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06/16/2026

🏆 Celebrating the Bard MBA Class of 2026

From leadership and service to innovative capstone work, these students exemplify Bard's commitment to using business as a force for positive change.

✨Congratulations to this year’s MBA award recipients, from left to right:

▪️Madison Tillman — Bard MBA Impact Capstone Award for "Toward a Culture of Repair: Land-Based Reparations in the Arkansas Delta"
▪️Elaina Zachos — Adam C. Rozenberg Leadership & Service Award
▪️Thuy-Linh Le — Adam C. Rozenberg Leadership & Service Award
▪️Max Dana — Bard MBA Impact Capstone Award for "How to Steal a Million (From the Health Insurance Industry)"

✨Also recognized with the Bard MBA Impact Capstone Distinguished Recognition:

▪️Lindsay Vick Karayannides for "We Should All Be Owners"
▪️Jake Rosenzweig-Stein for "CommonWealth Holdings: Cultivating the Inclusive Ownership Economy"

Congratulations to all of this year's honorees for their leadership, service, and commitment to creating positive change!

Learn more about Bard GPS capstones here: https://hubs.ly/Q04lxmmY0

06/11/2026

📣 Attention companies! Want free, high-impact sustainability consulting for your organization?

Partner with Bard NYCLab from Bard’s #1-Ranked MBA in Sustainability (Princeton Review).

Bard MBA student teams work for 7–8 months on a substantial sustainability-related business challenge or opportunity in the corporate, government, or nonprofit space. Recent client projects have included:

▪️Developing sustainability strategies
▪️Improving energy efficiency
▪️Optimizing supply chains for human rights
▪️Launching new sustainable product offerings

Student teams are mentored by expert faculty and deliver professional, actionable recommendations — all pro bono.

📩 Interested? Learn more here: https://hubs.ly/Q04l3hwm0
🗓️ Deadline: July 10

Let’s tackle today’s biggest sustainability challenges—together.

06/04/2026

New episode alert 📣

In this episode, Bard MBA alum Jacob Rosenzweig-Stein sits down with business consultant and researcher Bill Fotsch to explore economic engagement—a management approach that treats employees as true business partners 🤝

Bill shares insights from 30 years of research, including his five-pillar framework and why economically engaged companies often see stronger growth, better employee retention, and greater long-term resilience 📈

The conversation also covers employee ownership, ESOP conversions, succession planning, and how businesses can create more value for workers, communities, and local economies 🌱

Listen now wherever you get your podcasts, or here: https://hubs.ly/Q04k4WS40

05/12/2026

Four Bard MBA in Sustainability students have been selected as 2026 Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Climate Corps Fellows — one of the most recognized fellowship programs in climate and corporate sustainability.

This summer, our fellows will support projects focused on emissions reduction, sustainability strategy, climate reporting, green leasing, and waste diversion while helping organizations turn sustainability commitments into measurable action.

Here are the 2026 Climate Corps Fellows:

🌱 Annie Keating — supporting supplier engagement and Scope 3 emissions work with Wilsonart
🌱 Wendy Lau — advancing emissions data and Science Based Targets readiness with Vivos Holdings
🌱 Emerson Sarmiento — supporting green lease compliance and sustainability improvements with JLL
🌱 Eric Sargent — developing waste diversion strategies with Greystar

We’re proud to see Bard MBA students gaining hands-on experience at the intersection of business, climate, and systems change through this powerful opportunity.

Read the full blog to learn more about the fellowship and the projects our students will be working on: https://hubs.ly/Q04gdRRR0

05/07/2026

💡Curious what the circular economy looks like in action?

Join us for an engaging fireside conversation with innovators who are transforming how materials, products, and systems work together across the Hudson Valley. These leaders are moving beyond theory—designing solutions that reduce waste, regenerate resources, and strengthen local communities.♻️

✨From material reuse platforms to climate-positive products and repairable design, our panelists are tackling real challenges and asking big questions: How do we better connect materials, markets, and meaning?

Featuring:
▪️Casey Plasker, Circularly
▪️Megan Offner, New York Heartwoods
▪️Jennifer June, Loose Parts
▪️Bill Hilgendorf, ECHO Building Systems
Moderated by Anastasia Gramotneva, B Lab

Whether you're exploring entrepreneurship, supporting local business, or interested in sustainable systems, this conversation offers practical insights and meaningful connections.

Register here: https://hubs.ly/Q04fQJ8T0

05/04/2026

⏰ Final info session of the year. No pressure… but also, a little pressure.

Join us tomorrow (5/5) at 7pm ET to get the full scoop on Bard’s MBA in Sustainability + CEP programs—live with Director Eban Goodstein and our admissions team.

We’ll hit the highlights:
✨ What you’ll study
✨ Where our grads end up
✨ How to apply (and stand out)
✨ Funding + scholarships

Plus, real humans answering your questions (always the best part).

🎓 Show up, get a $65 app fee waiver.

🔗 Save your spot: https://hubs.ly/Q04fgw150

05/01/2026

Need more time on your application?

Our final application deadline is technically today, May 1st — but the Admissions Committee won’t actually start reviewing applications until Tuesday, May 5th.

Which means you’ve got the weekend!

If you’ve been thinking about applying to Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability for fall 2026, there’s still time.

🔗 Start your application today: https://hubs.ly/Q04f40rv0

04/22/2026

It’s Earth Day…

And if you’re questioning whether your career is helping build the kind of future you want to see, you’re not alone.

At Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability, our master’s degrees prepare leaders to tackle climate, equity, and systems change through policy, science, education, and business.

Our final application deadline is May 1.

Start your application today → https://hubs.ly/Q04c_m310

04/21/2026

🚆 Rochester, we’re on our way.

Bard MBA will be at the Climate Solutions Summit, hosted by Climate Solutions Accelerator, this Friday and Saturday.

Two of our current MBA candidates, Cassidy Tatun and Seamus Heady, will be there. If you’re attending, come say hi at the Networking & Power Up Fair on Friday afternoon — they’d love to connect and share more about the MBA in Sustainability.

🌎 There’s still time to register: https://hubs.ly/Q04cTwBR0

04/13/2026

Our latest CEP alumni survey explores where graduates are finding that fulfillment—from climate policy and renewable energy to climate mitigation, environmental justice and advocacy, and environmental education.

Curious where these careers lead? Read an overview of the survey results here:
https://hubs.ly/Q04bqpwn0

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