Center for Social Value Creation

Our 2025–2026 Annual Report is live!💻🌍🌱

This has been a year of growth, impact, and student-driven change for CSVC, and we are thrilled to share our Annual Report with you! Inside, you’ll find the initiatives, partnerships, and events that defined the past year, from case competitions and consulting fellowships to new community collaborations across campus. We are deeply grateful for the support we’ve received this year and know we could not have grown to this point without you. We can’t wait to see all that the coming year will bring!

Explore the full report and see the impact we’ve made together:
🔗 go.umd.edu/csvcannualreport26

🌿 Save the Date!

Joining the Sustainability in Business Conference 2026: Bold Partnerships, Lasting Impact, hosted by CSVC and the University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business.

📅 Friday, September 18, 2026
🕘 9:15 AM to 2:00 PM
📍 Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW

If you’re passionate about building a better world through business, this is the room to be in. See you there! 👋

Applications for the Summer 2026 Impact Consulting Fellowship are LIVE! ☀️💼
Spend your summer working in a cross-functional team to provide pro-bono consulting services for impact-driven organizations. Don’t miss out on this amazing opportunity to gain hands-on experience, refine your skills, and tackle real-world challenges.

🗓️ Timeline: June to early August (Summer Sprint!)
⏳ Deadline: Friday, May 29th at 12:00 PM Noon
🔗 Apply Here: go.umd.edu/Summer26ICF ✍️
Whether you are looking to break into the industry or want to build a standout resume, ICF is open to ALL UMD students (including graduate students and recent grads). No prior consulting experience required!

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What does it take to build a company around a problem most people don’t even notice? 🥦♻️
We’re excited to welcome Evan Lutz, CEO & Founder of Hungry Harvest, for a Lunch & Learn on Tuesday, April 21st.
Since founding Hungry Harvest in 2014, Evan has rescued over 13 million pounds of food that would otherwise go to waste and donated or subsidized more than 1 million pounds to communities facing food insecurity. You may have seen him close a deal with Robert Herjavec on Shark Tank, or heard him on NPR and in The Washington Post.
He’ll be sharing the real story behind building a mission-driven company: the lessons, the hard parts, and what creating impact at scale actually looks like.
Event details:
📅 Tuesday, April 21st
🕧 12:30 – 1:45 PM
📍 VMH 2517
🍽️ Lunch provided
Spots are limited. RSVP at go.umd.edu/EvanLutz. This is one you don’t want to miss.

🚨 Applications are open! 🚨

CSVC at the Robert H. Smith School of Business is partnering with IBM for the Master’s Case Competition and we want YOU on the floor!

This is your chance to sharpen your consulting skills, tackle a real-world business challenge, and connect with IBM professionals and fellow MS & MBA students.

📅 Here’s what to know:
✅ Applications Due: April 12th
📢 Teams Announced: April 13th
📄 Case Released: April 14th
📬 Submit Deliverables: April 21st, 12:00 PM
🎤 Final Presentations: April 22nd, 6:00-9:00 PM

Open to all MS +1 MBA students. Don’t miss this opportunity to make an impact!

🔗 Apply now: go.umd.edu/mastersspring26

🍽️ You’re invited: Lunch & Learn with Haley Bryant!
We’re thrilled to host Haley Bryant, Partner at Hustle Fund, for an intimate conversation on venture capital, angel investing, and breaking into the startup ecosystem.

Haley has backed companies like AngelList, Ellevest, and Couplet Coffee, and she’s passionate about expanding access to investing, especially for founders and investors from underrepresented communities.

Whether you’re curious about VC, thinking about angel investing, or just want to understand how startups get funded, this is the session for you.

📅 Wednesday, April 15th
🕧 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
📍 VMH 2517
🥗 Lunch provided

Spots are limited, so RSVP using the link below to secure yours!

🎓 Calling all students and emerging leaders, this one’s for you.

We’re hosting a Lunch & Learn with Kyle King, educator turned entrepreneur, bestselling author, and global keynote speaker.

Kyle has founded and exited multiple ventures, including a publishing company and The SHINE Institute (acquired in 2021). Now, he’s bringing his Habits of Excellence framework to us: the mindset and daily practices that help you lead with intention, build resilience, and align your actions with your ambitions.

This isn’t just motivation. It’s a practical playbook you can start using the same day.

📅 Tuesday, April 7th
🕧 12:30pm – 1:45pm
📍 VMH 2517
🍽️ Lunch provided

🌟 Calling all undergrads! The Center for Social Value Creation is hosting its Undergraduate Case Competition in, partnership with Deloitte! 🏢✨
Think you have what it takes to solve an impact-driven business case? This is your chance to put your skills to the test alongside some of the brightest students at UMD. 💡📊
📅 Tuesday, April 14th
🕕 6:00 – 9:00 PM
🔗 Apply by April 1st at go.umd.edu/undergradspring26
All undergraduate students are welcome, so don’t sleep on this opportunity! 🙌

Leading with purpose isn’t a trend — it’s a practice. 🌱
CSVC bringing together a curated group of business leaders, practitioners, and academics for our Spring Conscious Business Roundtable — an invitation-only conversation on the future of purpose-driven leadership.
Featuring keynote speaker Timothy Henry to open the conversation.
No panels. No presentations. Just real dialogue on what it means to lead and own the right way.
📅 Friday, April 24
⏰ 10 AM – 1 PM
📍 Van Munching Hall, UMD College Park
This is the room where conscious leadership gets shaped. We’ll see you there. 👇

The future of business is purpose-driven.

Join us for The New Standard of Business: Strategy, Impact & Leadership in the B Corp Era; an evening of conversation, learning, and networking with Terp entrepreneurs and business leaders.

✨ Fireside chat
📈 Practical insights on impact-driven strategy
🤝 High-value networking

Featuring Ben Garthwaithe ’07, Co-founder & CEO of Fors Marsh, in conversation with Karen Lickteig, Senior Manager of Events, discussing how organizations balance purpose and performance in today’s business landscape.

📅 March 26
⏰ 6–8 p.m.
📍 Samuel Riggs Alumni Center

Open to alumni, students, founders, and professionals interested in the future of responsible business.

🔗 Register: go.umd.edu/bcorpevent