CASE students
Five Lessons from Maya Chorengel of Elevar Equity
This post was written by Adelina Dasso, Duke MBA student, in April 2015 On March 24, 2015 I had the great opportunity to attend the presentation of our CASE i3 spring speaker, Maya Chorengel. Maya is Co-founder and Managing Director of Elevar Equity, a venture capital fund that helps innovative entrepreneurs bring financial services, education, […]
Teaching the Value of Tri-Sector Leadership at SBSI 2015
Mary O’Donnell, second year Duke MBA student and CASE Fellow, wrote this post in April 2015. Mary also served as Co-Chair of the 2015 Sustainable Business and Social Impact (SBSI) Conference. When I started my MBA at Fuqua, after seven years in the international development and nonprofit sector, I did not know how I would […]
SBSI 2015: A Decade of Ideas, A Lifetime of Action
This post was written by Mary O’Donnell, Duke MBA student and a CASE Fellow, in March 2015. Mary, along with fellow Duke MBA student Blaise Cote, was the co-director of the 2015 Sustainable Business and Social Impact conference. As a MBA student at Fuqua, I am empowered every time I hear Fuqua Dean Boulding state […]
Ending Needless Blindness in Mexico: My Internship with salaUno
This post was written by MBA student Tim Morilla in October 2014. During this summer Tim interned at salaUno, an eye care clinic in Mexico that seeks to offer high quality eye care service at affordable prices. Tim’s internship was supported by the International Partnership for Innovative Healthcare Delivery (IPIHD), the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at […]
Our Internship Working on Economic Opportunity for All
This post was written by second year MBA students Laura Mixter and Ashley McPhail in October 2014. During this summer, both Laura and Ashley interned at Self-Help in Durham, NC. Their internships were supported by the Summer Internship Fund. Self-Help is a community development financial institution (CDFI) headquartered in Durham, NC. Working across a variety of functions to improve […]
From the Classroom to the Great Outdoors: Internship with National Parks Service
This post was written Duke MBA student, Jessica Dennis in October 2014. Jessica completed an internship with the National Park Service at the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville, NC. This internship was made possible with the support of the Summer Internship Fund. When I first set foot at Fuqua in July 2013, I had no idea […]
Leveraging Business Skills to Increase Healthcare Quality in My Internship
This post was written by MBA student, Ashley Humienny in October 2014. Ashley interned this summer at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Ashley’s internship was supported by the Summer Internship Fund. Of all of the places open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, hospitals have always interested me the most. The constant white noise of activity, interrupted by […]
A Transformational Experience Interning in a New Orleans’ Charter School
This post was written by Duke MBA student Piero Arrigoni in October 2014. Piero interned at ARISE Academy through an Education Pioneers Fellowship. Piero’s internship was made possible with the support of the Summer Internship Fund. Before Fuqua, I worked as a process manager for a Chilean steel structure manufacturing business. I would never have expected that I would have the opportunity […]
My Internship Developing Operation Models to Increase Physician Access in Rural India
This post was written by Duke MBA student Cristina Arellano in October 2014. Cristina spent her summer in India interning with SughaVazhvu – one of the current Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke (SEAD) innovators. Cristina’s internship was made possible with the support of the Summer Internship Fund. I spent my summer in India as an MBA Summer Associate working with […]
