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Unemployed as a Result of COVID, This Incoming MBA Found Hope in Being Open...
For Ryan Fleer, getting laid off was just the impetus he needed to shift his career trajectory. After years working in financial services, first as an equity derivatives middle office analyst at a...
View ArticleWhat It’s Like to Start an MBA During a Pandemic
This article was originally written and published on LinkedIn on August 17, 2020, by Consortium member Brittany Floyd, a 2022 MBA candidate at the University of Rochester’s Simon Business School....
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Members of Class of 2022 Share First-Year Experiences, Including What...
Another academic year is underway, and that means many new MBA candidates have recently begun their journey toward career development and advancement, or a total career pivot. Despite a global...
View ArticleMeet Consortium Application Processor Kristin Laney, Who Enjoys Helping...
As a member of The Consortium’s recruiting team, Kristin Laney manages all aspects of the application process for the organization and its programs as its application processor. Before joining The...
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Cultural Rediscovery: How One MBA Found His Professional Path While...
For Eric Goytia Nummedal, a first-year MBA and Consortium fellow at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, all it took was 13 months and thousands of miles wandering across...
View ArticleThe Consortium’s Statement on Wells Fargo CEO’s Recent Comments
Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf’s recent comments about the “very limited pool of black talent to recruit from,” while not surprising, are indicative of the work that remains if we are to achieve equal...
View ArticleMeet Consortium Events & Conferences Specialist Hannah Whelchel, Whose...
Without the hard work and planning of Hannah Whelchel, The Consortium’s annual Orientation Program & Career Forum (OP) — its most important event of the year — might not be possible. As the...
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How Student Loans and Military Service Helped this MBA Learn the Value of...
For Michael Dunn, going to college always seemed certain. How he would pay for it was the hazy part. Born into a family of modest means, Dunn and his younger brother were raised by their mother in...
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This Tech-Savvy Entrepreneur Hopes to Use Her MBA to Give Back to and Empower...
As the oldest child of immigrant parents, growing up, Fanta Kaba found herself pulled between parental expectations and her desire to help others. “I really wanted to be a social worker because I...
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Behind the Scenes with the Board of Trustees: Get to Know Dean Sambamurthy,...
The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management prides itself on being made up of a diverse range of professionals from across the graduate business education and corporate landscapes. Our Board of...
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First-Year MBAs Share How They’re Building Community, Staying Focused Despite...
With the first semester well underway, first-year MBAs have now gotten a feel for the ins and outs, the benefits and challenges of business school. After many weeks — and some trial and error —...
View ArticleFeel Like a Fraud? You’re Not Alone: Career Coach Damali Harding Shares Tips...
Whether you’re in year one of your career or close to retirement, many of us — at some point in our lives — have felt like an impostor or fraud. Known as impostor syndrome, these feelings have been...
View ArticleLike Father, Like Son: Teodoro Gonzalez Sr. and Jr. Discuss Their Differing...
When it came time to select a career path, Teodoro “Teo” Gonzalez Jr. felt pulled to follow in his father’s footsteps — but not too closely. Currently the CFO at Simplex Group in Miami, Fla., Teodoro...
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Trailblazer Ony Mgbeahurike Strives to Effect Change, Advocate for Minorities...
Born and raised in Nigeria, Ony Mgbeahurike has been a long-time champion for Africa and its people, culture and commerce — a passion that has expanded to the black community and diversity and...
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Behind the Scenes with the Board of Trustees: Get to Know Amy Mitson, Cynthia...
The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management prides itself on being made up of a diverse range of professionals from across the graduate business education and corporate landscapes. Our Board of...
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Consortium Offers Additional Value to Students, Alumni Through Inaugural Fall...
On Friday, Nov. 13, The Consortium welcomed more than 350 attendees to its first annual Fall Town Hall & Career Fair. Facilitated by online events platform Hopin, the event provided a welcome...
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From Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter: Consortium Inaugural Fellow Rev. Dr....
Although separated by nearly 55 years and more than 800 miles, C. Vernon Mason can still distinctly recollect his time at Atlanta’s Morehouse College — a period defined by the social, racial and...
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Capitalism at a Crossroads: Amid Uncertainty, Americans Want Companies to...
2020 has been a year like no other — a global pandemic, the worst recession since the Great Depression and a nationwide reckoning with racial injustice. Yet, amidst all of this uncertainty, one thing...
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Behind the Scenes with the Board of Trustees: Get to Know Prashant Malaviya,...
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MBAs Launch John Lewis Racial Justice Case Competition to Bring Together...
In the early days of June, at the height of protests over nationwide racial injustices, Brian Mitchell, associate dean of the full-time MBA program at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School,...
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