What does it mean to be part of the Johnson School?
Satyam Viswanathan `02
Issue date: 4/27/01 Section: Features
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Business school is more than lectures and grades. One real area of importance to all Johnson School students is social responsibility. Community Impact is the largest non-professional club at the Johnson School, with over 190 members or 34% of the student body. Through a number of events held throughout the year, Community Impact coordinates student volunteer activities at the Johnson School and promotes social responsibility and ethics in business learning. The club works closely with faculty and administration to incorporate ethics and social responsibility themes into the curriculum and the Leadership Skills Program (LSP).
Some of the club’s more quantifiable contributions include the annual food fight, annual toy drive and the blood drives, which take place in the Atrium four times per year.
Here are highlights of the upcoming April Events:
Friday, April 13th
Panel discussion: “Doing Good Well: The Business of Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector”
ROOM B5 3-5pm, Reception in the Parlor 5-6pm. Participants and topics include:
Dan Mansoor – Consultant, Topic: Wealth, Wisdom and Work (philanthropic advising and nonprofit consulting)
Kent Allen— News Editor, U.S. News & World Report, Topic: Insights on Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
Jill Iscol -- Philanthropic advisor; Planning Committee— White House Conferences on Philanthropy
Diane Shafer – Former Community Foundation President; United Way Board leader
John Semmler – Nonprofit/development consulting; Ithaca area board memberTopic: Organizations -- Nonprofits, development/fundraising
All of these speakers have made significant contributions in their fields and are also active with the Cornell University and Ithaca communities. John Semmler and Dean Swieringa were incorporating board members of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County. Jill Iscol co-established a fund in Human Ecology to bring lecturers to campus who are creating successful community change, and has created a fund for distinguished lecturers in the Center for the Environment. Kent Allen is a nationally recognized news editor on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Diane Shafer is an active community foundation and board member who has served significant leadership roles with the United Way, Community Foundation, and several other groups. Drop by; this should be a very interesting discussion with high-caliber participants.
Friday, April 27th
Spring Clean Up in Ithaca
Students team up to do a little spring-cleaning near the gorges and other outdoor areas.
Some of the club’s more quantifiable contributions include the annual food fight, annual toy drive and the blood drives, which take place in the Atrium four times per year.
Here are highlights of the upcoming April Events:
Friday, April 13th
Panel discussion: “Doing Good Well: The Business of Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector”
ROOM B5 3-5pm, Reception in the Parlor 5-6pm. Participants and topics include:
Dan Mansoor – Consultant, Topic: Wealth, Wisdom and Work (philanthropic advising and nonprofit consulting)
Kent Allen— News Editor, U.S. News & World Report, Topic: Insights on Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
Jill Iscol -- Philanthropic advisor; Planning Committee— White House Conferences on Philanthropy
Diane Shafer – Former Community Foundation President; United Way Board leader
John Semmler – Nonprofit/development consulting; Ithaca area board memberTopic: Organizations -- Nonprofits, development/fundraising
All of these speakers have made significant contributions in their fields and are also active with the Cornell University and Ithaca communities. John Semmler and Dean Swieringa were incorporating board members of the Community Foundation of Tompkins County. Jill Iscol co-established a fund in Human Ecology to bring lecturers to campus who are creating successful community change, and has created a fund for distinguished lecturers in the Center for the Environment. Kent Allen is a nationally recognized news editor on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Diane Shafer is an active community foundation and board member who has served significant leadership roles with the United Way, Community Foundation, and several other groups. Drop by; this should be a very interesting discussion with high-caliber participants.
Friday, April 27th
Spring Clean Up in Ithaca
Students team up to do a little spring-cleaning near the gorges and other outdoor areas.