Albers-SJIM Virtual Competition
Students from Seattle University, St. Joseph’s Institute of Management in Bangalore, and other Jesuit universities collaborate to create business solutions for pressing social problems.
A Global, Collaborative Social Impact Business Plan Competition
In this competition, students from Seattle University, St. Joseph’s Institute of Management (SJIM) in Bangalore, India, and other Jesuit universities around the globe come together in collaboration to create a business solution for a pressing social problem.
Teams work together virtually to create a social impact business plan that addresses the competition topic. Teams are intentionally made of students from all schools to consider the causes, effects, and possible solutions to global issues from a larger perspective.
The topic is different each year. Past topics include the following:
- 2023: Safe Drinking Water
- 2022: Urban Green Spaces
- 2021: Responsible Consumption
- 2020: Universal Digital Inclusion
- 2019: Food Insecurity
- 2018: Combatting Fake News
- 2017: Bringing Recycling to Bangalore, India
Although this program is organized by the St. Joseph's Institute of Management and the Albers School of Business and Economics, all Seattle University students of all courses/departments/programs/schools are encouraged to participate.
In 2023, team members represented schools from four countries:
- Albers School of Economics in Seattle, Washington
- St. Joseph's Institute of Management in Bangalore, India
- St. Joseph's College of Commerce in Bangalore, India
- Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei, Taiwan
- Ateneo de Manila University in Manila, Philippines
For more information about the competition, visit the SJIM Details page at St. Joseph's Institute of Management's B-Plan Competition
SJIM-Albers Virtual Competition takeaways "Refined research skills and new relationships."
Keisha Lugito, '22 MSF; Kyle Yoo, '21 Finance and Analytics; Anne Transier, 21 Marketing & Finance
"We were able to use information we have learned in class and apply it to our business, as well as really refine our researching skills. The process taught us how to write a business proposal and showed us what a proper business presentation looks like. We have also built relationships that we wouldn't have been able to before."
2018 Winning Team Members
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Amelia Marckworth
Director of Community, IEC