<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2026/katelyn-beach-accountability-initiative.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>01/27/2026</pubDate><title>Business Student Helps Launch Innovative Accountability Initiative at the University of New Haven</title><description>Katelyn Beach ’25, ’26 MBA reflects on her hands-in collaboration with the program’s founder and how Uccountability’s goal-setting and peer-based model can shape student growth, leadership development, and community at the University of New Haven.</description><hide-description/><author>Katelyn Beach ’25, ’26 MBA</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>January 27, 2026</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/business/news/2026/katelyn-beach.jpg" alt="Katelyn Beach"/></image><image-caption>Katelyn Beach ’25, ’26 MBA</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>class-of-2026</tag><tag>college-business</tag><tag>initiative-uccountability</tag><tag>name-david-sussman</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-mba</tag><tag>year-2026</tag></tags></item>