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Daniels Week 2011: Spirit of Innovation

Daniels Week is our week-long celebration honoring the founding of the original College of Business in 1908. The week featured a variety of activities and events that promote the best of Daniels, including: sustainability, entrepreneurship, innovation and inclusive excellence.

Monday

The week kicked off with an International Travel Fair where students were treated to lunch and learned about the many international education opportunities at Daniels. The keynote speaker for the week was Asad Mahmood, managing director for global social investment funds and community development finance group for Deutsche Bank. He spoke about microcredit lending in developing countries.

Tuesday

Lunch and Learn with Linda Childears of the Daniels Fund talked about Bill Daniels' legacy. Students were invited to network at the Daniels Coffee Break following her talk.

Wednesday

The second annual Inclusive Excellence Case Competition attracted three companies who wrote real-life inclusive excellence cases for student teams to develop a recommended solution. Teams were made up of students from across the University and the winning team had a graduate student in social work that commented that he was thrilled to be able to have this type of experience in graduate school. 
 
IE Highlights:

• 90 graduate and undergraduate students from across DU applied to compete
• 36 students(nine teams) were selected to compete
• Four sponsoring companies-Kaiser Permanente, Aurora Bank, CenturyLink (formerly Qwest) and Molson Coors
• Seven executive judges
• $20,000 was raised with $14,000 awarded in scholarships
• Over 150 attended the VIP reception following the case presentations. This included community members, companies, government representatives, and DU and Daniels students, alumni, staff and faculty.
  

Thursday

The Daniels Career Expo attracted a sell out crowd of students and alumni hoping to connect with 20 of Denver's top companies who are currently hiring. Also on Thursday, Daniels Sustainability Conference included over 100 alumni and students who are leading sustainability efforts in their organizations or in the Daniels curriculum. Participants came together to discuss career opportunities in sustainability or corporate social responsibility.

Thursday was topped off with Daniels Night Spring BBQ, our annual event that attracted over 500 students, alumni, friends, faculty and staff to celebrate our founding in 1908.  In case you missed it, attendees were treated to a surprise flash mob planned by the Office of Communications and Marketing interns Jeannette Le, Katie McCarthy, Steven Stoker, Alexa Dunnigan and Elisa Ballard. Many thanks to Daniels Pioneer alumni Bill Ferguson (MBA 1985) with Famous Dave's BBQ, who provided the delicious food, and West Shirley (MBA 2001) who provided the music to keep the party going.

See Photos from the BBQ | Watch the Flash Mob

Friday

The first Daniels Entrepreneurship Elevator Pitch Competition was open to Daniels College of Business undergraduate and graduate students who think they have the next big idea for a business. Winners received cash prizes and an opportunity to implement their ideas through investors.