Syracuse University

Martin J. Whitman School of Management

RECRUITMENT AND SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS

What programs and initiatives has your school found successful in the recruitment of minority and/or female students?
The Whitman School of Management recruits minority and female students through its alliance with the following organizations.

National Black MBA Association

Says the website, “As a professional membership organization of Black graduates with MBAs, advanced degrees and entrepreneurs, we will increase
the number as well as the diversity of successful Blacks in the business community by:

• Providing innovative programs to stimulate their intellectual and economic growth

• Building partnerships with key stakeholders who help facilitate this growth
• Increasing awareness and facilitating access to graduate management education programs and career opportunities in management fields

“Established in 1970, the National Black MBA Association is dedicated to develop partnerships that result in the creation of intellectual and economic
wealth in the Black community. In partnership with over 400 of the country’s top business organizations, the association has inroads into a wide range
of industries as well as the public and private sector. Yet all of NBMBAA’s partners have one thing in common: they are all committed to the
organization’s goals and values.”

National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA)

According to the website, “widely known as the ‘premier Hispanic organization,’ NSHMBA serves 32 chapters and 7,000 members in the United States
and Puerto Rico. It exists to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development. NSHMBA works to
prepare Hispanics for leadership positions throughout the United States, so that they can provide the cultural awareness and sensitivity vital in the
management of the nation’s diverse work force.”

PhD Project
According to The PhD Project website, the organization’s “mission is to increase the diversity of corporate America by increasing the diversity of
business school faculty. We attract African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native Americans to business PhD programs and provide a network
of peer support on their journey to becoming professors. As faculty, they serve as role models attracting and mentoring minority students while
improving the preparation of all students for our diverse workplace and society.”

Please describe any scholarship and/or fellowship opportunities for minority and/or female students attending your school.
Name of fellowship program: Syracuse University African-American Graduate Fellowships
Deadline for application: January 10th
Fellowship award amount: Full tuition and $12,050 stipend
Website or other contact information: gradsch.syr.edu/suresources.htm

Fellows are required to enroll in at least one three-credit graduate course each semester in the African-American studies program for the duration of
their award. These fellowships are awarded for one academic year and are usually not typically re-awarded for consecutive academic years.

Name of scholarship program: NBMBAA MBA Scholarship Program

Deadline for application: April 21st
Scholarship award amount: Up to $15,000
Website or other contact information: www.nbmbaa.org/index.aspx?pageid=790

From the NBMBAA website, “The NBMBAA MBA Scholarship Program identifies students who have demonstrated potential to make significant
contributions in the field of business in the public and private sectors. Applicants must demonstrate academic excellence, exceptional leadership
potential and be actively involved in their local communities through service to others.

“Each year a minimum of 25 students receive scholarship awards up to $15,000 and NBMBAA membership. Some recipients will also receive round-
trip airfare and housing to the annual conference and exposition, complimentary conference registration and special VIP access to receptions and
events at the conference.”

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Name of scholarship program: National Society of Hispanic MBAs Scholarship Program

Deadline for application: April 30th
Scholarship award amount: Varies; $5,000 to $10,000
Website or other contact information: www.nshmba.org/scholarship

From the NSHMBA website, “The National Society of Hispanic MBAs, which exists ‘to foster Hispanic leadership through graduate management
education and professional development,’ has established a scholarship program to assist qualified Hispanics to pursue MBAs. Scholarships are
offered each year for full- and part-time study at an accredited (AACSB) institution of the student’s choice.”

PROMINENT ALUMNI/FACULTY
Please provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school.
Maurice Harris, associate dean for graduate programs and assistant professor of finance
Professor Harris’ primary areas of research include market microstructure, asset return volatility and corporate finance. His most recent research
inquiry examines product market competition among firms and the impact of this competition on the long-run equilibrium relationship among their
capital structures. His professional work experience includes positions in the financial services industry with First City National Bank of Houston, the
Government Finance Research Center and Fidelity Investments. Professor Harris received his PhD in finance from the Whitman School of
Management.

Melvin Stith, dean

In his scholarly research, Dr. Stith studies the impact of value systems on consumer purchase behavior and key influences on African-American and
white consumers’ habits. His work has appeared in leading marketing and psychological journals. Dr. Stith has shared his research expertise as a
consultant or lecturer for many private companies and public agencies, including the Dracket Company, American Hospital Supply, Florida Department
of Education, Florida Department of Transportation, Glembys, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co., Anheuser-Busch, Kent Publishing Co., JM Family
Enterprises, Associated Credit Bureaus and the University of Wisconsin. He recently concluded a one-year appointment as the chair of the Graduate
Management Admissions Council (GMAC). Dr. Stith earned his PhD in marketing from the Whitman School of Management. In 2008, he was honored
as an inaugural member of the Academy of Distinguished Alumni by Norfolk State University.

Fernando Diz, Martin J. Whitman Associate Professor

Professor Diz is the Martin J. Whitman Associate Professor of Finance. His research specialties are in the areas of trading, derivative securities and
value and distress investing. His work has been presented at academic as well as industry forums such as the American Stock Exchange Derivatives
Colloquium and the Forum for Managed Futures and Derivatives, and published in such journals as The Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice, The
Journal of Futures Markets, The Journal of Alternative Investments and Derivatives Quarterly. Professor Diz has consulted with several utilities and
power companies on issues related to trading electricity, as well as with global companies like the Spanish futures exchange MEFF and the Caixa de
Catalunya. He received his PhD in agricultural finance from Cornell University.

Tridib Mazumdar, Howard R. Gendal Professor of Marketing, director of the Earl V. Snyder Center for Innovation Management and associate dean for
faculty development and research
Tridib Mazumdar researches product valuation, pricing, reference prices and new product development and planning. His teaching specializes in
marketing research, innovation management and international marketing. Professor Mazumdar is a member of the editorial review board of the Journal
of Retailing, Pricing Strategy and Practice. He is the two-time winner of the Faculty of the Year Award for the Syracuse University School of
Management MBA program. An award-winning researcher, Professor Mazumdar has been published in such journals as European Journal of
Operational Research, Journal of Marketing, Marketing Science and Journal of Marketing Research. He received his PhD and MBA from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University.

S.P. Raj, Distinguished Professor of Marketing

Professor Raj’s research interests include marketing strategies, customer purchasing behavior, management of new product development, role of the
Internet in marketing and multimedia instruction. He teaches marketing management, marketing strategy, integrated marketing communications,
marketing and the Internet, marketing research and marketing models. He has taught graduate and undergraduate students, full time and part time,
at Syracuse University, Cornell University and Northwestern University. Professor Raj has been published in such journals as European Journal of
Operational Research, Journal of Marketing and Marketing Science. He has also taught in programs for executives in the United States and in Brazil,
Finland, Jamaica, Korea and India. Professor Raj completed his PhD at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University.

Raja Velu, Irwin and Marjorie Guttag Professor of Managerial Statistics

Professor Velu’s research interests in statistics include multivariate methods, longitudinal and time series modeling and exploratory data analysis. He
is currently interested in applied areas such as scanner data modeling in marketing research, analysis of high-frequency data in finance and outcome
research in health sciences. Professor Velu has worked as part of the Intelligent Information Systems Group at IBM-Almaden Lab, where he conducted
cutting edge research on data mining, and as part of the forecasting team at Yahoo!, in developing the company’s newest ad platform, Panama. He
has published in Biometrika and the Journal of Econometrics, among many others, and has a research monograph published by Springer. His research

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is cited in various social and natural sciences fields. He is also involved in training and consulting for such leading companies as Saks Fifth Avenue
and Time, Inc. Professor Velu received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Please provide information about prominent minority alumni from your school.
Angel Collado-Schwarz, MBA 1974, president, Fundacion Voz del Centro

Brenda Stith Finch, MBA 1975, vice president of Global Enterprise Project Management, Verizon

Melvin T. Stith, MBA 1973, PhD 1978, dean, the Whitman School of Management

Please provide information about prominent female faculty members at your school.
Elet Callahan, professor of law and public policy
Professor Callahan received her bachelor’s at Wellesley College and her JD at the Syracuse University College of Law where she is a member of the
Order of the Coif. She has taught at the Whitman School of Management since 1986. Over the years, she has received numerous teaching awards,
including the Academy of Legal Studies in Business Master Teacher Award in 2002 and 1998, Beta Gamma Sigma Outstanding Faculty of the Year at
Whitman in 1992-1993 and the Whitman School of Management Exceptional Teaching Award in 1992. Most recently, she received the 2005
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award from the Syracuse University Alumni Association and the 2004-2006 Gateway Teaching Fellowship.

Professor Callahan’s research interests include whistle-blowing, at-will employment, environmental policy and academic integrity. Her work has been
published in such journals as the Virginia Journal of International Law, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, American Business Law Journal,
Villanova Law Review, Journal of Business Ethics and Syracuse Law Review. Professor Callahan serves as chair of the vice chancellor/provost’s
committee on academic integrity. In addition, she is a member of the chancellor’s review board and committee on honorary degrees, Syracuse
University senate.

Kira Reed, assistant professor of management

Professor Reed’s current research interests focuses on how firms develop and utilize intellectual capital in performance-enhancing ways. As a former
banker in Chicago, she studies the banking industry but has also taken an interest in studying this phenomenon in entrepreneurial settings such as
the film industry. Her doctoral dissertation examined the effects of combining firms’ human capital (i.e., employees’ skills and abilities), social capital
(i.e., employees’ social relations with each other and customers), and organizational capital (i.e., corporate culture, technological infrastructure) on
performance in the New England banking industry. Her work has been published in such journals as the Journal of Managerial Issues, Business and
Society Journal, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Journal of Management Studies and the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
She received the 2005 Best Interactive Paper Award from the organizational development and change division of the Academy of Management.
Professor Reed earned her BS in finance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, her MBA from Northwestern University and her PhD in
management from the University of Connecticut. Prior to the Whitman School of Management, she taught at Iowa State University. She teaches the
graduate-level courses on strategy, human resources and leadership and organizational change.

Frances Gaither Tucker, chair and associate professor of marketing and supply chain
Most of Professor Tucker’s research has investigated how the logistics function contributes to corporate and marketing strategies and profits. She has
extensively researched the use of benchmarking to improve corporate profitability and quality. Her consulting has been both in customer satisfaction
measurement and logistics strategy. Clients have included AT&T, Xerox, GE, DuPont, numerous small businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Professor Tucker received her PhD in logistics from the Ohio State University.

Pamela Brandes, associate professor of management

Dr. Brandes’ research interests are in the areas of executive compensation, corporate governance and employee attitudes. Her research appears in
publications such as Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Perspectives,
Journal of Business Research, Group and Organization Management and Human Resource Management Review. She is a Whitman Research Fellow
and received her PhD in management from the University of Cincinnati.

Sandra Phillips, assistant professor of finance

Professor Phillips’ research expertise is in the areas of financial policy and the intersection of financial institutions and consumers, including mortgage
and housing discrimination and predatory and subprime lending. Her 20-plus year career in the business world encompasses roles as vice president
in corporate finance at Bank of America, bank examiner for the State of Missouri, and management trainee at Edward Jones and Company. She
received her PhD and MBA from Saint Louis University.

Please provide information about prominent alumnae from your school.

Li Shen, MBA 2003, senior global planning analyst, Nike

Darlene DeRemer, BS 1977, 1979 MBA, partner, Grail Partners

Lisa Fontinelli, BS 1986, managing director, Goldman Sachs

Joanie Mahoney, BS 1987, county executive, Onondaga County, New York

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CURRICULUM AND RESEARCH

Please provide information on any classes and concentrations that focus on issues related to women or minorities.
INB 651/SHR 548: Management in a Cross-Cultural Environment 3 IR
Factors that have an impact on managerial effectiveness in an international organization: language, religion, values and attitudes, educational structure,
social organization, technology, political climate and legal environment.

BUA 556/INB 656: International Human Resource Management 3 IR

Cross-national comparison of personnel—and industrial—relations practices and selection, training and compensation theory and practice associated
with managing expatriate employees.

Please describe any faculty and/or student research projects that focus on diversity, multiculturalism and minority issues.
Yitzhak Fried, professor of management, focuses his research on diversity, affirmative action, legal issues in human resources, sexual harassment,
performance evaluation, performance management, job design, teamwork, work motivation, psychological effects of downsizing, cultural and cross-
cultural issues at work and work stress. His work has appeared in leading journals in the field, including the Academy of Management Review, Journal
of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Journal of
Occupational Health Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior and Human Relations. Between 1998 and 2001, he served as the associate editor in
chief of the International Journal of Organizational Behavior. His work includes:

Levi, A. and Fried, Y. “Race differences in reactions to affirmative action practices: A referent cognitions perspective.” Journal of Applied
Psychology (second revision).

Hargis, M.B., Baltes, B.B., Fried, Y. and Levi, A. (2006). “Race differences at work: The role of educational inequality.” Journal of Business
and Psychology, 587 to 598.

Fried, Y., Slowik, L., Ben-David, H.A. and Tiegs, R.B. (2001). “Exploring the relationship between workspace density and employee
attitudinal reactions: An integrative model.” Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 74, 359 to 372.

Fried, Y., Levi, A.S., Billings, S.W. and Browne, K.R. (2001). “The relations between political ideology and attitudes toward affirmative action
among African-Americans: The moderating effect of racial discrimination in the workplace.” Human Relations, 54, 561 to 584.

Sandra Phillips, assistant professor of finance, researches discrimination in lending practices. Her publications include:

“African Americans and Mortgage Lending Discrimination.” Western Journal of Black Studies (WJBS), Washington State University Press,
Pullman, Wash., Volume 27, No. 2, Summer 2003.

“Bank Financing and Discrimination in the Consumer Mortgage Market: An Application of HMDA Data.” Pakistan Journal of Applied
Sciences (PJAS), with Scannell, N.J.,Volume 3, No. 1, January 2003.

Please describe any symposiums or special lectures that focus on diversity and minority issues organized and/or sponsored by your school.
WISE (Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship)
The Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship hosts the annual WISE (Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship) conference at the OnCenter in
downtown Syracuse. Last year’s keynote speaker was Emme, entrepreneur, fashion designer, author and the world’s first full-figured supermodel.

CNY Business International Forum—Latin America

The Kiebach Center for International Business Studies, in collaboration with the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, the U.S. Department of
Commerce, CNY Technology Development Organization and the County of Onondaga’s Division of Economic Development, present “Doing Business
in Latin America: Welch Allyn’s New Strategic Direction.”

ORGANIZATIONS AND STUDENT LIFE

Please provide information on your school diversity student and alumni organizations.
National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)
Since 1969, the National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. has been the leader in expanding the influence of minority business professionals.
NABA represents the interests of minorities participating in the fields of accounting, auditing, business, consulting, finance and information technology.
Our membership ranks include practicing professionals, undergraduates and graduate students preparing for careers in these areas. Our mission is
to address the professional needs of our members and to build leaders that shape the future of the accounting and finance arenas.

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Please also provide information on any programs, including on-campus and universitywide programs in which MBA students participate that focus on
issues related to women or minorities.
Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV)
The Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans with Disabilities offers cutting edge, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business
management to soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines disabled as a result of their service supporting operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
The intent of the EBV is to open the door to entrepreneurial opportunity and small business ownership to you, by developing your competencies in the
many steps and activities associated with creating and sustaining an entrepreneurial venture, and also by helping you coordinate your efforts with
programs and services for veterans and others with disabilities.

The EBV was first introduced by the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University in 2007. In 2008, the EBV Consortium of Schools was
launched, a national partnership with UCLA Anderson School of Management, Florida State University’s College of Business and Mays Business School
at Texas A&M University. Beginning in summer 2008, each of these world-class business schools will offer EBV on their campuses. Building upon
key elements of SU’s nationally ranked entrepreneurship curriculum, the boot camp consists of a series of training modules designed to assist you in
growing businesses successfully and profitably. A team of experienced faculty and successful entrepreneurs will work with you, providing a fun,
interactive and informative experience. They will introduce entrepreneurship ideas and concepts, and show how to apply them to your current or
potential business. The EBV program is offered entirely free to qualified veterans accepted into the program.

Please provide information on any institutes and/or related programs that focus on diversity.
Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (WISE) Center
The WISE Center is an exciting resource for women entrepreneurs at all stages of business development. If you have a business idea or a dream, if
you are starting a business or have an established business which you’re growing, we can help. The WISE Center provides expertise and support to
business owners wanting to go to the next level of success. We offer counseling, coaching, consulting and training. We also provide essential
networking and mentoring opportunities.

With the support and resources of the Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship, the Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises and
Syracuse University, our goal is to empower women to move forward in the innovation, growth and development of their business ventures.

Lillian and Emanuel Slutzker Center for International Student Services (SCIS)
The staff of the center for international services welcomes our international students to Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science
and Forestry. The major role of the SCIS is to aid the international student with his or her adjustment to the Syracuse campus and community. The
SCIS is the place to go on campus if you have questions regarding immigration regulations, passports, visas, insurance, employment and travel. If you
have personal, social, academic, health, housing or financial problems, the SCIS staff offers advice and counseling.

The office of multicultural affairs (OMA)

The office of multicultural affairs provides the necessary support and guidance needed to encourage students to become members of a community
respectful of differences. OMA assists students to grow into individuals willing to take a proactive stance against oppression in all its forms. OMA offers
one-on-one support for students of color at Syracuse University. OMA reaches out to students of all colors who are struggling with mixed messages
they may receive in dealing with the issues of race and diversity in their own communities.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center

The Syracuse University GLBT resource center provides education, advocacy, support and safe space for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
questioning and straight-allied students, staff, faculty, parents and alumni of Syracuse University. The GLBT resource center works collaboratively with
all faculty, staff and students to promote shared responsibility for a campus climate that is safe, developmentally supportive and respectful for the GLBT
community on campus.

Please describe any off-campus resources, activities, programs and/or organizations that may be of interest to minority or female students.
Turkish Cultural Center
www.tccsyr.org
According to its website, the Turkish Cultural Center of Syracuse “is a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and informing the public about
the many dimensions of Turkey and Turkish culture and its history and to unite the Turkish-American community within the Syracuse, N.Y., area as
well as strengthen relations with the surrounding population by exchanging cultural diversity through sponsorship of different social gatherings.”

Ukrainian Cultural Center of Syracuse

www.syrucc.org
According to its website, the UCC of Syracuse is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is “to encourage study, knowledge and interest in the Ukrainian
language and culture and to be a service organization to the community in areas of social, medical, legal and senior assistance.”

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Women TIES (Together Inspiring Entrepreneurial Success)

www.womenties.com
According to their website, “Women TIES exists to help women business owners promote their companies, exchange corporate success strategies and
inspire each other to higher levels of entrepreneurial success.” Events include Project Managements Strategies to Run Your Business More
Successfully and The Keys to Profitability—How to Make Your Company More Profitable.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Please describe any diversity recruiting events for employers recruiting minority and/or female students at or near your school.
The Whitman School’s partnerships with the NBMBAA and the NSHMBA allow students to attend the annual career fairs where minority students can
browse career opportunities. Additionally, the Whitman School has a department of career services devoted to diversity career resources, including
internship listings, counseling and other services.

STRATEGIC PLAN AND LEADERSHIP

Please provide your school’s diversity mission statement.
1. To address the needs of a diverse student population to include students of color, students with disabilities and students who are at risk,
underrepresented, economically disadvantaged or first generation.

2. To lead, through best practices, in programs and services that promote student learning, development, persistence, connection and satisfaction.

3. To collaborate within and beyond the campus community to enhance student achievement.

4. To foster an inclusive campus environment that is culturally responsive and sensitive to a community that respects and celebrates diversity.

DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
Please describe the demographics of your most recent entering class.
Percentage of female students: 31 percent

Percentage of minority students: 17 percent

Average age of students: 26

Please describe the geographic diversity of your most recent entering class.
Percentage of international students: 25 percent

Please describe the academic and employment backgrounds of your most recent entering class.
Average years of pre-MBA work experience: Two

Percentage of students who studied different undergraduate disciplines:

Economics: 6 percent
Engineering: 27 percent
Humanities: 6 percent
Social sciences: 6 percent
Natural sciences: 13 percent
Business: 40 percent
Other major/field of study: 2 percent

Please provide student employment information for the most recent graduating class.
Class of 2008

Average starting salary: $62,500

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Major recruiting companies:

BB&T
Cooper Crouse Hinds
Cummins
Ernst & Young
First Environment
IBM
Intel
Markov Processes
Ochsner Medical Center
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Xerox Corporation

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