Success Stories

Proof that CapSource makes real-world learning easier to launch, manage, and scale.

See how educators, organizations, and students use CapSource to turn real-world collaboration into structured projects, applied cases, mentoring experiences, and career-connected outcomes.



Proof Across the Ecosystem

Educators
Scaling partner-connected learning with less manual coordination
Organizations
Engaging students through real challenges, cases, mentoring, and projects
Students
Building resume-ready experience, confidence, skills, and career clarity




Educator Stories

Helping educators scale real-world learning without managing everything manually.

CapSource gives educators and academic leaders a clearer way to source partners, organize projects, manage teams, and create evidence of applied learning.

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Alice Obermiller

Director of Experiential Learning & Leadership Development, University of Notre Dame

“I never used to have a summer as it was spent sourcing companies for projects and sorting out all the details in Excel. This platform has given me an environment to do everything I used to do manually. It has truly been a blessing!”

Educator Operations

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Toby White

Director, Experiential Education, SUNY Potsdam

“Adopting the CapSource CONNECT system has enabled us to better manage our growing network of industry partners so that we can more effectively coordinate and track projects across all three of our colleges.”

Institutional Tracking

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Sandra Loughlin

Director, Office of Transformational Learning, University of Maryland

“CapSource provides us with access to companies we would otherwise not be able to work with. They make it easy to identify the right organizations for every course.”

Company Access

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Dr. Shalu Wunnava

Chair & Associate Professor, Business Administration, SUNY Potsdam

“This collaboration creates such a huge value addition to the education we provide to our students and will surely give them a competitive advantage.”

Live Case Projects

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Scott Dolan

Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Excelsior College

“This provided a chance for our online students to engage with one another and with our instructional faculty in a different way. Great learning opportunity.”

Online Student Engagement

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Ray Pullaro

Dean, School of Business, Long Island University

“This was a real challenge, with a real brand. The students had a chance to apply what they’re learning in the classroom to something that was completely real-world and relevant.”

Real Brand Challenge





Organization Stories

Real organizations get fresh insight, student capacity, and meaningful talent engagement.

From startups and nonprofits to global brands, CapSource helps organizations contribute meaningful challenges while supporting the next generation of talent.

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Chasen White

Senior Manager, Strategy and Operations, DoorDash

“The students demonstrated impressive creativity and thoroughness in their final reports that will prove as valuable insights for DoorDash. We had a great experience and were proud to be able to engage so many students at the same time in such a meaningful way with the help of CapSource.”

Industry Partner

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Lesly Kenney

VP Marketing, Crayon

“The students did a fantastic job of completing the prescribed tasks and providing inferences that I use to create desired business outcomes for Crayon at a global level.”

Marketing Strategy

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Tricia Davies

CEO, Public Good Consulting LLC

“Students benefit through exposure to industry employers as well as through the experience of applying their classroom learning to real-life challenges.”

Social Impact

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Melissa Lefere-Cobb

SVP / Division Head, Herve Leger, Centric Brands

“The students provided a lot of great information for us that usually takes so long to gather. Our team has gained so much from this experience.”

Brand Launch Support

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Derek Muhney

Director of Marketing & Sales, Coinsource

“The feedback regarding our business model and strategy from this next generation of business leaders was informative and valuable as we continue to grow and innovate.”

Business Model Feedback

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Andrew M. Urda

Vice President, LS Electric America Inc.

“I was very favorably impressed with the questions and energy levels from everyone.”

Graduate Consulting





Student Stories

Students turn coursework into resume-ready experience.

CapSource experiences help students practice communication, analysis, project management, technical tools, teamwork, and professional presentation skills.

Resume Value

“This one-credit internship will look great on my resume and provided me with technical skills relevant to my program of study.”

University of Montana Student

Technical Exposure

“We were exposed to a variety of applications used to interpret data that are unlikely to appear within the computer science curriculum.”

Student Participant

Real-World Decisions

“The real-world experience of interpreting data to better inform important business decisions will prove valuable when applying for employment.”

Student Participant

Presentation Skills

“The preparation and presentation of our group findings forced me to improve my communication and professional presentation skills.”

Student Participant





Why Experiential Learning Works

Real-world learning creates deeper, more durable understanding.

Beyond any single project, these perspectives reinforce the value of connecting academic learning with authentic challenges, stakeholders, and reflection.

“As someone who started doing experiential learning without much experience with it, I can safely say that it is a risk well worth taking.”

Ray Wang

Thammasat University

“By creatively applying what they learn, students turn concepts into lasting knowledge.”

Scott Garrigan

Lehigh University

“It allows students to have a holistic understanding of how their education can impact the community.”

Crystal Guillory

University of Houston-Downtown





Create Your Own Success Story

Ready to create more real-world learning experiences?

Whether you are building one course experience or scaling experiential learning across an institution, CapSource can help you connect students with real organizations, real challenges, and measurable outcomes.