The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, a national nonprofit organization focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in graduate business education and American business, is proud to announce the addition of the 21st university to its membership ranks: Columbia University’s…
Cornell MBA Jefferson Betancourt Is on a Mission to Show Disadvantaged Youth They Have it Within Themselves to Succeed
As a first-generation American and a first-generation college graduate, Jefferson Betancourt has learned much about the American dream. In 1986, concerned about the escalating drug wars, his parents left Cali, Colombia, in search of a better life in the United…
Behind the Scenes with the Board of Trustees: Get to Know Christie Julien, Naomi Sanchez & Dorothy Dorton Kittner
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 Trustees is no exception, with representatives from each of…
First-Year MBAs Open Up About Second-Semester Challenges, Balancing Extracurriculars and Coursework
With the second semester at its halfway point, first-year MBAs are becoming masters of time management as they explore their unique business interests while engaging in extracurriculars and assuming leadership roles on campus. We recently checked in with members of…
Antonio Rivera-Martinez Wants to Help Entrepreneurs Become Self-Sufficient, Imparting Hard-Learned Lessons from His Own Life
As a burn survivor, Antonio Rivera-Martinez learned the hard way the importance of slowing down, of taking life day by day as opposed to rushing. Now a first-year MBA student and Consortium fellow at Olin Business School at Washington University…