Equity & Inclusion

Updates and stories related to DEI efforts across the college and in industry at large.

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Opening the door for everyone: Reducing gender inequality in hospitality leadership

Senior Lecturer Susan Fleming discusses the need for more gender diversity in hospitality leadership and how women can take matters into their own hands.

Best Practices for Growing a Diverse Workforce

Best Practices for Growing a Diverse Workforce

Many successful companies are genuinely ready and willing to root out bias and embrace diversity and inclusion. But how? Johnson alumni share their companies’ best practices for fostering diversity.

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Cornell dean on harassment, promoting women

In an interview with Hotels Magazine, Dean Kate Walsh discusses how hotels can embrace the #MeToo movement and better retain and promote women.

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Home away from home: The international experience

There’s no way this blog could fully embody what being an international student at Johnson has meant to me, but it at the very least scratches the surface.

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Johnson’s LGBT community: Genuine, engaged, valued

Johnson is actively challenging attitudes that necessitate covering as well as other challenges facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.

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Toigo Fellows complement Johnson’s strengths in finance and diversity

The Toigo program is widely considered the most prestigious MBA fellowship awarded to individuals from underrepresented minorities that want to pursue a career in financial services.

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The organizational key to increasing the number of women in leadership roles

Organizations are taking steps to identify and correct bias in hiring decisions, but what is the real key to increasing the number of women in leadership?

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MBA Women in Investing: Ramona Persaud discusses uncertainty, change, and career success

For Ramona Persaud, a speaker at the MBA Women in Investing Conference, constant change and uncertainty growing up helped propel her to career success.

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2017 Diversity Awards Dinner: Celebrating community, career success, and commitment to family

Tyeise Huntley Jones, MBA ’10, & ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Adrienne Rose Martinez ’01, MBA ’08, were presented awards at the 2017 Diversity Awards Dinner.