innovation Challenge that inspired 160+ students to think about how they can use their skills to solve real …

Congratulations to the 2015 CASE and CASE i3 Fellows!

Each year, CASE and CASE i3 select an elite group of second year MBAs to act as ambassadors of CASE’s work and collaborate with the CASE team throughout the year. These fellows come from a wide range of backgrounds and …

Five Lessons from the Field for Aspiring Impact Investors

This post was written by Adelina Dasso, a first year Duke MBA student and Associate in the CASE Initiative on Impact Investing (CASE i3) Program On March 24, I had the great opportunity to attend the presentation of our CASE …

Teaching the Value of Tri-Sector Leadership

Mary O’Donnell is a second year Duke MBA student and a CASE Fellow.  Mary also served as Co-Chair of the Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) Conference this year. When I started my MBA at Fuqua, after seven years in …

A Launching Pad for Student Social Entrepreneurs

CASE supports students that are pursuing many different paths to impact. Our students may go on to become senior managers of social ventures, social impact consultants, impact investors, or social entrepreneurs themselves. We intentionally encourage diverse career paths because we …

A Decade of Ideas; A Lifetime of Action

This post was written by Mary O’Donnell, a second year Duke MBA student and a CASE Fellow. Mary, along with fellow Duke MBA student Blaise Cote, was the co-director of the 2015 Sustainable Business and Social Impact conference. As a …