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Student Spotlight: Karli Minick
Before Duquesne: Karli joins our cohort after completing her undergraduate work in three years at the University of Pittsburgh. Karli was able to major in both finance and supply chain management in...
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8th Annual North American Passive House Conference
Last Friday, Matt Lepri, a student in our cohort, attended the North American Passive House Conference. Matt is a sustainability fellow who focuses on sustainable building techniques in his research...
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Why MBA Sustainability, and not a traditional MBA?
Personally, when I began to shop around for an MBA program I knew I wanted an MBA to advance my career, but sustainability was not even in my search box. After much needed research into the topic I...
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GaBi Life Cycle (LCA) Analysis Training
Last week, Christoph Koffler, technical director for PE International, Inc., came into our Sustainable Theories and Models class to train our cohort on how to use the GaBi software. GaBi is the #1...
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Net Impact Conference Reflection
2013-2014 Net Impact Leadership Team Throughout my life, I have wanted to be in a high impact role where I could have a positive effect on individuals or society as a whole. Last weekend, I had the...
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Student Spotlight: David (Dave) Buczynski
Before Duquesne: Dave joins our cohort from Germantown, MD. Dave completed his undergraduate degree at Duquesne University majoring in psychology and philosophy. After receiving his undergraduate...
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Student Spotlight: Blair Schoenborn
Before Duquesne: Blair is originally from Warren, Pennsylvania; however, she spent the last 7 years in Denali National Park, AK. Blair served as the youth programs director at the Denali Education...
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Green Workplace Challenge Workshop Reflections
Last week, two students and sustainability fellows, Jana DiSanti and Matt Lepri, attended Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Green Workplace Challenge’s (GWC) workshop titled “First Quarter Celebration, Engaging...
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Green Gamification
You have probably heard of NikeFuel and FitBit, the gamification devices that promote healthy living. Have you considered using gamification to promote sustainable behavior? At the Net Impact...
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Student Spotlight: Peter Kassouf
Before Duquesne: Pete attended Ohio University where he majored in philosophy and political science. Pete’s most recent position was as an oceans system analyst at the Descartes Systems Group. Why...
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Networking with Forbes Fund Executives
The Forbes Fund and Duquesne University are located in Pittsburgh; however, it took a cross-country trip to make the connection. The Forbes Fund, a supporting organization of the Pittsburgh Foundation,...
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Student Spotlight: Lixuan (Violet) He
Before Duquesne: Violet joins our program from Jieyang, China; however, she has also lived in Leeuwarden, Netherlands and Guangzhou, China. She attended Guangdong PZ College of China where she majored...
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First Annual MBA Sustainability Alumni Weekend
Duquesne SMBA Alumni Board 2013 – from left, Dana McTighe (’12), Maureen Coyle (’12), Drew Lessard (’10), Erin Fargo (’12), Alison Steele (’11) and Jeff Gladstone (’11) A few weekends ago, the MBA...
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Workshop with American Textile CEO
On Friday, Mr. Jack Ouelette, CEO of American Textile, joined our cohort. He is also a graduate of West Pont and a former military officer who worked his way to CEO of a multinational textile company...
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Spring Break Study Trip
Last week, Tom Nist spoke with our cohort regarding our spring break study trip. We were very excited to find out that we will be traveling to Germany! Our cohort has students who have never left the...
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Net Impact + Building New Hope
A few weeks ago, Net Impact partnered up with Building New Hope for a fair trade week fundraiser. Led by Steve Sumpter, Net Impact members sold Building New Hope’s coffee, also available at Whole...
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Reflections on Fall Semester
In August, I met my thirty new classmates who were eager to begin classes in pursuit of our MBA in sustainability. Reflecting back on the semester, it is evident to me how much I have learned...
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Sustainability EXPOsed
Despite the snow covered morning, over 500 attendees joined together at the David L. Lawrence Convention center to learn and share ideas surrounding sustainable innovations at Sustainable Pittsburgh’s...
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Allegheny County Department of Human Services Case Competition
In mid-October four students in our cohort participated in the annual Allegheny County Department of Human Services Case Competition. Graduate students from universities across the city in various...
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Bring on the Spring (Semester)!
While it may not feel like spring with the recent sub-zero temperatures our cohort is back to the bluff to begin the spring semester. We have a full course load with finance, economics, marketing,...
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