Newsletter Archive

Newsletter Archive

We invite you to look through our newsletter archive, which includes previous editions of Business Impact’s monthly newsletter, and goes further back to when we were the Center for Social Impact. In this archive, you can get an idea of the types of impact activities going on around Ross and across campus

2023

September 2023

  • +Impact Studio Founders and Fellows Recruiting
  • Board Fellows Nonprofit Recruiting
  • B+I Showcase coming
  • Summer Intern Stories

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August 2023

  • +Impact Studio Founders and Fellows Recruiting
  • Board Fellows Nonprofit Recruiting
  • B+I Showcase coming
  • Summer Intern Stories

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Summer 2023

  • Board Fellows Nonprofit Recruiting
  • DNEP +Impact Studio for Local Business
  • Where are UM Impact Interns Now?
  • Ross Open Road ’23 A Success

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April 2023

  • Board Fellows Nonprofit Recruiting
  • +Impact Studio Programs Close for the Year
  • Impact Internship Funding
  • B+_I Staff in Key Webinars

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March 2023

  • Board Fellows Forum on Community-Building
  • +Impact Studio Ventures Get Support
  • Board Fellows Experiences
  • Neesha Modi

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February 2023

  • SeaSpider wins student venture competition
  • Public Forum on Nonprofit Community-Building
  • Summer Impact Internship Funding
  • Design Jam and Podcast

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January 2023

  • Reverand Dr. Martin Luther King in front of American flag.Anti-Racism and Racial Justice
  • Summer Impact Internship Funding Application
  • Ross Open Road Application
  • +Impact Studio Stories, Course, Fellowship Application

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2022

December 2022

 

  • MBC – Seigle Impact Track Round Two
  • “Idea Day” with Our Donors and Friends
  • Design Jam Interactive Website
  • Impact Gala Photos

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November 2022

  • +Impact Studio Course – Winter ’23
  • Equity-Centered Prototyping Workshop
  • Poverty Solutions speaker
  • Impact Gala

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October 2022

  • Announcing Board Fellows
  • Announcing +Impact Studio Founders and Applebaum Design Fellows
  • Announcing Gordon Scholars
  • Wynton Marsalis joins UMS/+Impact Studio Design Jam

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September 2022

  • B+I Showcase
  • Board Fellows Program
  • Founders and Fellows Program
  • Gordon Scholarship

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August 2022

  • Scores of diverse students and staffers at a previous B+I Showcase event

    B+I Showcase
  • Board Fellows Program
  • Founders and Fellows Program
  • Gordon Scholarship

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Summer 2022

  • Image includes 4 photos of Ross Open Road teams, 13 diverse students in total, posing together in groups.

    Ross Open Road
  • Impact Internships
  • +Impact Studio Stories
  • Board Fellows Nonprofit Applications

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April 2022

  • “Taming Corporate Power” – April 21
  • “Management as Calling” – May 11
  • Loan Repayment Assistance for Social Impact
  • +Impact Studio News

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March 2022

  • “The Tech that Comes Next” – March 30
  • Impact Internship Funding
  • DNEP + Impact Studio for Local Business
  • Dualete aids in mental health for atheletes

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February 2022

Panelists for the Board Fellows Forum (left to right): Kyla Carlsen, Kelly Maxwell, Courtney Smith, Kevin Thompson

  • Board Fellows Forum – Feb. 18
  • Impact Internship Funding
  • Impact Studio’s New Ventures and Mentors
  • Winners from the Michigan Business Challenge – Seigle Impact Track

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January 2022

Panelists sitting at the B+I Public Panel Event

  • Board Fellows Forum – Feb. 18
  • Ross Open Road Applications
  • Impact Studio Course Kicks Off
  • Women Who Launch Symposium – Jan. 21

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2021

December 2021

Nathan Allston of Plucky Comics presenting in front of a screen

  • Seigle Impact Track
  • +Impact Studio Course 
  • Jack Griffin: 30 Under 30
  • Alumni Spotlight: Ian Richardson

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November 2021

Woman writing on whiteboard in the Impact Studio

  • Insights from the +Impact Studio
  • +Impact Studio Course 
  • Open Road at Ross
  • Net Impact/GOOD Worldwide Merger

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October 2021

Nathan Alston, J’Taime Lyons, and Elizabeth Wallace, the recipients of the 2021-22 Skip and Carrie Gordon Scholarships

  • ’21-’22 Board Fellows
  • Gordon Impact Scholars
  • +Impact Studio Course
  • MBC- Seigle Impact Track

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September 2021

A student interacting at tables during the Business Impact showcase

  • B+I Showcase
  • Gordon Impact Scholarships
  • Insights from Summer Interns
  • Ross’ first annual DEI Awards Ceremony

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August 2021

Business+Impact’s Nonprofit Board Fellowship Program event

  • Board Fellows Program Begins
  • B+I Showcase to Feature over 30 Impact Groups from Campus
  • Gordon Scholarships Coming
  • Foodfinder in Social Enteprise Spotlight

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Summer 2021

The members of three teams of Ross MBAs that helped three major social entrepreneurs in Detroit, MI

  • Open Road Delivers Impact
  • +Impact Studio Welcome 6 Student-led Ventures
  • Impact Internships
  • Impact Studio for Local Business Begins Work

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April 2021

Black Lives Matter and Stop Asian Hate banner

  • Board Fellowship Info Session
  • +Impact Studio News
  • Applebaum gift
  • New Loan Repayment Program for Social Impact 

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March 2021

Social Enterprise Spotlight: Thawra members posing with hats

  • Impact Internship Funding
  • Seigle Impact Track Winner
  • Social Enterprise Spotlight: Thawra

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February 2021

Apoorva Kanneganti

  • Impact Internship Funding
  • Board Fellows Forum: Pivoting During COVID
  • Seigle Impact Track
  • Spotlight: Apoorva Kanneganti

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January 2021

Black History Month speaker LaTosha Brown

  • LaTosha Brown – Black Votes Matter
  • Board Fellows Forum: Pivoting During COVID
  • Impact Internship Funding
  • Open Road at Ross

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2020

December 2020

Woman writing on a whiteboard

  • Impact Studio Course
  • Open Road at Ross
  • Michigan Business Challenge – Seigle Impact Track
  • Innovation in Action

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November 2020

Two women putting post-its on a board for Impact Studio course

  • Impact Studio Course
  • Open Road at Ross
  • Give-A-Day Fund
  • Insights from the Impact Studio,

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October 2020

Woman presenting at the Michigan Business Challenge

  • 2020-21 Board Fellows
  • Michigan Business Challenge – Seigle Impact Track
  • Majora Carter on Urban Revitalization
  • Winners of the Gordon Impact Scholarships

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September 2020

Gordon Scholarship winners with the donors

  • Gordon Scholarship apps
  • B+I Showcase Follow-up
  • +Impact Studio Insights
  • Spotlight: Maab Ibrahim

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August 2020

Children wearing masks

  • B+I Showcase
  • Board Fellows Program
  • +Impact Studio News
  • 2020 Interns Experience

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Summer 2020

Black Lives Matter Banner

  • Anti-Racism and Racial Justice
  • +Impact Studio News
  • Announcing the 2020 Impact Interns
  • Restorative Potential of Local Economies

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April 2020

Volunteers helping at the COVID-19 Food Bank

  • Curated Coronavirus Resources for Students & Impact Orgs
  • Internship Funding
  • Board Fellowship Orgs Info Session
  • Design Thinking Course

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March 2020

An elderly woman looking at a tablet that a woman is showing her

  • Continue making an Impact during COVID-19
  • +Impact Studio Course for Fall ’20
  • “igniting Impact” conference highlights
  • MBC – Seigle Impact Track Winner

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February 2020

Marcus Collins

  • Marcus Collins to Speak
  • FR4I – UN SDG #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • MBC – Seigle Impact Track
  • Free Accounting Fridays Job Opening

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January 2020

Faculty Research for Impact, Sustainable Development Goal #3 event banner

  • FR4I – UN SDG #3
  • Board Fellows Forum
  • Financial Inclusion in the Age of FinTech
  • Carbon Capture and Utilization Technologies

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2019

December 2019

Impact Studio open house

  • +Impact Studio Winter Open House
  • Eight MBC – Seigle Impact Track Teams Advance
  • Calling Future Open Road Fellows
  • Make an Impact with your Internship

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November 2019

Impact Studio course

  • +Impact Studio Winter Course
  • Faculty Research for Impact – SDG #10
  • Calling Future Open Road Fellows
  • Giving Blueday

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October 2019

  • Faculty Research for Impact workshop series bannerFaculty Research for Impact
  • MBC Seigle Impact Track Is Calling
  • 19-20 Board Fellows
  • Gordon Scholars

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September 2019

  • Impact Studio room +Impact Studio Open House
  • B+I Showcase
  • Scholarships
  • Juan-Carlos Morales

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August 2019

  • Business Impact showcase B+I Showcase
  • +Impact Studio
  • Intern Experiences
  • Board Fellows Program Kicks off

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Summer 2019

  • Impact studio room +Impact Studio Class
  • Open Road at Ross
  • Social Entrepreneurship at U-M
  • Give-A-Day Fund Pledges

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April 2019

  • Man speaking at a Business Impact eventBoard Fellowship Info Sessions
  • Board Fellow Experiences
  • Social Innovation Series events
  • Congratulations graduates!
  • Cynthia Koenig

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March 2019

  • Winner of Michigan Business Challenge, Dear Black Women, taking a picture with a checkMichigan Business Challenge – Seigle Impact Track Winners
  • Aspen MBA Case Competition
  • Board Fellows Nonprofit Partners Info Sessions
  • Michigan Impact Investing Symposium

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February 2019

  • Woman speaking at the Michigan Business Challenge MBC – Seigle Impact Track Finalists
  • “The Choice”
  • B+I Seeks Program Coordinator
  • Aspen Int’l MBA Case Competition Coming

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January 2019

  • Impact Studio meetingNew Website
  • New Managing Director: Cat Johnson
  • New +Impact Studio Course
  • Board Fellows Forum

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2018


December 2018

  • Woman speaking at the Michigan Business ChallengeEight Seigle Impact Track Teams have advanced in the Michigan Business Challenge.
  • Ross Accounting Outreach seeks Coordinators.
  • Impact Internships available now
  • Impact News and Notes

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November 2018

  • Shared Prosperity Conference Shared Prosperity Conference Summary
  • Ross Open Road Info Session
  • Giving Blueday
  • Renewable Energy Case Competition

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October 2018

  • Shared Prosperity Conference Event PosterShared Prosperity Conference Events
  • Board Fellows 18-19
  • DNEP Accounting Fridays in Detroit
  • MBC-Seigle Impact Track

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September 2018

  • Business Impact eventBusiness+Impact Showcase Success
  • B+I Scoping Workshop
  • Alumni Spotlight: Binkerhoff (’89) and Sample (’89)
  • Scholarship applications Due

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August 2018

  • Business Impact Showcase Business+Impact Showcase
  • The Impact Gateway
  • Board Fellows Program Apps Due
  • Intern Stories from the Impact Space

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