CO-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES Opportunities for practical, hands-on learning experiences are a hallmark of the Erb Institute. In the classroom, students gain business acumen while developing a systems-thinking approach to solving some of today’s most pressing sustainability challenges. Beyond the classroom, Erb offers a variety of experiences to bolster the learning that takes place between both schools.
Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy, and Sean Pavlik, MBA/MS 2018
C-SUITE SPEAKER SERIES
TOOLBOXES
The Erb C-Suite Speaker Series brings
STUDENT COMPETITIONS
As part of the process of equipping students
senior company and nonprofit executives
Erb students challenge themselves and put
to be practitioners in the field of sustainability,
to the University of Michigan community to
their newfound knowledge and skills from
the Erb Institute has developed a new set of
share strategies and real-life experiences in
Ross and SEAS to the test! Erb students
proprietary learning tools with the combined
managing sustainability risks and leverag-
have participated in the U-M Renewable
guidance of current field practitioners and
ing new business opportunities in a public
Energy Case Competition, the Nespresso
U-M faculty. Erb Institute Toolboxes are
forum. In addition, these senior executives
MBA Sustainability Challenge, and the
different from case studies in that they
engage and interact with Erb students
Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing
seek to provide the step-by-step processes to
through small group workshops and meet-
Challenge, to name a few.
actually “do” sustainability. From Materiality
ings, allowing students to gain firsthand sustainable business insight on today’s most pressing issues.
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Above: Climate CoLab Competition: Kristin Steiner (right), MBA/MS 2017, and business partner Brittany Szczepanik
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN’S ERB INSTITUTE
to Human Rights Implementation, Erb Students are better prepared to hit the ground running and make an impact quickly.
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