Fowler Center

Professors Chris Laszlo and Rob Widing comment on the recent U.S. Business Roundtable statement on the purpose of a corporation. They argue that replacing “shareholder primacy” with a stakeholder-centric view of business is a historic milestone. While it will be important to have concrete evidence…

Students shared their best Cleveland stories at the CLE Rising “Share Your Voice” student session. CWRU undergraduate and graduate students of all programs and backgrounds were invited to attend the CLE Rising “Share Your Voice” Student Session on September 25 from 4:00-5:30pm. The session, taking…

The Fowler Center participated in the annual GiveBackHack Cleveland event this past weekend, September 21st-22nd, as a mentor for the participating teams.  GiveBackHack is a weekend long event bringing together passionate community members to develop sustainable solutions to the community's most…

The Fowler Center welcomed Megan Buchter as the new director of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit Monday, Aug. 12. Buchter has been part of the Fowler Center for more than 10 years. She first got involved with the center as a student volunteer while working toward her…

Case Western Reserve University students from all programs and backgrounds are invited to the CLE Rising “Share Your Voice” Student Session Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Wade Commons Red Cat Room. A new vision for Cleveland will be developed at the community-wide CLE Rising…

Case Western Reserve University students from all programs and backgrounds are invited to the CLE Rising “Share Your Voice” Student Session Wednesday, Sept. 25, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Wade Commons Red Cat Room. A new vision for Cleveland will be developed at the community-wide CLE Rising…

The Cleveland Rising Summit will engage a diverse group of people in a workshop to set priorities and measurable goals for Greater Cleveland’s economic future Oct. 29–31 at the Cleveland Public Auditorium (500 Lakeside Ave. E). This summit, which is facilitated by the Fowler Center for Business…

In partnership with the global movement, Sistema B, as well as Tecnologico de Monterrey and ITESO, the Fowler Center’s AIM2Flourish program collaborated on the first Academia B event held on August 24th, 2019 at the Tec de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe in Mexico City.  The collaboration brought…

On Monday, August 12th, the Fowler Center welcomed Megan Buchter as the new Director of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit.  Megan has been part of the Fowler Center for over ten years, first as a student volunteer while doing her CWRU undergrad degree in economics where…

For the second time Weatherhead’s Professor David Cooperrider has been included and named as one of the world’s 45 top “Change Champions”—change management theorists and pioneers in the field of Organization Development. The list includes thought leaders such as MIT’s Edgar Schein, Dave Ulrich at…