Welcome First-Year IMBA Students

Welcome First-Year IMBA students,

You've got a lot of learning opportunities to look forward to in your first six-months in our IMBA program. You're about to get to know a great group of students, professors, administrators, and businesspeople.

I wanted to take this minute--before the deluge of reading and excelling--to introduce you to Net Impact. Net Impact is an organization of business students and professionals dedicated to the triple bottom line: People, Planet, and Profit. Last year was our biggest ever, and this year we plan on focusing on resume-and-community-building projects. We have some really exciting consulting-type projects in the works.

 Last year, we:

·  Gained Silver Status for Moore's Net Impact Chapter. This puts us into an elite group of schools and gives us prominent status in Net Impact publications. We gained this status through student participation, membership, and successful programs!

·  Started the MBA Oath program here at the Moore School

·  Invited several speakers to Moore to talk about their careers in sustainability

·  Attended an amazing National Conference in Ann Arbor

·  Held a very successful Sustainability Week focused on LEED certification

·  Networked with uncountable sustainability-focused business people

·  Held our annual Peace Corps Panel and Sustainable Jobs Panel

This year we will:

·  Continue doing all the great projects above

·  Start some new resume building community-based consulting projects with local non-profits (we have some great stuff in the works)

·  Take tours of businesses focusing on sustainability (like the local Starbucks plant, for example)

·  Participate in the Net Impact Case Competition

·  Attend the Net Impact National Conference (and job fair) in Portland, Oregon

The Moore School, through its new building, has committed to making sustainability a focus of the business school and the curriculum. We invite you to be a part of this fantastic student organization and help make your mark on the IMBA program's legacy.

Read more about Net Impact here: http://www.netimpact.org/index.cfm

-Travis Bjorklund