Tuck hosts 15th annual diversity conference
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—November 12, 2008
CONTACT: Katie Riolo,
603-646-1135
HANOVER, N.H.—On November 13-16, the Tuck Diversity Conference at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth will welcome highly qualified prospective students to campus. While here, candidates will meet Tuck students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting executives through a range of social and academic events.
The student-run conference expands the definition of diversity to bring together participants from a variety of cultures, socioeconomic backgrounds, religious affiliations, and sexual orientations.
"The conference gives prospective students an understanding of what it means to be part of a diverse community at a top business school," says co-chair Rena Harper T'09. "It also allows us to expose participants to corporate recruiters and show them what it is like to operate at the level of an MBA student."
Visitors will have the chance to attend mock classes and panels on consulting, finance, and general management hosted by the Career Development Office. They'll also be able to take part in such social events as a wine tasting, an international party, and Tuck Vegas. The weekend will wrap up with a news hour with Dean Matthew Slaughter, professor of international economics.
Keynote speakers include the Honorable James B. Lewis, treasurer of the State of New Mexico; Tuck Professor Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, founder of ASCENT; Ramsey M. Jay, Jr. T'05, associate analyst, Ares Management; Krystal Williams T'03, program manager of Deere & Company; Jacques-Philippe Piverger T'07, asset manager, private equity, AIG Investments; and Dean Paul Danos of the Tuck School.
"As a participant in last year's diversity conference, I experienced a sense of community and camaraderie that I didn't find at other schools," says Oliver Perez T'10. "That weekend was a big reason why I decided to come to Tuck."
Conference sponsors include John Deere (diamond sponsor), PepsiCo (platinum sponsor), AIG Investments, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, Eli Lilly and Company, and The Parthenon Group (silver sponsors).
For more information on the event, visit the Tuck Diversity Conference website.
Founded in 1900, Tuck is the first graduate school of management in the country and consistently ranks among the top business schools worldwide. Tuck remains distinctive among the world's great business schools by combining human scale with global reach, rigorous coursework with experiences requiring teamwork, and valued traditions with innovation.
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