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  Two Rice Forté Fellows Speak Up for Diversity

  Ashleigh Rogers and Ashley Ward share more than a first name. These Forté Fellows, first-year MBA students at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, come from large, close-knit African American families and are passionate advocates for diversity in the workplace.

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  Drew Harvill, Scheller College of Business, Shares His Inclusive Leadership Takeaways

  At Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business, Drew Harvill is both an MBA student and Senior Academic Program Manager for the school’s evening MBA program. This gave him a unique perspective on Forté’s Inclusive Leadership: Allies for Gender Equity program.

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  Five Ways to Fight Imposter Syndrome

  From an early age, many of us have been taught to leap into challenges even when we feel unsure. Want to work in a field that’s still male dominated? Trailblaze away! Don’t meet all the qualifications of a job listing? Apply anyway! Not sure you’re cut out for grad school? Sure you are! This is […]

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  Forté Role Model, Shreya Jaggi, Strengthened Her Career with a Deferred MBA

  MBA programs are not “one program fits all” — There are different types of MBAs that Forté partner schools have to offer for all career paths. Shreya Jaggi graduated in 2022 from one of those programs, the deferred MBA program at The University of Pennsylvania (The Wharton School). With her career and educational path in […]

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  Forté Fellows at Stanford Today, Besties for Life

  Forté Fellows Sasha Pines and Emily Kramer became fast friends as they began their first semester at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. They’ve learned the value of having each other’s back while in graduate school, but they also know they’ve made a friend for life.

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  So, You Want to Work at a Top Consulting Firm: Three Paths to Get You There

  Georgia Tech MBA students Paroma Chakravarty, Georgia Pearce, and Francesca Sally, all saw themselves at different places post-graduation. For one, there was hope for a supply chain placement. Another woman’s sights were set on consulting. And for another, something more people-facing sounded nice after spending long hours on isolated airfields. Remarkably, all three women ended […]

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