Friday Factoid: NYU Stern “Thinks Social, Drinks Local”
September 18th, 2009
Attending or helping to plan the Social Enterprise Association’s “Think Social, Drink Local” marquee fundraiser is one of many avenues that aspiring, socially conscious MBAs will find to fulfill their interests while at Stern. With help from corporate sponsors, the event raises money for the school’s Social Venture Fund, a student-run fund that awards grants to nonprofits focused on educational services in the NYC area.
So … what exactly are we trying to get at? Well, NYU Stern, while perhaps not as well known for sustainable enterprise or social entrepreneurship, offers an array of resources for those interested in pursuing careers in these fields. The Stewart Satter Program in Social Entrepreneurship serves as the hub of all socially entrepreneurial activities and events at Stern and in 2008, Stern introduced a Social Innovation and Impact specialization, thereby formalizing an academic track for students.
Outside the classroom, through Stern Consulting Corps, students can partner on consulting projects with New York City–based nonprofits such as the William J. Clinton Foundation’s Economic Opportunity Initiative, and for those who also have the entrepreneurial bug, Stern added a Social Venture Competition to its traditional for-profit Annual Business Plan Competition, in which participants compete for the $100,000 Satter Family Prize.
Socially conscious Sternies have quite a bit to keep them busy!
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