{"id":3405,"date":"2026-01-06T15:58:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/business.laverne.edu\/news\/?p=3405"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:14:15","slug":"integrated-business-program-students-turn-classroom-experience-into-community-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/business.laverne.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/06\/integrated-business-program-students-turn-classroom-experience-into-community-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Integrated Business Program Students Turn Classroom Experience into Community Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Students in the College of Business Integrated Business Program worked together to support charities. (ULV Photo\/Sasha Chavez)<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Students Translate Entrepreneurial Skills into Charitable Contributions\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Students in the College of Business Integrated Business Program presented nearly $15,000 in donations to local and national charities during a ceremony at the Sara and Michael Abraham Campus Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The program gives students hands-on experience in entrepreneurship &#8211; from forming companies and writing business plans to marketing products and generating sales &#8211; while teaching social responsibility. Since its inception, students have raised nearly $470,000 for local charities and generated almost $1.1 million in sales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Charities benefiting from the most recent cohort\u2019s efforts include the West End Shelter for Animals; David &amp; Margaret Youth &amp; Family Services; Cure Alzheimer\u2019s Fund; House of Ruth; and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_81664\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HAHxLf_hAlg?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in the College of Business Integrated Business Program worked together to support charities. 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