Tuck GIVES auction supports nonprofit internships
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—May 12, 2008
CONTACT: Kim Keating, 603-646-2733
HANOVER, N.H.—Students, faculty, and staff from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth participated in the eighth annual Tuck GIVES (Grants to Interns and Volunteers for the Environment and Society) auction last week. The student-run event, a cornerstone of the Tuck calendar, provides an opportunity for members of the Tuck community to support students who accept nonprofit, service-based summer internships. This year's event raised $67,400 through a combination of silent and live auctions, calendar and raffle sales, and a poker tournament.
"I feel fortunate to go to a school where my classmates devote so much of their time and money to helping their peers engage in nonprofit and public-sector work," says Rachel Roth T'09, an event organizer. The Tuck GIVES leadership team included Brooke Szostak T'08, Jamie Greenthal T'08, and Chelsey Hood T'08 partner.
This year's live auction had a Hollywood theme, and students and community members came dressed in the on- and off-screen fashions of their favorite stars. Students not only supported their peers through monetary donations but also offered their own skills and services in the auction. Items auctioned included flying lessons, a genuine New Orleans style crawfish boil with Tuck's dean Paul Danos, and an authentic dinner super fiesta offered by seven Tuck students from Mexico.
"Tuck GIVES demonstrates how Tuck puts its values to work. We believe in using business skills to make a positive difference in the world," says Patricia Palmiotto, director of the Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship, a sponsor of the event. "Nonprofits are growing in size and number at a tremendous rate and can use the skills of savvy MBAs to help these organizations increase their capacity to serve others," she adds.
Last year's auction funded seven student internship positions ranging from healthcare to public education and included Centre Square West, Education Pioneers, The Verizon Foundation, Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan, Changemakers, Common Impact, and Year Up/New Sector Alliance. The money raised this year will again supplement the salaries of Tuck students who pursue summer internships in the nonprofit and public sectors.
Officially begun in 2001, Tuck GIVES was formed as an effort of the Tuck Nonprofit Club and is a formalization of an annual Tuck-wide solicitation process to support nonprofit and public-sector internships. Tuck GIVES is organized by students, with support from Tuck's Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship, career development office, MBA program office, dean's office, and select alumni. Other sponsors this year include Harpoon Brewery, Constellation Brands, and Oriental Trading Company.
For more information on Tuck GIVES, please contact the Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship.
Founded in 1900, Tuck is the first graduate school of management in the country and consistently ranks among the top business schools worldwide. Tuck remains distinctive among the world's great business schools by combining human scale with global reach, rigorous coursework with experiences requiring teamwork, and valued traditions with innovation.
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