EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

ImpactConsultingFellowship

Our Impact Consulting Fellowship (ICF) is one of our most esteemed and long-running programs. We completed three additional iterations this year. This unique program gives students across our campuses the opportunity to provide hands-on, pro-bono consulting services within a diverse team of MBA, Masters, and Undergraduate students for impactdriven organizations.

Throughout ICF, student consultants attend professional development sessions to assist in their learning of critical consulting skills. Students showcase their learnings in a final huddle presentation that concludes the program. All participants leave this program having gained hands-on experiences in consulting and having developed beneficial connections with other impact leaders. This year, 150+ students participated in the Impact Consulting Fellowship and engaged over fifteen organizations. Students provided creative marketing solutions, frameworks for new product launches, in-depth research results to solve complex business issues, etc.

Data-DrivenConsultingFellowship

This past summer, our Data-Driven Consulting Fellowship ran for its inaugural iteration. This fellowship showed significant success as it gave almost eighty students the chance to work in cross-functional student teams to provide impact-driven organizations with data-driven suggestions to improve their impact. This fellowship was another opportunity for students to gain hands-on consulting experience while providing valuable services to worthwhile organizations including Real Estate Investment Solutions, Smiths Detection, Pnetworks, and more!

OfficeofExperientialLearning

This year the Smith School launched the Office of Experiential Learning to help connect classrooms with alumni and corporate partners. This office creates valuable opportunities for students to solve real problems for real companies. If you are interested in having Smith Students help tackle any of your sustainability or other challenges, please reach out to Nima!

CaseCompetitions

We hosted a variety of case competitions throughout the year to provide real-world experiences for students both inside and outside the classroom.

CSVC X Affinity Organizations Social Impact Strategy Case Competiton

CSVC partnered with 7 on-campus Affinity Organizations to host a case competition with M&T Bank surrounding their Social Impact Strategy. Students of minority groups were challenged to help M&T Bank develop an innovative and impactful plan to redefine how banking affects diverse communities. This case was centralized around the disparate impact that social injustice has on minority groups and empowered students representing those communities to help tackle the problem.

Phi Chi Theta Case Competition

CSVC partners with Phi Chi Theta, a professional fraternity, every semester to host a case competition in which all new members participate. This competition provides early exposure to case competitions, encourages critical thinking on issues of value creation and sustainability, and typically is in partnership with a local non-profit or organization to provide real, positive change.

The Greater Cumberland Committee Case Competiton

In our BMGT485 Project Management course, The Greater Cumberland Committee (TGCC) led a live-case where students were tasked with creating a project management plan to create a corporate structure that would distribute metric-based ESG tokens. Philip Gottwals, ACDS Managing Director, provided students guidance as they developed a step-by-step process on the creation of the internal business structures required for a successful company launch. TGCC is currently in the process of creating this new organization and are utilizing the class' final products.