# Alumni Return to Stern for the First Social Impact Mingle

Undergraduate Prospective Students

October 14, 2014By Karl Brisseaux

![Group of returning Stern alumni posing during event](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/news%20update%20pics_7.png?itok=vwLzXcyd) Social Impact coursework and co-curricular programming gives students at the NYU Stern Undergraduate College a wide range of opportunities to think critically about how business can impact society. Undergraduates also enjoy opportunities like the Social Impact Business Challenge (SIBC), a competition where students develop businesses plans for a chance at up to $20,000 in seed money to start a socially conscious organization or initiative.

The Social Impact Core became a part of the undergraduate curriculum in 2004. Over the last decade, additional courses, including social impact consulting practica, and new initiatives, including Social Impact stipends, have proliferated and generated a dedicated following of students, faculty and alumni. Recently, a group of students organized a networking event in Tisch Hall for current Stern undergraduates, faculty, and alumni to celebrate the power of “doing good.” Over 70 alumni from a variety of different industries were in attendance.

The event was organized by the Social Impact Council, a group of undergraduate students dedicated to hosting programs and raising awareness about Stern’s Social Impact offerings.

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*[View photos](https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152772891572720.1073741847.25554982719&type=3) from the Social Impact Mingle on Facebook, and [visit our website](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/undergraduate/social-impact) to learn more about Social Impact.*