Brandeis International Business School joins world’s most elite in youth movement to find solutions to Global Poverty at the Hult Global Case Challenge

Global top-tier schools will go head-to-head in $1M poverty challenge

The Brandeis International Business School has been accepted to compete in the 3^rd Annual Hult Global Case Challenge (Hult GCC) – an initiative that brings together top students from all over the globe to generate solutions to the world’s most pressing social challenges. The Hult GCC, in partnership with the Clinton Global Initiative and its newly selected partners Habitat for Humanity, SolarAid and One Laptop per Child, will focus on developing catalytic solutions to the global poverty crisis.

The 2012 Hult Global Case Challenge will focus on breaking the cycle of global poverty through developing sustainable solutions that will provide affordable housing, affordable energy, and affordable education to the bottom of the pyramid. USD 1 million in seed capital is made available annually to provide funding to pilot the very best ideas.

“The Hult Global Case Challenge is thrilled that Brandeis has joined the initiative,” said Stephen Hodges, President of the Hult International Business School. “This year’s competition has tripled in size, bringing together some of the most talented students to help solve world poverty which can benefit billions of people.”

Ahmad Ashkar, Founder and COO of the Hult GCC attributes the success of the competition to the global youth revolution and said, “We continue to be moved by the large number of students from around the globe who are capitalizing on the opportunity to develop business models that target the bottom of the pyramid.” “We wish every team the best of luck and thank the competitors from the Brandeis International Business School for joining us in this youth movement.”

Each team selected was chosen from more than 4,000 applications received.  Most colleges and universities had multiple team applicants with one or two teams from each school being chosen.

The Hult GCC regional competitions will take place on February 24-25, 2012 on Hult International Business School’s five campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London, Dubai and Shanghai. Brandeis will compete in Boston.

All regional winners will be flown to New York City for the final competition, which will be held on April 26, 2012, concluding with an award ceremony at one of New York City’s most prestigious landmarks, the New York Public Library.  Every finalist will receive the opportunity to meet and have photos taken with President Bill Clinton, who will serve as the keynote speaker and present the winning team with the award.

Trevor Sweeney (USA), Gloria Muhama (Ghana), Liliana Diaconu (Moldova), Sam Mkandawire (Malawi) comprise the Brandeis IBS team.

The Hult GCC is the world’s largest and most internationally acclaimed case competition featuring thousands of students competing from over 100 countries. USD 1 million in seed capital is made available annually to provide funding to pilot the very best ideas. Hult GCC’s mission is to develop innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing social challenges and encourage breakthrough ideas from college and university students around the world.

To learn more about the Hult Global Case Challenge, please visit:

Website: www.hultglobalcasechallenge.com

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/hultglobalcasechallenge

Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/hultglobalcase

Wednesday November 9th 2011

6:30 to 8:00 PM

Lemberg Alumni Lounge

Brandeis International Business School

The purpose of this evening is simple: have a good time and connect with people with whom you may not otherwise cross paths. Come alone or bring colleagues or friends seeking to become more engaged in the greater Boston community!

Thursday, April 29th 7 – 10PM
33 Restaurant and Lounge
33 Stanhope Street
Boston MA, 02166

REGISTER HERE

When: March 23rd
Time: 5:00 – 6:15pm
Where: Babson College, Olin Hall

~Locally sourced snacks and drinks will be served~
To RSVP or for more information, please email: rgreenberger1@babson.edu

1. NESEA Conference:  Building Energy, March 9-11th

More info: HERE

2. Babson Energy and Environmental Conference 2010 – March 25, 2010

Here is more info: CLICK

And right here at Brandeis, we have a CASE COMPETITION!

It is a business case competition which will include corporate social responsibility and sustainability components, and we believe should be of a great interest to Heller MBAs and folks at other Heller programs. We also see it as a great chance to enhance the communication and cooperation between these two graduate schools at Brandeis.
Registration Deadline is March 5th!

More info here: Business Case Competition Registration

This past weekend, Feb 27-28, there was the Annual Social Enterprise Conference at Harvard. Did you go? Tell us what you thought!

The conference had am impressive roaster of speakers, from the President of Kiva to Sonal Shah, the Director of the White House Office for Social Innovation and Civic Participation. To see highlights and quick take-aways, search twitter for #secon

And, finally, as a quick Monday pick-me-up, here is the video that was shown at the conference: Leadership Lessons from the Dancing Guy. Hilarious, and totally on-point.

Then, later in the afternoon, come back to IBS to meet your fellow Net-Impacters and kick off the spring semester!

Alumni Common Room, 5.30 – 6.30pm

See you there!