Each year, the business school community takes extra time on International Women’s Day to promote gender parity and celebrate women. Given the plethora of events and related research, we’re rounding up what the top business schools are doing as shared on Twitter.
A picture from Cornell / Johnson summarized International Women’s Day in 1,000 words:
We've come a long way since the 1960's! Here's to being surrounded by fantastic female leaders in Sage Hall.#IWD2019 #BalanceForBetter #CornellMBA pic.twitter.com/BixgSJjaCR
— Cornell Johnson (@CornellMBA) March 8, 2019
Cambridge Judge and Yale SOM held events:
Happy #IWD2019: Looking forward to #CJBS event today; Sign up & join the debate #Balanceforbetter. Welcome @sally_craxton @VMarcie @RobC0123 + Susana Blanco hosted @CambridgeJBS with Professor Sucheta Nadkarni. #CambridgeWomenCan #CambridgeMBA https://t.co/x64aw1uvOy pic.twitter.com/lwzM8VpALI
— The Cambridge MBA (@CambridgeMBA) March 8, 2019
11:30am-1:30pm: Campus-wide event to celebrate International Women’s Day & benefit Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund https://t.co/IleE9QkVeX #IWD2019 pic.twitter.com/292P5yUSz6
— Yale University (@Yale) March 8, 2019
Michigan / Ross already has a feed set up for their event later today:
"Something is changing. Do you feel it? It's not about 'leaning in' any more. It's about stepping up and speaking out and changing the collective conversation." @AngelaCheeTV https://t.co/Mws7tgNpNf #RossMomentum #IWD2019
— Ross School of Business (@MichiganRoss) March 8, 2019
Plenty of schools, including IMD, had advice to share:
3 questions to ask yourself as you build your career and leadership skills. Insights by Prof. @alymeister & Mahwesh Khan: https://t.co/svKA0OLKEp #IMDBalanceforImpact #IWD2019 #BalanceforBetter
— IMD (@IMD_Bschool) March 8, 2019
How can we bring about a more gender equal society? @yumikotoeda shares her experience of attending Strategies for Leadership program and how it inspired her to create the hotel of her dreams: https://t.co/GnSeBCPVc3 #IMDBalanceforImpact #IWD2019 #BalanceforBetter @ensoango
— IMD (@IMD_Bschool) March 8, 2019
London Business School, Yale SOM and Cambridge Judge also shared some insights from female students:
"I want every woman to be able to wake up every single day and say 'I can do it' & 'I deserve it'." Female students at LBS talk about the power of their networks, the diversity they've found here, & the impact it's had on their lives and careers. #IWD2019 https://t.co/2RvcnA9L3M pic.twitter.com/kesnFiCoYA
— London Business School (@LBS) March 8, 2019
The story behind the Fempire conference, with student organizers Dasha Slavina ’19 and Lauren Motzkin ’19 YC ’12. https://t.co/rW9Fmt2ODO #BalanceforBetter #IWD2019 #50WomenatYale150 pic.twitter.com/ZUY7ZMVaTI
— Yale SOM (@YaleSOM) March 8, 2019
What is it like to be a woman in a top global business school? Hear from two @fortefoundation scholars about their outlook & experiences on the #Cambridge MBA @CambridgeJBS #CambridgeWomenCan #IWD2019 #balanceforbetter #CJBS #IWD #ForteFoundation https://t.co/4Rx9jLcQMJ pic.twitter.com/LeRjAklskv
— The Cambridge MBA (@CambridgeMBA) March 8, 2019
Members of the Duke / Fuqua and MIT / Sloan community also had stories of note:
In honor of #InternationalWomensDay, students in our Association of Women in Business shared stories about how Fuqua has empowered and enabled them to achieve their goals #BalanceforBetter #IWD2019 #WomensDay https://t.co/MvopjfQpDB
— Duke Fuqua (@DukeFuqua) March 8, 2019
"Before Sloan, my social and professional work circles weren't very gender-diversified and if it hadn't been for my time at Sloan, I never would have met so many great women." – Lydia Li, MBA '19. Read the full blog: https://t.co/fy6PS8k19G #BalanceforBetter #MITSloanWomen #IWD19 pic.twitter.com/FT09zchNPq
— MIT Sloan Admissions (@MITSloanAdcom) March 8, 2019
Cornell / Johnson Executive Director of Admissions & Financial Aid lauded her colleagues:
Grateful and happy to be standing proudly with these incredible #bosses of #CornellMBA – you all are shattering ceilings and blazing pathways, all while making the time to give back and support others and each other! Happy #InternationalsWomensDay2019! 🐻💜 #MoreWomenLeading pic.twitter.com/wXLGlaDq7S
— Judi Byers (@Judi_Byers) March 8, 2019
While MIT / Sloan also called for shout outs:
Show your support for parity in the workplace! Join MIT Sloan Admissions & @fortefoundation on March 8, International Women’s Day, to give a shoutout to a woman Sloanie making an impact by using the hashtag #MITSloanWomen and #BalanceForBetter. Let's have #MoreWomenLeading! pic.twitter.com/gaIEC1S1sP
— MIT Sloan Admissions (@MITSloanAdcom) March 7, 2019
Happy International Women’s Day!
