Below is a statement from Idalene “Idie” Kesner, dean of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business, after Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all three charges in the murder of George Floyd: Dear Kelley Students, Faculty, Staff and Alumni, Eleven months ago, we watched with outrage the appalling video footage of George Floyd’s death… Read more »
Diversity
Eli Lilly CIO, Deloitte U.S. board chair and theGrio chief content officer speaking at IU Kelley School
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Diversity Month at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business will conclude with presentations by two successful female leaders in the C-suite and another featuring the chief content officer of theGrio, a news organization covering Black America. Kelley’s Full-Time MBA Program has been presenting the event series, “Unity in Diversity,” which already… Read more »
Statements from Kelley students in solidarity with the AAPI Community
As representatives of the broader Asian and International student body, we whole-heartedly believe that our presence here has brought diversity in the forms of new perspectives, empathy, and purpose. Together, we’ve celebrated each other’s cultures, united communities through our actions, embraced each other’s commonalities, and have learned to love each other as humans. As… Read more »
Kelley’s Diversity Month begins with honoring first Consortium fellows, other notable alumni
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Indiana University Kelley School of Business and its Full-Time MBA Program are kicking off Diversity Month with the dedication on April 9 of a new series of banners recognizing an accomplished group of alumni who have been part of the school’s history and efforts to be inclusive. Students, faculty and staff… Read more »
‘They truly see you’: Students find family, inspiration to fight for social change in Kelley Office of Diversity Initiatives (KODI)
The Kelley Office of Diversity Initiatives, or KODI, is more than an office at the Kelley School of Business. It’s often described as a family. “The emotional support and sense of family at KODI is unlike anything I could’ve expected,” said Naomi Jackson, BS’22, a Fry Scholar who serves as Kelley Student Government’s director of… Read more »
Kelley School hosts Big Ten event to encourage female and underrepresented professionals to pursue academic careers in business
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A frequent issue facing American business education is a critical shortage of academically trained faculty members from underrepresented populations. To help address this issue, the Indiana University Kelley School of Business is hosting a webinar on Feb. 25 with the 14 business schools of the Big Ten. The consecutive three-session virtual event,… Read more »
Prebys Scholar is first IU student chosen for prestigious program for African American men
WASHINGTON — Zachary Harper, an accounting major at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business and a Conrad Prebys Scholar, been chosen by the Institute for Responsible Citizenship to participate in its prestigious program during the summers of 2021 and 2022. The Institute is an intensive two-summer program for some of America’s best and brightest… Read more »
Next Equity Now talk to highlight challenges for the disabled now and after COVID-19
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — As we all know, COVID-19 has had a profound effect on the workplace. Many working from home have faced the additional challenges of caring for children and other family members and other concerns normally outside the job environment. But what about for those with disabilities? Marianne DelPo Kulow, the Gregory H Adamian… Read more »
Looking back at great things that happened in 2020, Kelley’s historic centennial year
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – As we turn the page on another calendar year, a somewhat muted centennial celebration of the Indiana University Kelley School of Business also comes to an end. As we reflect on what has been a tumultuous 2020, it remains true that students, faculty and staff at Kelley continued a 100-year legacy of… Read more »
Kelley School’s HOPE Digital Project helps more than 360 Hoosier ventures through pandemic
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – During the pandemic, more than 360 small businesses and public organizations in Indiana in 52 counties across Indiana – half of them owned by women – have been helped through a no-cost assistant program by the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. Working in partnership with the Indiana Economic Development Corporation… Read more »