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MBA students established a Net Impact student chapter

MBA students established a Net Impact student chapter

Sunday, October 22, 2006

This semester a group of MBA students established a Net Impact student chapter at the KU School of Business. Net Impact is a global organization devoted to making positive impacts on society, the economy, and the environment through the power of business.

Nearly 20 KU Business graduate students have already joined the student organization. Members will have the opportunity to engage in community service projects, network with local business leaders, and educate the local business community about social responsibility issues.

Travis Grosser, president of the KU chapter, says five of the members are traveling to the Net Impact annual conference at the end October. "I think the annual conference will be a really good way to kick off our organization. Since we're new, it will give us an opportunity to meet a lot of people and get a few best-practices ideas. I think that will set us in the right direction as we look forward." Net Impact has about 80 graduate school chapters across the world and started in 1993.


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