# Current two-year Full-time MBA student Yilin Hai (MBA ‘21) feature, highlighting SternWorks: Serve NYC: “Fridays from the Frontline: Stern Students Help Small Businesses in NYC During the Pandemic.”

1 School News September 18, 2020 ![Clear Admit logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030869.jpg?itok=C5_PIeFj)>

Excerpt from [Clear Admit](https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/09/fridays-from-the-frontline-stern-works-nyc/) -- “As I was actively looking for opportunities to use this time meaningfully, Stern’s Office of Career Development and Office of Student Engagement announced SternWorks, a new initiative aimed at connecting MBAs with vital small businesses in need of help to share their skills. One part of the new initiative was SternWorks: Serve NYC, which focused on volunteer opportunities to give back to the NYC community. A project with the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) stood out to me because it would be not only a learning experience, but also an opportunity to directly support the community during these unprecedented times. So I applied for it and joined the program.”

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