CESR Blog

On the evening of April 2, six innovative student teams gathered for the Social Impact Business Plan Competition. CESR created and implemented the Social Impact track two years ago. The goal of the program is to foster the culture of social entrepreneurship in the Front Range by providing resources, mentoring,...

Eric Stout graduated in December 2008 with a major in Finance, a minor in Economics, and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship. Eric is a Relationship Manager on the Private Equity Services team at Silicon Valley Bank. In this role, he is responsible for providing specialized banking services to venture capital and...

Season’s Greetings To Our CESR Friends & Family As we approach the end of 2011, it is a great time to pause and reflect on the many things for which each of us is thankful. I am thankful for all your energy, enthusiasm and generous support of CESR. We would...

At the beginning of the Fall 2011 term, the Center for Education on Social Responsibility initiated an exciting new Company Project competition within the BCOR 1010 Introduction to Business Class. Designed to encourage teamwork and an entrepreneurial spirit, the competition required students to invent a company and develop a complete...

THIS CONFERENCE IS FREE TO STUDENTS (EXCEPT FOR MEALS) AND HALF-PRICE FOR CU FACULTY AND STAFF On November 14-18, CU-Boulder will host the 14th annual Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference at the Westin Hotel in Westminster. The conference focuses on the benefits of Web Standards and...

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...

Faculty Affiliates are division-based Leeds faculty members whose work seeks to advance social responsibility education among Leeds students, our community, and throughout the world. Affiliates’ efforts include research, teaching, and service activities contributing to the areas of ethics, social responsibility, sustainability, and corporate governance, among other topics that CESR embraces...

We are thrilled to announce the formation of a CESR Junior Board whose members are outstanding Leeds graduates committed to the work of CESR. Key responsibilities of the Junior Board include giving CESR input and advice as well as serving as CESR ambassadors.The Junior Board has brainstormed ideas to help...

Leeds School of Business was ranked 21st among national and international business schools by the Aspen Institute’s Beyond Grey Pinstripes, the most watched ranking in the social and environmental business field. The ranking measures the extent to which business schools equip students with an understanding of the social, environmental and...

CESR’s Socially Responsible Enterprise Certificate A Sample of Projects The CESR Social Responsible Enterprise Certificate program, launched in the Academic Year 2010/2011, has a current enrollment of 20 students. To date seven graduating seniors have completed all of the course requirements and have been awarded the certificate. Examples of the...