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Georgia Tech Scheller Executive MBA alumna and counseling professional Rebekah Vepraskas discusses the motivation, challenges, and rewards of going back to school for an MBA and her entrepreneurial work helping CEOs and athletes achieve peak performance.

Georgia Tech Scheller Professor Deven Desai explores how to combat language bias in AI development in his article for the MIT Sloan Management Review.

The Blacks in Business, Net Impact, and Women in Business MBA clubs at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business cohosted an event on allyship where groups discussed submitted student experiences.

The Institute for Leadership and Social Impact at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business announces the 12th annual Ideas to Serve (I2S) Competition winners for 2021.

Georgia Tech Scheller Undergraduate Devika Dutt has been selected as a 2021 Poets&Quants Best & Brightest Business Major.

Learn about the first woman dean, PhD graduate, and GBC president of the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business and how they broke barriers to pave the way for current students.

Three Georgia Tech Scheller MBA alumnae who have risen the ranks in the traditionally male-dominated industries share their perspective on the lessons they’ve learned.

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.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, women and allies in the Georgia Tech Scheller MBA community gathered for a virtual event about board engagement.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Dean Maryam Alavi of the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business hosted a discussion with Carol Tomé, CEO of UPS, on leadership and people empowerment.

The Georgia Tech Scheller Evening MBA program has made history by enrolling the largest number of women ever in a single academic year.

Georgia Tech Scheller MBA alumnus René A. Simon has created a fellowship to support MBA students who exemplify service excellence, particularly those who participate in the Scheller Blacks in Business Club.

Georgia Tech Scheller graduate Rachel Langston (BSBA ’20) talks about what it was like to be Buzz, Georgia Tech’s official mascot, for over two years – one of only three women who have fulfilled the role.

The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business brought together D&I leaders from Delta Air Lines, The Home Depot, and UPS for its annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Panel.

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 Scheller students, faculty, staff, and alumni share what Martin Luther King Jr. Day means to them, the traditions they observe, and how they plan on celebrating this year.

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

Learn how Georgia Tech Scheller Evening MBA students give back through their pro bono consulting practicum with LaAmistad, a non-profit organization helping the Latino community in Atlanta.

Scheller College Dean Maryam Alavi hosts a conversation with Pearl Alexander, executive director of Diversity, Inclusion, and Engagement at Georgia Tech.

Georgia Tech Scheller’s Dean Maryam Alavi speaks with Lori George Billingsley about Coca-Cola’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and how individuals and companies can follow their lead.

The Georgia Tech Scheller College Diversity & Inclusion Council has been created to foster organizational change and create equal access to opportunities for educational and professional growth and advancement.

Dean Maryam Alavi speaks with Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta, about the company’s plan for the future, air travel in a post-Covid world, and racial equity.

The Scheller College of Business Institute for Leadership and Social Impact hosted a discussion on Georgia’s new criminal justice reform bill, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and how bipartisanship can make a difference in the

Georgia Tech Scheller’s incoming MBA students bring expertise and experience that spans a variety of industry, educational, and cultural backgrounds.

Associate Professor Tiffany Johnson is a new Georgia Tech Diversity & Inclusion Fellow - one of three at Scheller accepted into the program. She will undertake a project examining equity and diversity in organizations with the mind-body connection of the individual as part of a course she’ll teach in Summer 2021 for MBA students titled “Work, Equity, and Wellness.”

Full-time MBA student, Joshua Burr is a new Georgia Tech Diversity & Inclusion Fellow - one of three at Scheller accepted into the program. He wants to create a way for people, in particular men, to understand and recognize issues facing women in the workplace.

Scheller undergrad student Hannah Sherrill named a Georgia Tech 2020-2021 Diversity & Inclusion Fellow. Over the course of a year, she'll be studying team building environments to help women's organizations across the campus.

Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (IDEI) and the ADVANCE program at Georgia Tech have announced the 2021 - 2021 Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Program Fellows and three members of the Scheller College of Business community have been chosen out of 150 applicants.

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, an award-winning educational leader, best-selling author, and noted expert on the psychology of racism recently talked with Dean Maryam Alavi of Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business on the themes of prejudice, racism, discrimination, and racial bias.

The Full-time MBA program at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business will pilot a GMAT/GRE test optional admission process for Fall 2021 enrollment.

Scheller College Dean Maryam Alavi and the Diversity & Inclusion Speaker Series is partnering with the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact (ILSI) to host an impressive line-up of speakers who will center their discussion around race, social justice, equity, and inclusion. The series runs from September to November and is open to the public.

Meet three of the Scheller Full-time MBA program’s incoming students with global experience and backgrounds in construction, consulting, and aerospace.

The Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business (“Center”) recently held a panel discussion around the role individuals and communities have in the fight for racial equity and social justice. The conversation centered around ways individuals can elevate their levels of engagement—in conversation, in protest, and in advocacy.

In an interview with WSB-TV, Dr. Timothy Halloran, senior lecturer of Marketing at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business discussed the impact of corporate ads pulled from Facebook on companies, consumers, and the social media giant.

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.

What kind of industry experience does this year’s incoming Scheller Evening MBA class have? Meet four students who will join the program this fall.

What do a film society programming manager, a financial services rep, an MA candidate in culture/theology, and an Army captain have in common? All four will be starting their life-changing journey through the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Full-time MBA program this August.

The Scheller College of Business community has created a list of articles, books, videos, podcasts, and other resources in the fight against racism and discrimination. Learn how you can help.

Nona Black (MBA 2020), a design-minded innovator whose dream is to spoil all the dogs in the world, worked right down the street from the Scheller College of Business for a year and a half before applying to the Full-time MBA program. Now, two years later, Black has graduated from Scheller with her Full-time MBA, will be joining Capgemini Invent as a Senior Consultant, and has been named a 2020 MBA to Watch by Poets & Quants.

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).

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Scheller College of Business hosted a discussion on “When Women Lead: Insights and Experience” with an esteemed panel of women leaders who have made remarkable impacts in business.

Developing diversity and inclusivity whether on college campuses, or corporate boardrooms is becoming a necessity for organizations to prosper and flourish. Neve Shah, Priyesh Shah, and James Ni join the Scheller Intersection Podcast to discuss diversity through their own experiences.

The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business hosted its annual Diversity and Inclusion symposium on February 13, 2020. This year’s focus was on creating impact and driving growth in business through diversity and inclusion.

TEDxGeorgiaTech recently hosted the first Student Speaker Series and Scheller undergraduate student Aiman Shahab presented a talk on women inequality and gender bias in South Asian Culture.

At the 11th Annual Diversity Symposium, held Wednesday, September 4, 2019, Maryam Alavi, Dean, Scheller College of Business and Stephen P. Zelnak Jr. Chair, was the recipient of the prestigious 2019 Diversity Champion Faculty Award. Dean Alavi was recognized for her many contributions toward creating a diverse and inclusive community at Scheller College and Georgia Tech.

Sudheer Chava Discusses Capital Cost Reductions Introduced by Socially Responsible Investing

Atlanta Journal Constitution took an in-depth look at the program, its students and accomplishments. Saturday, April 27, seven Georgia Tech students will be the first in the EXCEL (Expanding Career, Education and Leadership Opportunities) program to graduate.

The soon-to-be-released Best Business Schools 2020 issue from U.S. News & World Report features Scheller College in an article "What to Consider About Business School Diversity - MBA programs are stepping up efforts to recruit and retain women and minorities."

In celebration of International Women’s Day, Scheller College of Business hosted “The Journey to the Top,” a breakfast discussion moderated by Dean Maryam Alavi featuring Senior Vice President of Home Services (retired) at The Home Depot Inc., Kelly Barrett, and President and Co-Founder of Kabbage Inc., Kathryn Petralia.

Kiera Patterson completed her undergraduate degree at Georgia Tech and is now a Full-time MBA student at Scheller College of Business. She's also a 2019 Georgia Tech Diversity and Inclusion Fellow.

Dionne Nickerson is a Ph.D. candidate in Marketing at Scheller College of Business and Georgia Tech Diversity and Inclusion Fellow.

Dean Maryam Alavi recently led a discussion for the Georgia Tech Leading Women@Tech program.

Trailblazer Nzinga Shaw recently shared diversity and inclusion best practices at Scheller College.

Tina Boyd, a Scheller College of Business alumnus, was recently promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in the U.S. Army Reserve. Find out why she chose to have her promotion ceremony on Georgia Tech's campus.

Diverse: Issues In Higher Education profiled the Scheller College and Morehouse School of Medicine M.D./MBA dual-degree program.

In recognition of Veterans Day, the Intersection Podcast sat down with three of our active duty and veteran MBA students to talk about their experiences in the military and at Scheller College and how both are helping to shape their futures.

On Friday, September 21, Scheller College of Business Dean Maryam Alavi and Morehouse School of Medicine President and Dean Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice announced a dual-degree partnership between Scheller College of Business (SCOB) and Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) that will enable MSM M.D. students to complete their medical and business degrees in just five years.

Scheller College’s MBA Programs Office was selected as the 2018 recipient of the Diversity Champion Unit Award and will receive the award at the Georgia Tech Diversity Symposium Awards luncheon, September 5, 2018.

In an editorial featured in Atlanta Business Chronicle’s July 27, 2018 Executive Education guide, Dean Maryam Alavi outlined the wide range of efforts within Scheller College of Business and throughout Georgia Tech in pursuit of a more diverse and inclusive campus.

I stood in the sunny atrium of the Atlanta Hilton Hotel, taking in the sights and sounds of women networking with representatives from companies and organizations sponsoring the 2018 Forté MBA Women’s Leadership Conference. The conference, hosted by the Forté Foundation from June 15-16, 2018, was advertised as an event where women could “explore career paths, meet recruiters and mentors, and hear from today’s most influential businesswomen.” When the Scheller College of Business (in which I am a second-year student in the Evening MBA Program) offered me a ticket to the conference, I jumped at the opportunity to attend.

Each summer, hundreds of MBA women gather for Forté Foundation’s MBA Women’s Leadership Conference for career preparation, professional development, and networking. With the 2018 conference in Atlanta, Scheller College boasted over 50 attendees and contributed panelists throughout the conference weekend.

Scheller College's Gail Evans joined NPR's On Point today to discuss the gender imbalance in news media, alongside panelists from The New York Times and The Atlantic. Prior to joining Scheller College, Gail served as Executive Vice President of CNN. In the On Point panel, she noted, "What we kept discovering at CNN was behind 90% of these important men on the air, there was some woman who was the researcher, or doing the briefing paper for them, or even answering the questions when the researcher called-- but they were never in front of the camera."

In a rapidly diversifying world, implementing diversity and inclusion practices in the workplace is not only the right thing to—it is a business imperative. To this end, Scheller College of Business recently hosted executives from The Coca Cola Company, The Home Depot, and Southern Company, so they could share how their organizations both embody and embrace the power of differences.

More than 70 people gathered at the Scheller College of Business on April 4th for the Women in Technology and Analytics Panel. The all-star panel was hosted by the Georgia Tech Business Analytics Club and the Business Analytics Center at Scheller College of Business. The event attracted groups from an array of Atlanta Universities, as well as representatives from Chick-fil-A, Southern Company and NCR.

Dr. Earl Lewis recently addressed students, faculty, staff, alumni and business leaders at the Thomas R. Williams Distinguished Lecture, a special edition of the IMPACT Speaker Series.

The Digital Disruption Series, co-presented by Scheller College and Accenture, discusses trends in today’s ever-changing digital arena. Part II focused on big implications of big data for business, with a discussion on how data science and other technologies can solve complex problems, harness applied intelligence, create new opportunities, and innovate the way we conduct business.

Dean Maryam Alavi of Scheller College of Business at Georgia Tech was recognized for her dedication and achievement in her industry at the 2018 Women Out Front ceremony. This honor, bestowed by the Georgia Tech women’s basketball program, celebrates women leaders who have made a significant impact in their fields and who serve as role models for young women who aspire to leadership.

Dean Maryam Alavi named Woman of the Year for mid-size educational institutions by Women in Technology