Business Plan Winners CloudFlare, a web security venture, and EGG-Tech, a social enterprise aiming to electrify Tanzania, were named winners in HBS's 13th annual Business Plan Contest. "With a record number of student entries and the involvement of some 60 faculty members, this is one of the activities that makes HBS such a special place," said Dean Jay Light.

 
Social Entrepreneurship Fellowship This fellowship supports recent graduates launching social enterprises—nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid organizations with a central focus on creating social value. The program provides $25,000 seed funding each year, with priority given to alumni within five years of graduation. For more, read about inaugural fellow Elizabeth Scharpf (MBA '07) and visit the Social Enterprise Initiative. The deadline for application is June 15.
 

Virtual Learning Series Contact your local Alumni Club to register for the final spring teleconference on Friday, May 29. Professor Paul Healy will discuss the School's response to the global economic crisis.
 

Tanzania Safari and Rwanda Gorillas Led by Harvard Professor of African Studies and Pulitzer Prize Winner Caroline Elkins, the journey takes place August 26–September 4, 2009, beginning in the Serengeti National Park. The next stop is Olduvai Gorge, en route to Ngorongoro Crater, whose watering holes attract elephants, rhinos, lions, and other spectacular game animals. The trip concludes in Rwanda with a Kigali city tour, a visit to the Rwandan Genocide Memorial, and two unforgettable days of tracking the mountain gorilla.
 

Turnaround Management Strategies For many organizations, improving corporate performance is not only critical for growth, it's a matter of survival. This Executive Education program will be offered on the HBS campus from June 28–July 1, 2009 and is designed to provide the frameworks, tactics, and tools for assessing and improving financial performance, enabling leaders to begin the corporate renewal process. Learn more at http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/turn_wn/.
 

Building Businesses in Turbulent Times An economic crisis is a charter for business leaders to rewrite and rethink how they do business, says Professor Lynda M. Applegate in this Working Knowledge article. The key: Don't think retrenchment; think growth.

Raise the Educational Bar On FT.com, Lecturer Stacey Childress and Professor David Thomas advocate for voluntary national academic standards. Under the "No Child Left Behind" Act, each state is free to define what students must learn to graduate from high school. Because the law carries harsh penalties if targets are not met, "states had incentives to forgo more rigorous standards in favour of ones districts were more likely to meet," say Childress and Thomas.

The Future of Management Education Concluding the HBR Debate, Dean Jay Light discusses new challenges and opportunities for business schools. At HBS, Light says, "We will need to adapt to meet new economic realities and the wide-ranging ambitions of our students. But we should also recognize that the core of our teaching here at HBS will be more important than ever before....We will continue to do research that is close to practice to get to the heart of what caused the crisis. And we will recommit ourselves to teaching the principles of sound judgment, values and ethics, and leadership."
 

Spring Reunions
Come reconnect with sectionmates and the School. On May 28–31, the MBA classes of 1939, 1954, 1959, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004 will gather at HBS for section parties, case discussions, industry panels, and more. You can still register online!