CESR Undergraduate Stories
Now under the CESR umbrella, the programming formerly associated with the Daniel Fund Ethical Leadership Initiative will strengthen CESR’s ability to deliver on our commitment to ethical leadership, bringing events like the Business Ethics Case Competition and March Debate Madness to even more Leeds students.
Hear from this year's inaugural Sustainability Scholars cohort -- Madisen Medina, Daniel Hershey, Sloan Hurley and Wesley Obmascik about their accomplishments in this program, and what it means for them and their career journeys.
CESR's 2025 Impact Award winners have created student organizations, developed curriculum, and built partnerships that make the world a better place. Winners share how the CESR community helped them stay true to their values and create pathways for future students to continue this impactful work.
COVID hit when Madisen Medina was about to start college, so she took a gap year to devote more than 1,500 hours to AmeriCorps. She arrived at Leeds with a passion for business and social responsibility—along with a Congressional Award for her community service.
After graduation, Noa GreeneÌý(Mgmt, Mktg’25) is headed to Kibbutz Ma'agan Michael in northern Israel, a place that will allow her to continue pursuing her passions for sustainability, community and connection.
CESR and Sustainable Business Club organized a tour of the country's biggest garment renewal factory, located in Englewood, CO.
Hyde Weissenfluh (Entrepreneurship, SRE'22) completed a class project reviewing Xcel Energy's sustainability report. His team's recommendations caught the company's attention, leading to an internship and a post-grad role as an energy policy analyst.
Lola Lichtenstein was offered a role at Bloomberg, thanks to the skills, knowledge and values she developed through sustainability classes at Leeds that set her up for success.
Last month, students in the SRE Certificate program at Leeds spent a morning preparing meals for our unhoused neighbors and delivering them, along with other essentials, to people living along Boulder Creek. This event was CESR
ÌýAmy Halvorson (MGMT, ’10) has worked on sustainability for large companies like Cargill and Starbucks for almost a decade. She credits her education from Leeds, including classes like Leadership Challenges (CESR 4000), and