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People are the main asset of any community. As a community of students, faculty, administration, staff and alumni, we define ourselves through a key set of values and objectives: promoting businesses that enhance progress and well-being, supporting diversity and global understanding, encouraging sustainable development and preserving natural resources.

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

We believe that everyone at IE – students, faculty, staff and alumni – should participate in actions that positively imper the campus community and beyond. Our goal is to promote initiatives that encourage the importance of community and human connection.
Being a part of a community unites us, building cohesion and resilience wich allows us to be adaptable to whatever the future may hold.
To that end, we have created a Sustainability Board (SB) to evaluate on a regular basis, proposals for initiatives that the SB could help pursue.

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BUILDING THE IE COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE

IE University has 30 international offices across de globe. Each office serves as a point of contact with the local IE community whether it is with candidates, students, alumni, parents, institutions, or companies.
Covering all continents, IE’s offices organize events and activities to keep the community engaged and connected. Even in times of Covid, following the rules and restrictions that each country or city has in place, some offices have managed to offer students and alumni a space to share and stay connected.

SOUTH AFRICA

Last November, students from the Executive Master in Digital Transformation & Innovation Leadership (EDTX) got together in South Africa during their residential week. They met in our office space in Johannesburg, where they attended online classes together.
Dudu Dhladhla, Mbali Tshitenge and Stanley Gabriel, EDTX students, met in Johannesburg (Nov 2020), accompanied by Laika Masuku, Southern Africa’s IE Office Coordinator.

MEXICO

Future students meet at a picnic in Mexico City (Nov 2020)
The restrictions imposed in most countries have driven the teams to be more innovative in the type of events that are organized. For example, during the first week of November, and after 8 months of fully online activities, our office in Mexico organized their first face-to-face event for students starting Spring 2021. Following all health protocols and measures designated by the local authorities, students enjoyed a picnic in Mexico City.
Marcos Ramírez, Mexico’s IE Office Director said, “Students told us that they really appreciated our effort in making this happen, as it is not the same to meet your future classmates online than to meet them in a park around a nice picnic”.
Attendees were provided with an IE University health kit that included a face mask and hand sanitizer. Students had the chance to meet their future classmates in an environment filled with camaraderie and hope for new beginnings.

DUBAI

Global Online MBA students meet in Dubai
During the first weeks of 2021, several Global Online MBA students met in Dubai for their residential period. They joined their classes virtually and attended a career panel and other networking events with alumni and students from other programs. They also went on a Cultural Tour of Dubai, organized through an alumna’s company.

NIGERIA

Students Connect in Nigeria through art
IE offices and IE representatives worldwide are ambassadors of the institution’s values and spirit. The Student Connect activity organized by our office in Nigeria, brought together current and future students around a painting class. It was an opportunity to network and meet fellow IE members, allowing them to connect with their artistic side as well.
These are just a few examples of how we build the IE community worldwide and beyond our campuses in Segovia and Madrid. The IE spirit transcends the physical environment of our campuses and joins forces abroad and beyond, to continue generating personal and professional growth, with a multicultural scope.

CLUBS

Students are integral to advancing sustainability at IE University and clubs are instrumental to the IE University student experience.
Among the many clubs on campus, there are several dynamic groups that allow students to participate in community engagement activities, host awareness events, and provide peer education and outreach about local and global issues of concern related to sustainability.
To have an even greater impact on campus at IE University and beyond, these clubs have each taken on a specific focus for 2020, related to this year’s goal of responsible consumption: water, paper, energy, plastic, fashion or food.

eco club - water & energy

Charity Club - Clothing & Fashion

ROTARACT CLUB SEGOVIA - FOOD

CAMPUS 89 CHAPTER - PAPER

THIRST PROJECT CLUB - WATER

NET IMPACT CLUB – PLASTIC

SDG CLUB – PLASTIC & ENERGY

WOMEN IN BUSINESS CLUB

GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION CLUB

ETHICS & COMPLIANCE CLUB

ENERGY CLUB

OUT & ALLIES CLUB

CYBERSECURITY CLUB

Projects

Some of the projects that we have been sponsoring and supporting through the Sustainability Office include vertical farming, urban farms, replanting new species or an upcoming waste management by one of our faculty in our Segovia campus.

THE NURTURE HUB in SEGOVIA

The Nurture Hub is a project founded by two IEU BAD Students, Adelaida Balthazar & Rafaela Valenciadongo, and its Faculty Mentor, Manuel Quirós, and powered by the IE Sustainability Office, the IE School of Architecture & Design and IE Campus Life. It aims to create something that impacts the everyday student experience, while also enhancing the biodiversity that surrounds IE University in Segovia by attracting indigenous pollinators, such as butterflies.
Join us in the last phase of the process by attending a hands-on planting workshop, and learn more about the importance of biodiversity!

HYDROPONIC GARDEN IN VELAZQUEZ 130, MARIA DE MOLINA CAMPUS. MADRID.

A low-tech vertical farm combining hydroponic with some computer vision applications to offer fresh veggies to the IE community.
Hydroponics refers to growing plants without the use of soil. Instead, these systems deliver nutrients to plant roots using water. For our farm, we used one of the many Hydroponic systems - the Nutrient film technique (NFT).

URBAN ECOLOGY INITIATIVE IN SEGOVIA

This is an initiative from the School of Architecture and Design, including faculty and the following students:
- Dinithi Iddawela (faculty)
- Maxon Higbee (faculty)
- Saina Abdollahzadeh (architecture student)
- Ana Domingo (architecture student)
- Lamees Ahmad (architecture student)
- Clara Gade (architecture student)
- Hannah Demeyere (architecture student)
- Carla Rotenberg (design student)
- Ilona Liechtenstein (design student)
- Raquel Fajardo (design student)
- Sophie Hatschek (design student)
- Anais Antoine (design student).