The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University this week hosted a program it hopes will help boost the percentage of women in its MBA program. Women at Tepper School Visit Day was designed to help prospective female students get to know the school and connect with outstanding female researcher and administrators. The event, the first of two such “special” events scheduled for Winter/Spring 2012, is part of a series of diversity initiatives aimed at attracting women to Tepper and helping them advance while there.
“It is hoped that this introduction to our strong and supportive community will translate to continued diversity in our MBA program,” Colleen McMullen, executive director of Diversity Strategies & Programs, said in a statement. “Our goal is to attract the best and brightest female MBA students and we would like to increase the overall percentage of women in our MBA program, which currently stands at 30 percent,” she continued.
Participants in Women at Tepper School Visit Day visit a class, attend a reception with current students and staff, have lunch with and ask questions of the faculty and tour the campus. They also attend an information session led by the school’s admission team and take part in an evaluative interview. Finally, school representatives highlight the ways in which Tepper collaborates with the Forté Foundation, a consortium of major corporations, other top business schools and influential nonprofit organizations in efforts to increase the number of women in business.
Anne Dolan, assistant director of MBA admissions and coordinator of this year’s event, enjoys the opportunity to meet prospective female applicants. “It is also great to have the opportunity to share, in person, the interesting research and teaching at the school along with the opportunities for women in our MBA program and beyond,” she said.
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