CESR Blog

It comes as no surprise to those who know Dee Perry, a CESR Board Member, that she has been honored by the Community Foundation of Boulder County with the Stan Black Award . The award honors individuals who, like Stan Black, have given a lifetime of "time, treasure and talent"...

After an impactful eight years leading the launch and meteoric growth of CESR, Executive Director Donna Sockell has decided to move on from Leeds this summer, but she leaves behind a remarkable legacy. Donna has been a passionate advocate for the integration of ethics and social responsibility into the curriculum...

Former Goldman Sachs partner Connie K. Duckworth transformed herself from an investment banker to a social entrepreneur who invests in human potential. Her organization, ARZU, means “hope” in Dari and empowers destitute women weavers in rural Afghanistan. As pro bono Chairman and CEO, Connie has transformed ARZU from 30 weavers...

The Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR) is excited to present CESR Stampede: A Week of Driving Values in Business, April 15 – 19, 2013. The week-long conference will include: class visits, panels, speakers, a case competition and project showcase, all with the focus of values exploration, networking with...

Rich Hoops is a CESR board member and active contributor to CESR programs and classes. He believes that encouraging and investing in tomorrow’s business leaders can have a substantial impact on societies as a whole. “Our current culture seems to raise the status of ‘Social Entrepreneurs’ or ‘Teach for America’...

CESR is proud to announce that faculty member Francy Milnerhas been awarded the Outreach and Engagement Award for her project on Gender Equity in Clean Energy Development of the Navajo Nation, directed by professors in the Business, Law, and Theatre departments. Francy’s project was one of two selected from 71...

Leeds received superb ratings in Net Impact’s Business as UNusual guide, one of the leading MBA ratings surveys. The information in Business as UNusua l : The Student Guide to Graduate Programs 2012 is based on the results of an in-depth survey of over 3000 student Net Impact members reviewing...

CESR Presents at COLTT Conference The 15th Colorado Learning and Teaching with Technology (COLTT) Conference was held in early August and offered the latest innovations and current research in learning and teaching with technology. Two CESR instructors, Liz Stapp and Lorna Christoff, presented the top three technological tools for educators,...

When Arok Garang started Seeds of South Sudan, he wanted to free his home nation from the shackles of poverty by providing Sudanese children with the gift of education. In Fall 2011, CU students from CESR’s Business Solutions for the Developing World began working with Arok to develop his mission...

Q & A with Leeds’ Donor Tom Guggenheim Q. As a business leader what are the key elements you think that students needs today in business education? A. Case studies of “business failures”. Most case studies that I am familiar with are about successful enterprises. What is lacking are similar...