Graduate Dual Degree
Erb on the Road
Graduate Dual Degree
Erb on the Road
Graduate Dual Degree
Erb on the Road
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Connect. Learn. Network.
Erb On the Road (MO 525/EAS 526) provides an exclusive opportunity for Erb students to learn directly from sustainability leaders in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors across the state of Michigan. You will travel to meet with business leaders, community and environmental activists, entrepreneurs and policy makers to learn firsthand what it means to be a business sustainability leader on the ground. This three-day experiential course covers a wide range of topics, from stakeholder engagement and triple-bottom-line decision-making to global value chains and human rights.
In the past, we have visited:
Crystal Mountain Ski Resort
Groundwork Center
Consumers Energy
Vivant Brewery
Michigan State Capital
Connect. Learn. Network.
Erb On the Road (MO 525/EAS 526) provides an exclusive opportunity for Erb students to learn directly from sustainability leaders in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors across the state of Michigan. You will travel to meet with business leaders, community and environmental activists, entrepreneurs and policy makers to learn firsthand what it means to be a business sustainability leader on the ground. This three-day experiential course covers a wide range of topics, from stakeholder engagement and triple-bottom-line decision-making to global value chains and human rights.
In the past, we have visited:
Crystal Mountain Ski Resort
Groundwork Center
Consumers Energy
Vivant Brewery
Michigan State Capital
Connect. Learn. Network.
Erb On the Road (MO 525/EAS 526) provides an exclusive opportunity for Erb students to learn directly from sustainability leaders in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors across the state of Michigan. You will travel to meet with business leaders, community and environmental activists, entrepreneurs and policy makers to learn firsthand what it means to be a business sustainability leader on the ground. This three-day experiential course covers a wide range of topics, from stakeholder engagement and triple-bottom-line decision-making to global value chains and human rights.
In the past, we have visited:
Crystal Mountain Ski Resort
Groundwork Center
Consumers Energy
Vivant Brewery
Michigan State Capital
Sample Schedule
Friday
Morning
Utility Scale Renewable Energy Siting - Assembly Solar Project
Afternoon
Sustainability at Dow
Early evening
Four Lakes Task Force; Public/Private Infrastructure
Evening
Group dinner
Saturday
Morning
Great Lakes Business Network: Business Advocacy and Line 5
Mid-morning
Grocer's Daughter: Local Food Systems
Afternoon
Discover Pier & Freshwater Research and Innovation Center
Late Afternoon
20Fathoms: Startup Incubator
Evening
Community Dinner
Sunday
Morning
Phillips Apple Orchard
Community Building
The tight-knit social fabric of Erbers is a hallmark feature of our dual-degree program. Erb On the Road gives you, as a first-year or mid-year student, an unprecedented opportunity to build your network and community. After three days on a bus, in hotels, sharing meals and visiting businesses, you’ll have a new, unbreakable bond with your cohort, as well as Erb staff and faculty. Although each day is full of programming and site visits, there is also plenty of downtime to get to know each other and have fun.
Community Building
The tight-knit social fabric of Erbers is a hallmark feature of our dual-degree program. Erb On the Road gives you, as a first-year or mid-year student, an unprecedented opportunity to build your network and community. After three days on a bus, in hotels, sharing meals and visiting businesses, you’ll have a new, unbreakable bond with your cohort, as well as Erb staff and faculty. Although each day is full of programming and site visits, there is also plenty of downtime to get to know each other and have fun.
Experiencing Erb on the Road gave me an immediate sense of what the Erb community is really about: community, collaboration, and solving the problems of business and sustainability together. It left me with a much bigger picture of the challenges I could actually work on and truly solidified that the multidisciplinary nature of the dual degree could take me exactly where I wanted to go.
Katelyn Parsons
MBA/MS '27
Experiencing Erb on the Road gave me an immediate sense of what the Erb community is really about: community, collaboration, and solving the problems of business and sustainability together. It left me with a much bigger picture of the challenges I could actually work on and truly solidified that the multidisciplinary nature of the dual degree could take me exactly where I wanted to go.
Katelyn Parsons
MBA/MS '27
I really enjoyed Erb on the Road, particularly during my first semester as it allowed me to build community and really connect with my peers. My cohort got to know one each other on a more personal level and left the weekend as friends! I found it really unique to learn more about Michigan through the lens of what I was studying. I grew up here, and I still left the weekend with so much new knowledge about how sustainability and business were being merged in my home state!
Amber Van Meter
MBA/MS '27
I really enjoyed Erb on the Road, particularly during my first semester as it allowed me to build community and really connect with my peers. My cohort got to know one each other on a more personal level and left the weekend as friends! I found it really unique to learn more about Michigan through the lens of what I was studying. I grew up here, and I still left the weekend with so much new knowledge about how sustainability and business were being merged in my home state!
Amber Van Meter
MBA/MS '27
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