Real World Opportunities
Recognizing that significant learning occurs outside the classroom, CASE offers a variety of activities for students interested in social entrepreneurship.
For Credit Opportunities
Small Business Consulting
Provides businesses and students the opportunity to work together in solving
real-life business problems. Each year, about 20% of the Small Business
Consulting program is composed of nonprofit organizations. Complete
the application for Small Business Consulting.
Mentored Study in Entrepreneurship Program
A course designed for students who wish to experience a venture capital or
entrepreneurial career path (whether or not they plan to be involved with
such a venture in the near future). Get
details on the course, requirements, and opportunities.
Volunteer Opportunities
Fuqua on Board
Matches Fuqua students with Durham area nonprofit to serve as nonvoting board
members during the course of the academic year. Learn
more about the program and complete the application form for Fuqua on Board
(Fuqua students and local nonprofits).
Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership
A strategic partnership between Duke University and the city of Durham. Each
year, a number of Fuqua students act as consultants to the city on various
planning and development projects. Visit the Duke-Durham
Neighborhood Partnership website for more details.
Community Involvement Opportunities
CASE and the Social Impact Club (SIC) receive numerous requests from local
organizations looking for business student volunteers. View
descriptions of volunteer positions, along with information on how you
can get started.
Summer Internships
The CASE Summer Internship Program enables first year Fuqua Daytime MBA students
to participate in summer internships with nonprofit and governmental agencies
to learn about social sector management without making a significant financial
sacrifice by supplementing the often below-market salaried offered by nonprofit
and government agencies. View Details
on the CASE Summer Internship Program and download application form.
Junior Achievement
Do you have two hours available per week for six to eight weeks to make difference
in the lives of Durham youth? Are you interested in impacting today's youth
by teaching them about business, economics, and free enterprise? Fuqua’s
Junior Achievement team needs volunteers who are passionate about helping
bring the real world to elementary and middle school students, opening
their minds to their potential. Junior Achievement uses hands-on experiences
to help young people understand the economics of life.
Habitat for Humanity
The Fuqua community is sponsoring a “House that Fuqua Built”
for 2006-7. Join us for “At
Bat for Habitat” night at the Durham Bulls on August 23rd! To learn
more about fundraising for or working on the House that Fuqua Built, contact
the Social Impact Club.
STEP
Launched in 1991, the Student Teaching Entrepreneurship Program is a partnership between Duke's Fuqua School of Business and local high schools to enrich the business learning experience for at-risk students. The goal of the program is to provide meaningful hands-on business learning experiences and increase awareness of entrepreneurial career options. The program partners Duke MBA students with high school juniors and seniors, who must formulate business plans and “pitch” them to panels of judges.
Fuqua
students help clean out a home damaged by Hurricane Katrina in
Ocean Springs, Mississippi.Food, Clothing, and Blood Drives
The Social Impact Club organized a number of opportunities for students to
give back without having to leave campus. Every term, students host the
American Red Cross for a blood drive at Fuqua. Students also participate
in the annual “Food Fight,” in which business schools across
the country compete to see which school can collect the greatest amount
of nonperishable food, which is then donated to local food banks. Periodically,
students organize other drives such as a “spring cleaning” clothing
drive and collections for major events such as Tsunami or Hurricane Relief
funds.
General Durham Nonprofits/Volunteer Resources
Resources for Volunteering in the Triangle
Area
Duke
Community Service Center (or search specific volunteer
opportunities)
The
Volunteer Center of Durham
Triangle
Impact, an affiliate of the Hands on Network
North
Carolina Center for Nonprofits
Action Withut Borders (Idealist.org) Online Volunteer Center (search
under Durham, NC)
Directories of Local Nonprofits
Agencies
served by the Volunteer Center of Durham
Member
agencies of Triangle United Way
Member
agencies of the N.C. Center for Nonprofits