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Published: October 16, 2017
Top 5 Reasons Diversity MBA Conferences Should Be on Your Recruiting Calendar
More than 10,000 MBA students, business school representatives, recruiters, and business executives filled the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia late last month for one of the largest career conferences serving minority professionals. The conference has been around since 1970, but for the first time this year the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) and Prospanica, the…
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Published: October 16, 2017
Published: October 12, 2017
20th Annual Reaching Out LGBTQ MBA Conference Arrives in Boston
The ROMBA LGBTQ MBA and Graduate Student Conference, the largest annual gathering of LGBTQ graduate school students in the world, takes place Boston this week, running from October 12th through 14th. It is presented by Reaching Out MBA (ROMBA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping create the next generation of out business leaders by educating,…
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Published: September 28, 2017
What to Expect at the 2017 NBMBAA Conference in Philadelphia
Tuesday, September 26th, marked the first day of the annual National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Annual Conference & Exposition, held at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The five-day event, stretching to Saturday, September 30th, brings together entrepreneurs, business leaders, students, and other seasoned professionals into an immense, collaborative atmosphere that helps introduce next-level vision to the…
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Published: September 6, 2017
Business, University Leaders Speak Out Against DACA Repeal
When the Trump administration formally announced yesterday that it would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA)—putting a six-month expiration date on legal protections granted to approximately 800,000 people who entered the U.S. illegally as children—universities and business leaders were quick to condemn it. Indeed, vocal defense of the “Dreamers,” as those in…
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Published: August 21, 2017
UVA Darden Community Gathers After Charlottesville Violence
On Monday, August 14th, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business community came together to discuss racism, hatred, and violence. The dialogue took place in response to the “Unite the Right” rally, which saw white supremacists descending on the city of Charlottesville in a series of violent clashes with counter-protesters. The goal was to…
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Published: August 18, 2017
Published: August 8, 2017
2017 Forté Forums Scheduled in 12 Cities Beginning August 14th
It’s August, which means it’s almost time for the Forté Forums. These free events are hosted by the Forté Foundation, a nonprofit consortium of leading companies and top business schools committed to advancing the role of women in business. Scheduled for 10 U.S. cities as well as Toronto and London beginning on August 14th, they are designed…
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Published: August 7, 2017
Forté Foundation Power Pitch Competition Gives Women the Floor
Women-led businesses were once relatively rare, but that is no longer the case. According to the 2016 Kauffman Index of Startup Activity, women make up 40 percent of new entrepreneurs in the United States: a nearly 30 percent increase from 2007. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that women entrepreneurs get the same opportunities as their male counterparts.…
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Published: April 26, 2017
Yale School of Management MBAs Take to the Basketball Court
Yale basketball isn’t one of the more celebrated collegiate athletic programs. Neither the men’s nor women’s teams earn much hardware beyond Ivy League conference titles. In fact, the most famous moment in Yale basketball history was big man Chris Dudley getting tormented in the post by a young Shaquille O’Neal during a now-infamous nationally televised…
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Published: March 13, 2017
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business
At the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, campus diversity is more than a goal: It’s an expectation. The Ross full-time MBA class of 2018 comprises 40 percent female students, 31 percent international students from 41 countries and 24 percent ethnic minority students. This sort of class composition is the norm at many…
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Published: February 7, 2017
Columbia West Coast Treks: Bigger, Better Than Ever in 20th Year
MBA students are back on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia Business School (CBS), shuttling to and from class, gathering to work on group projects and heavily involved in student clubs—much as they were in the first term. But close to 100 of those students have an expanded perspective of West Coast career opportunities thanks to…
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Published: January 31, 2017
Rotman Launches Canadian Graduate Women in Management Conference
Tomorrow, February 1st, female graduate business students and industry leaders from across Canada will have a chance to come together and discuss the most pressing matters facing the business community as part of the inaugural Canadian Graduate Women in Management Conference. Organized by the Rotman Women in Management Association (WIMA) and hosted by the Rotman…
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Published: January 23, 2017
HBS Ups the Ante for Its Annual New Venture Competition: $300,000 in Prizes to Be Won
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of its New Venture Competition (NVC), the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School (HBS) has announced that prizes for the annual entrepreneurial venture contest will exceed $300,000 across the three competition tracks. In each—the student business track, student social enterprise track and alumni track—a grand prize of…
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Published: January 19, 2017
U.S. MBA Applicants Can Meet 14 U.K. Business Schools in DC, NYC
Next month, the British Council—the United Kingdom’s international organization for cultural relations and educational opportunities—has planned a U.S. roadshow to help promote graduate management education in the United Kingdom in general while also raising the profile of 14 U.K. business schools. Part of the British Council’s many responsibilities is to support U.K. universities in their…
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Published: January 9, 2017
Oxford Saïd MBAs Beat 1,300 Applicants to Win Creative Shock 2016
Imagine joining a competition against 1,300 applicants and 182 teams, and then taking home first place. That’s exactly what happened during Creative Shock 2016; four MBA students from the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School took home the grand prize—€1,500 and airfare from Turkish Airlines. Creative Shock is an annual international social business case competition that challenges…
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Published: December 15, 2016
McCombs Earns Top Honors at UNC Kenan-Flagler’s 12th Annual Alpha Challenge
For MBA students looking to head into investment management, pitching stocks is one of the top skills they’ll be looking to strengthen while in business school. The 12th Annual Alpha Challenge, hosted last month at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, gives participating students hands-on opportunity to do precisely that. MBA students at the…
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Published: October 7, 2016
Fridays from the Frontline: Enhancing Diversity in Business Starting at Kelley
Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business is today kicking off a two-day celebration marking 50 years of participation as a member school of the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management. Kelley was one of just three founding member schools—but the Consortium’s ranks have since grown to include 18 of the best business schools in the country.…
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Published: October 6, 2016
ROMBA 2016 Conference Taking Place Now in Dallas
The world’s largest gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) graduate business school students is taking place now through October 8th in Dallas as Reaching Out MBA (ROMBA) hosts its 2016 LGBT MBA & Business Graduate Conference. The three-day conference, which this year centers around the theme of “Authentic Disruption,” aims to be much…
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MBA Veterans Find Jobs Thanks to the MBA Veterans Network
Veterans and business school go hand in hand. While it might not be the most obvious connection, the truth is that military applicants tend to blow their competitors out of the water regarding experience, leadership skills and other unique qualifications. It’s no wonder that veterans at top-tier business schools comprise about 5 percent of each…
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Published: February 29, 2016
USC Marshall Hosts Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem
The following post has been republished in its entirety from its original source, metromba.com. The USC Marshall School of Business’ Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies recently hosted author, activist and American icon Gloria Steinem for a talk as part of Professor David Belasco’s course “Entrepreneurial Mindset: Taking the Leap.” Belasco, who is an adjunct professor and…
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Published: December 1, 2015
HBS to Expand Spring Peek Weekend to Broader Applicant Pool
Building on the success of its pilot last spring, Harvard Business School (HBS) recently announced plans to expand the applicant pool for Peek Weekend this June to welcome not only candidates from women’s colleges, but also college sophomores, juniors and seniors majoring in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM) fields or who come from a…
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Published: November 17, 2015
How Will You Commemorate National Entrepreneurs’ Day (It’s Today!)
Not every MBA student heads to business school with the start-up itch, but the numbers who do are growing. In fact, 28 percent of business school applicants plan to start their own business, up from 19 percent just five years ago today, according to the most recent Prospective Student Survey Report from the Graduate Management…
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