In the 2021-2022 academic year, The Consortium is thrilled to welcome the largest class in the organization’s history, with 632 students. Of the 1,338 applicants, 954 were admitted and 541 fellowships were offered. The result is a class that includes …
Determined Yet Flexible, MBA Justin Grant Overcomes First-Year Challenges to Find Success in B-School
No stranger to a challenge, Justin Grant made the decision to earn his MBA during a global pandemic in order to pivot into a career in marketing. Yet even this wasn’t enough for this civil engineering major turned management consultant …
Mother and Son Sandra Chiles, Charley Mitchell Share How Their Divergent Career Paths Recently Crossed
Sandra Chiles and her son Charles “Charley” Mitchell may have pursued different career paths, but they eventually found themselves in the same place.
Chiles began her career in accounting, earning her degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, but after …
Michigan Ross MBAs Launch First-of-Its-Kind Health Equity Case Competition Inspired by Henrietta Lacks
Brittani Banks and Ana Taylor, both second-year MBAs and Consortium fellows at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, share a passion for tackling health inequities and disparities. With numerous historical examples of research studies conducted on individuals …
MBA Elyse Bush Hopes to Empower Underrepresented Employees with Anonymous Employer Review Site
Finding it difficult to excel as a Black woman in the workplace early on in her career, Elyse Bush says she often felt excluded. However, she soon realized she wasn’t alone.
“I realized early in my career that not all …