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Scheller Recognized as 2022 Education Partner of the Year by the National Black MBA Association Atlanta Chapter

The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business was recognized as the Educational Partner of the Year for 2022 by the Atlanta Chapter of the National Black MBA Association.

GT Students Collaborate with MedShare in Response to Crises in Ukraine

Learn more about Georgia Tech Scheller students and helping with the crises in Ukraine.

Scheller Lunchtime Live: Allyship and Advocacy in the Workplace as an Everyday Practice, Featuring Tiffany Johnson

In this Lunchtime Live session, Dr. Tiffany Johnson discusses the big picture of allyship in the workplace.

The Intersection Podcast: How the Forté Foundation Can Help You Get Your MBA

Intersection Podcast host Leo Haigh sits down with Rebecca Whitley and Randee Comstock to discuss the partnership between the Forté Foundation and Scheller.

Researchers Discover Unique Challenges For Individuals With Disabilities When Negotiating Salary

According to three researchers at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, people with disabilities negotiating their salary face specific challenges, but organizations can help achieve parity through awareness and training.

Georgia Tech Scheller Establishes New Young Alumni Advisory Board

The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business has created a new Young Alumni Advisory Board (YAAB) to support new alumni and provide mentoring, networking, and philanthropic engagement opportunities. The new cohort begins their term in October and will work in tandem with the existing Scheller Advisory Board.

Examining the ‘Bridging’ Role of Allies and Advocates in the Workplace

Tiffany Johnson, assistant professor of Organizational Behavior, research finds that bringing in a broker to mediate between workers can result in opportunities for growth.

Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Staff Organize Equitable Dinners Atlanta Event to Commemorate the 116th Anniversary of the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre

A group of Scheller faculty and staff hosted a dinner event, Equitable Dinners, to understand more about Atlanta’s history of the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre and discuss ways to create understanding and actionable goals for conquering continued systemic racism.

LGBT+ in the Workplace: Career Advice From Georgia Tech Scheller Alums

Georgia Tech Scheller LGBT+ alumni Lisa Favors and Carter Hebert offer career advice to students and alumni about what to look for in an employer, discrimination in the workplace, and building community.

DE&I and the Importance of Empathy, Perspective, Curiosity, and Listening

Georgia Tech is in a critical period of evaluation, planning, and now approaching the execution of championing the much-needed DEI work throughout our academic community.

Falling in love with the problem: Ideas to Serve centers community partners and their local impact on the UNSDGs

On Monday night, seven women leaders from Atlanta described their social enterprises, each accompanied by student teams who participated in this year’s Ideas to Serve Program, organized by the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact.

The Intersection Podcast: Building a Community of Female Founders and Leaders

MBA student, Leo Haigh, joins with the last two presidents of the MBA Women in Business club, Nammu Kumar and Amanda Grupp, to reflect on their experiences building a community of inspirational female business leaders at Georgia Tech.

"A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships”: How Georgia Tech’s Women in Business Clubs Empower Students

In honor of Women’s History Month, Scheller shares the stories of two of Georgia Tech women’s-focused clubs: Society of Women in Business and Women in Business.

Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business Hosts Launch Event to Inaugurate Drawdown Georgia Business Compact

On October 21, 2021, the Drawdown Georgia Business Compact officially launched with a virtual panel discussion hosted by the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business (“Center”).

How to Create a Thriving Workplace: Insights from Georgia Tech First Lady Dr. Beth Cabrera

Beth Cabrera provides advice on creating a thriving workplace and shares evidence-based approaches for improving employee well-being in a recent guest lecture to Scheller MBA students.

Creating the Sustainable Business Leaders of Tomorrow: Meet the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business

The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business is determined to make a difference in corporate sustainability through curriculum, partnerships, and outreach.

What Makes a Leader Effective? It’s About Power Motive, New Research Finds

Scheller College faculty Terry Blum publishes paper on the different types of power motives and how it shapes leaders.

Georgia Tech Scheller’s MBA Pro Bono Consulting Practicum Expands Social Impact

As a part of Georgia Tech Scheller’s pro bono consulting practicum, MBA students have the opportunity to do impactful work with mission-driven organizations, like Project Greer Street.

Community, Empowerment, and a Safe Space: The Story of Scheller’s Blacks in Business Club

Learn about the beginnings of the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Blacks in Business club and the impact it’s had in cultivating community and important conversations over the last five years.

Georgia Tech Launches New Female Founders Program

Learn about Georgia Tech’s Female Founders Program, and the role Scheller College of Business Full-time MBA student Amanda Grupp played in launching it.

Advocacy in Action: A Reflection on a Year of Serving as a YWCA Policy Advocate

Kjersti Lukens, Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business program support coordinator, reflects on a year of service as a YWCA policy advocate.

2020 – 2021 Institute Diversity and Inclusion Fellow: Scheller Professor Tiffany Johnson’s New MBA Class on Work, Equity, and Wellness

Associate Professor Tiffany Johnson examined equity and diversity in organizations with the mind-body connection of the individual as part of the course “Work, Equity, and Wellness.”

How to Build and Maintain Your Resilience Through Difficult Times: Four Strategies from Dr. Beth Cabrera

Dr. Beth Cabrera, First Lady of Georgia Tech spoke to Scheller MBA students and offers four strategies for building resilience to help get through difficult times.

Five Ways Higher Education Institutions Can Fight the Effects of Racial Inequality

Learn how higher ed can fight the impacts of racial inequality from Dr. Tiffany Hughes-Troutman, licensed psychologist and Director of CARE at Georgia Tech.

Scheller MBA Students and Alumnae Celebrate International Women’s Day at Annual Brunch

In recognition of International Women’s Day, Scheller College women, both current students and alumnae from the Full-time and Evening MBA programs, gathered for an annual celebratory brunch hosted by Scheller MBA alum Jacquelyn Renée Schneider (Evening MBA, 2018).

Changing the Opportunities for Women as Leaders through Servant Leadership

Statistically, men still serve in more leadership roles than women. However, a recent study published by Scheller College of Business professor and Tedd Munchak Chair in Entrepreneurship, Dr. Terry Blum, and colleague Dr. Jim Lemoine (U. Buffalo) asserts that where servant leadership is practiced in the workplace it provides an environment that creates servant followers and provides a leadership advantage for women servant leaders.