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University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School RECRUITMENT AND SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS What programs and initiatives has your school found successful in the recruitment of minority and/or female students? Wharton is committed to diversity among MBA applicants and students. Each year, we hold special events that encourage candidates from all underrepresented groups to learn more about Wharton’s programs and our close-knit community. We also partner with external organizations to develop the next generation of business leaders of color. Our clubs and student associations actively reach out to prospective candidates and others who may one day be interested in an MBA. This creates an active and supportive environment for underrepresented minorities throughout the admissions process, during their two years at Wharton and once they become alumni. The Wharton School sponsors on-campus events to recruit prospective female students and students of color, such as: Explore Wharton: Diversity in Action If you are a woman, an underrepresented minority or a GLBT prospective student, we invite you to visit us at our annual prospective student event Explore Wharton: Diversity in Action. Co-sponsored by the African-American MBA Association (AAMBAA), Wharton Hispanic-American MBA Association (WHAMBAA), Wharton Women in Business (WWIB), Out for Business (Out4Biz) and Wharton’s MBA admissions office, Explore Wharton gives you the opportunity to experience Wharton firsthand. This two-day event focuses on Wharton MBA opportunities for prospective women, GLBT and underrepresented minorities. You will meet current students and administrators, attend classes with Wharton’s top professors and gain invaluable insights into the admissions process. Discover how our distinctively collaborative environment, innovative learning channels, global reach and diversity of talent place you at the leading edge of new ideas that shape worldwide practice in the business, nonprofit and government sectors. Wharton diversity receptions Join us at one of our MBA diversity receptions, hosted by alumni and representatives of the MBA admissions office, to gain an insider’s perspective on Wharton’s MBA admissions philosophy and process and to learn more about whether a Wharton MBA is right for you. In addition, the Wharton School partners with organizations that promote women and minorities in business and business education. These organizations include: National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) www.nbmbaa.org The Wharton School partners with the NBMBAA and sponsors a booth at its annual conference. Says the NBMBAA 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. Established in 1970, the National Black MBA Association is dedicated to developing 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.” Forté Foundation www.ForteFoundation.org The Forté Foundation is a consortium of major corporations, top business schools and influential nonprofit organizations that, in only three years, has become a powerful change agent in educating and directing talented women toward leadership roles in business. Forté’s mission is to substantially increase the number of women in business by increasing the flow of women into key educational gateways and business networks. The Wharton School is a Forté sponsor. Lead Summer Business Institute (LEAD) www.leadprogram.org Every summer, 10 of the nation’s top graduate business schools host an exciting, intensive program where high school juniors from diverse backgrounds are introduced to careers in a variety of disciplines. To date, LEAD boasts almost 7,000 alumni, and 50 percent of those alumni have received or are pursuing an MBA from a top business school. Toigo Foundation www.toigofoundation.org Beginning in 1989, the Robert Toigo Foundation has worked to change the face of the financial services industry. Bob and Sue Toigo, active leaders in the industry through business and political work, created the financial services fellowship to increase opportunities for minorities in the field. 756

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University of Pennsylvania The Wharton SchoolRECRUITMENT AND SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS

What programs and initiatives has your school found successful in the recruitment of minority and/or female students?

Wharton is committed to diversity among MBA applicants and students. Each year, we hold special events that encourage candidates from allunderrepresented groups to learn more about Wharton’s programs and our close-knit community. We also partner with external organizations todevelop the next generation of business leaders of color.

Our clubs and student associations actively reach out to prospective candidates and others who may one day be interested in an MBA. This createsan active and supportive environment for underrepresented minorities throughout the admissions process, during their two years at Wharton and oncethey become alumni.

The Wharton School sponsors on-campus events to recruit prospective female students and students of color, such as:

Explore Wharton: Diversity in ActionIf you are a woman, an underrepresented minority or a GLBT prospective student, we invite you to visit us at our annual prospective studentevent Explore Wharton: Diversity in Action.

Co-sponsored by the African-American MBA Association (AAMBAA), Wharton Hispanic-American MBA Association (WHAMBAA), WhartonWomen in Business (WWIB), Out for Business (Out4Biz) and Wharton’s MBA admissions office, Explore Wharton gives you the opportunityto experience Wharton firsthand. This two-day event focuses on Wharton MBA opportunities for prospective women, GLBT andunderrepresented minorities. You will meet current students and administrators, attend classes with Wharton’s top professors and gaininvaluable insights into the admissions process.

Discover how our distinctively collaborative environment, innovative learning channels, global reach and diversity of talent place you at theleading edge of new ideas that shape worldwide practice in the business, nonprofit and government sectors.

Wharton diversity receptionsJoin us at one of our MBA diversity receptions, hosted by alumni and representatives of the MBA admissions office, to gain an insider’sperspective on Wharton’s MBA admissions philosophy and process and to learn more about whether a Wharton MBA is right for you.

In addition, the Wharton School partners with organizations that promote women and minorities in business and business education. Theseorganizations include:

National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA)www.nbmbaa.orgThe Wharton School partners with the NBMBAA and sponsors a booth at its annual conference. Says the NBMBAA website, “As aprofessional membership organization of Black graduates with MBAs, advanced degrees and entrepreneurs, we will increase the number aswell as the diversity of successful Blacks in the business community. Established in 1970, the National Black MBA Association is dedicatedto developing partnerships that result in the creation of intellectual and economic wealth in the Black community. In partnership with over400 of the country’s top business organizations, the association has inroads into a wide range of industries as well as the public and privatesector. Yet all of NBMBAA’s partners have one thing in common: they are all committed to the organization’s goals and values.”

Forté Foundationwww.ForteFoundation.orgThe Forté Foundation is a consortium of major corporations, top business schools and influential nonprofit organizations that, in only threeyears, has become a powerful change agent in educating and directing talented women toward leadership roles in business. Forté’s missionis to substantially increase the number of women in business by increasing the flow of women into key educational gateways and businessnetworks. The Wharton School is a Forté sponsor.

Lead Summer Business Institute (LEAD)www.leadprogram.orgEvery summer, 10 of the nation’s top graduate business schools host an exciting, intensive program where high school juniors from diversebackgrounds are introduced to careers in a variety of disciplines. To date, LEAD boasts almost 7,000 alumni, and 50 percent of those alumnihave received or are pursuing an MBA from a top business school.

Toigo Foundationwww.toigofoundation.orgBeginning in 1989, the Robert Toigo Foundation has worked to change the face of the financial services industry. Bob and Sue Toigo, activeleaders in the industry through business and political work, created the financial services fellowship to increase opportunities for minoritiesin the field.

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Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT)ml4t.orgA national nonprofit organization, MLT has made groundbreaking progress to correct the dramatic underrepresentation of minorities inleadership positions. MLT works to increase the number of minorities in institutions that develop talent, such as first-tier business schoolsand high-profile companies. Today, MLT is the No. 1 source of students of color for top-10 MBA programs.

Ten School Diversity AllianceThe Wharton School is one of the founding members of the Ten School Diversity Alliance. The mission of the Ten School Diversity Allianceis to impact and influence the diversity of MBA campuses, organizations and the global community. It also strives to increase awareness ofand participation in graduate management education by underrepresented populations.

85 Broadswww.85broads.com85 Broads is a worldwide organization of 13,000-plus members dedicated to creating a global community of exceptional women who definesuccess on their own terms, both personally and professionally. As a key partner with 85 Broads, Wharton supports women undergraduatesand MBA students through mentoring and networking opportunities.

CDG Perspectiveswww.cdgperspectives.comWharton is a partner with CDG Perspectives, “a boutique human capital management consulting firm serving institutions and individualsfocused on improving the manner in which talented diversity candidates are sourced, recruited and retained in the corporate sector.” CDGsponsors a graduate diversity forum, which is a two-day event that focuses on expanding the pool of graduate level, women and diversitycandidates interested in and prepared to pursue a career in a variety of industries in the private and public sectors. The 2008 graduatediversity forum offered sessions focused on several industries including: financial services, consumer products and socialentrepreneurship/nonprofit.

Please describe any scholarship and/or fellowship opportunities for minority and/or female students attending your school.

Name of fellowship program: Howard E. Mitchell (HEM) FellowshipsDeadline for application: With application for admissionFellowship award amount: Full tuitionWebsite or other contact information: www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/finance/grants.cfm

Howard E. Mitchell Fellowship is a full-tuition award for exceptional students from underrepresented backgrounds. The fellowship was established inhonor of Howard E. Mitchell, the first tenured African-American professor at Wharton and founder and director of the Wharton human resources center.Specific instructions and criteria for applying are provided at the time of admission.

Name of fellowship program: The Forté FellowshipDeadline for application: With application for admissionFellowship award amount: VariesWebsite or other contact information: www.fortefoundation.org

The Forté Foundation is an organization of top business schools and corporations whose mission is to increase the number of women in business.Each year, Forté Scholars are selected based on exemplary leadership and achievement. Scholars participate fully in the Forté Scholars programs.For more information on scholar benefits, please visit www.fortefoundation.org. No separate application is required to be considered as a WhartonForté Scholar.

Name of fellowship program: Toigo FellowshipDeadline for application: February 2nd and April 10thFellowship award amount: $5,000 per academic yearWebsite or other contact information: www.toigofoundation.org

From the Toigo Foundation website: “Each year, the foundation selects over 60 first- and second-year MBA students of color as Toigo Fellows. Ourcommitment to these talented up-and-coming minority professionals is to help each excel as a finance professional. We provide each fellow with anintroduction to an extensive network of finance firms and professionals, as well as mentoring, professional development training, finance industryinsights, career coaching and employment services. The broad level of support continues throughout your entire career, not just while you are enrolledin business school.”

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Name of fellowship program: Hispanic Scholarship Fund/Pfizer Inc. Fellowship ProgramFellowship award amount: $10,000Website or other contact information: www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/finance/external.cfm

Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF), along with Pfizer, Inc., sponsors students in graduate school. The HSF/Pfizer Inc. Fellowship Program is availableon a competitive basis to Hispanic graduate students at selected universities and in selected majors. The fellowship includes a $10,000 first-yearacademic year award and a paid summer internship in New York. A renewal award of $10,000 for a second year is contingent upon successfulcompletion of the summer internship.

PROMINENT ALUMNI/FACULTY

Please provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school.

Georgette Chapman Phillips, David B. Ford Professor of Real Estate and professor of legal studies and law In addition to her responsibilities as professor, Dr. Phillips has been vice dean of the Wharton undergraduate division since 2007. From 2003 to 2007,she served as chairperson of the real estate department and was named the David B. Ford Professor of Real Estate in 2003. Dr. Phillips joined Whartonin 1992.

Dr. Phillips’ research focuses on real estate law, housing, and urban and regional planning. Her work has been published in many journals, includingthe Missouri Law Review, Wharton Real Estate Review, Virginia Journal of Law & Politics and Berkeley Business Law Journal. She serves on the editorialboard of The Practical Real Estate Lawyer and is a contributing editor for the Real Estate Law Journal. In addition, Dr. Phillips is a member of theAmerican College of Real Estate Lawyers.

She received the Undergraduate Division Excellence in Teaching Award in 1994 and the Rapaport Undergraduate Core Teaching Award in 1997.

Jagmohan S. Raju, Joseph J. Aresty Professor and professor of marketingProfessor Raju specializes in pricing, retailing, salesforce compensation and strategic alliances. His current research focuses on implementing categorymanagement practice, effective use of private labels, understanding internet affiliate programs and coordinating multiple distribution channels. In 1995and 2000, he received the John D.C. Little Best Paper Award from INFORMS. In 1992 and 2000, Professor Raju received the Frank Bass Award, alsofrom INFORMS.

Professor Raju has been at the Wharton School since 1992. Before then, he taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. He earned his PhD,MA and MS from Stanford University, his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and his BTech from the Indian Institute ofTechnology, Delhi. Professor Raju has received awards for his teaching, including the 1991 George Robbins Teaching Award, the 1992 MarketingTeacher of the Year Award, the 2000 Wharton Executive MBA Teaching Award, and the 2006 Miller-Sherred MBA Core Teaching Award.

Kenneth L. Shropshire, David W. Hauck Professor and professor of legal studies and business ethicsProfessor Shropshire is the director of the Wharton Sports Business Initiative. He specializes in the sports industry, sports law, contracts, antitrust,negotiation and dispute resolution. His current projects include negotiation lessons from sports for business and educating professional athletes.

Professor Shropshire joined Wharton in 1986. He served as chairperson of the legal studies department from 2000 to 2005 and was the Pitney BowesTerm Assistant Professor of Legal Studies from 1986 to 1991. In addition, he was the acting director of the Afro-American studies program at theUniversity of Pennsylvania from 1997 to 1998.

Professor Shropshire is the author of numerous books. His first book, The Sports Franchise Game: American Cities in Pursuit of Sports Franchises,Stadiums and Events, was publised by the University of Pennsylvania Press in 1995. In Black and White: Race and Sports in America was publishedby New York University Press in 1996 and The Business of Sports was published by Jones and Bartlett in 2004. He is the co-author of Sports and theLaw: A Modern Anthology, Basketball Jones: America Above the Rim, The Business of Sports Agents and Being Sugar Ray: The Life of Sugar RayRobinson, America’s Greatest Boxer and the First Celebrity Athlete.

Jitendra V. Singh, Saul P. Steinberg Professor of ManagementProfessor Singh’s research interests include business process outsourcing, developing firm capabilities, organizational evolution and organizationalchange. His current projects focus on business process outsourcing, custom software pricing and simulation models of organizational processes. Hiswork has been published in such journals as Strategic Management and Harvard Business Review. He serves on the editorial boards of OrganizationScience, Strategic Management Journal and Strategic Organization.

Professor Singh has been at the Wharton School since 1987. He served as vice dean for international academic affairs from 1998 to 2003 and directorof the emerging economies program from 1996 to 1999. He was the Joseph Wharton Term Associate Professor of Management from 1987 to 1992.Prior to Wharton he taught at the University of Toronto. Professor Singh earned his PhD and MA at Stanford University, his MBA at the Indian Instituteof Management, Ahmedabad, India, and his BS at Lucknow University, India.

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Please provide information about prominent minority alumni from your school.

Yotaro Kobayashi, WG 1958, chief corporate adviser, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.As chief corporate adviser of the Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Yotaro Kobayashi is a business visionary. His company, a joint venture between Fuji Photo FilmCo., Ltd. and America’s Xerox Corp., is a global entity based in Japan with $9.5 billion in revenue and 36,000 employees in 2004.

Mr. Kobayashi joined Fuji Photo just after graduating Wharton, and by 1978 he had become executive vice president, president and then CEO of FujiXerox, rising to chairman of the board in March 1999 and then to his current position, chief corporate adviser. He is a member of Wharton’s executiveboard for Asia and a former Penn trustee.

Under Mr. Kobayashi, Fuji Xerox has been responsible for the innovation and manufacture of many Xerox products. Its innovations include the world’sfirst multifunction printer/copier in 1987.

Alfred C. Liggins III, MBA 1995, chief executive officer, Radio OneHis mother, Kathy Liggins Hughes, cofounded Radio One with limited funds, building the company station by station. Since taking over as CEO, AlfredC. Liggins III has turned it into a multimedia empire with 70 stations, billions of dollars in assets and millions of mostly Black nationwide listeners.

After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1983, Mr. Liggins worked for stations in Los Angeles while studying at the University of California.Returning to Washington in 1985, he managed sales and promotions for his mother’s radio station. The station flourished via increased advertisingand the firm purchased soft-rock station WMMJ-FM, changing the format to rhythm and blues, a formula often repeated to access underserved Blackaudiences with rhythm and blues, hip-hop and gospel programming.

After earning an MBA from Wharton in 1995, Mr. Liggins was promoted to CEO in 1997. The company’s growth exploded. By 1999, to raise morecapital, Mr. Liggins took the company public and brokered a $1.3 billion deal with media powerhouse Clear Channel. In 2001, Radio One expandedfurther, making it the largest urban-market radio company, entrenched in 22 markets with 18 million listeners. Recently, Mr. Liggins moved into cabletelevision with the creation of TV One via the help of cable giant Comcast, making him one of America’s youngest and most dynamic media moguls.

Nabeel A. Shaath, WG 1961, GR 1965, HON 1996, former deputy prime minister and minister of information, Palestinian National AuthorityNabeel Shaath has devoted decades of his life working toward peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. “I still think that rebuilding bridges ispossible. Two-thirds of the Israeli and Palestinian public think there is no alternative but peace. This is my source of hope. The people are sick andtired of violent conflict. They want to build bridges,” Mr. Shaath, the former deputy prime minister and minister of information for the PalestinianNational Authority, told an audience at the 2006 Wharton Global Alumni Forum in Istanbul.

When the Palestinian Authority was established in 1994, Mr. Shaath was its first minister of planning and international cooperation. He worked to boostthe area’s economy by signing a free trade agreement with its neighbors and with the United States and Canada, and establishing an associationagreement with the EU.

Mr. Shaath headed the PLO’s first delegation to the United Nations in 1974. In 1991, he was a member of the Madrid Peace Delegation and later wasinvolved in negotiations with Israel that led to the signing of the Oslo Agreements. From 1993 to 1995, he served as the head of the Palestiniannegotiation team and participated in later negotiations with Israel. He has also represented Occupied Palestine at the World Economic Forum.

Cesar Virata, WG 1953, vice chairman, Rizal Commercial Banking CorporationStressing technological advancement and economic development to achieve social progress, Cesar Virata became one of the Philippines’ mostprogressive prime ministers and finance leaders.

Starting as minister of finance in 1970, Mr. Virata oversaw the Philippines’ budget and restructured debt while dealing with international monetaryinstitutions. Yet, massive deficits began to build during the later years of the Marcos regime (1965 to 1986), partially caused by the oil crises and massprotests against Ferdinand E. Marcos, who was charged with government mismanagement, political repression and financial corruption.

During the 1980s, Mr. Virata made energy a top priority in the Philippines, establishing more hydroelectric, fuel and coal manufacturing systems in thehope of making the Philippines less dependent on foreign-sourced energy and freer to solve its other socioeconomic problems. He focused on socialdevelopment and its connection to improving food production, wealth distribution, manufacturing, transportation and communication.

Returning to private enterprise and serving as the president of the Bankers’ Association of the Philippines, Mr. Virata has been involved in strengtheningthe Philippines’ money exchanges. He remains highly respected as a business and political force.

James DePreist, WG 1958, ASC 1961, HON 1976, music director, Oregon SymphonyThe Oregon Symphony dedicated the 2002-2003 season to its music director of more than two decades, James DePreist. A program for the tributeseason declared, “James DePreist’s legacy is every note the orchestra will ever play.” His 50-plus recordings include more than a dozen records withthe Oregon Symphony that helped immeasurably in growing its international reputation. He received the National Medal of Arts from the NationalEndowment for the Arts in 2005.

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Born in Philadelphia in 1936, Mr. DePreist earned an undergraduate degree from Wharton and a master’s from Penn’s Annenberg School beforestudying composition at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. In Portland, he drew on his Wharton degree to devise ingenious marketing plans forbuilding the Oregon Symphony.

Mr. DePreist, in addition to being a busy guest conductor, is now permanent conductor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.

Please provide information about prominent female faculty members at your school.

Elizabeth E. Bailey, John C. Hower Professor of Business and Public PolicyProfessor Bailey joined Wharton in 1991 as the John C. Hower Professor of Business and Public Policy. She served as chairperson of the businessand public policy department from 1997 to 2005. Before Wharton, she was dean and professor of economics, industrial administration and publicpolicy at Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Bailey earned her PhD at Princeton University, her MS at the Stevens Institute of Technology and herBA at Radcliffe College.

Professor Bailey specializes in economic deregulation, contestability theory, strategic management of economic, environmental and internationalregulation, and corporate governance and social responsibility. Her current projects include research on airline industry structure in the aftermath ofderegulation and on links between CEO succession and executive performance. Her work has been published in such journals as the Yale Journal onRegulation, Southern Economic Journal and Eastern Economic Journal. Her book, The Political Economy of Privatization and Deregulation (with J.R.Pack), was published by Elgar in 1995.

Professor Bailey has received numerous awards, including the 1990 Director’s Choice Award from the National Women’s Economic Alliance Foundationand the 1985 Radcliffe College Alumnae Recognition Award. She has also earned two honorary degrees, a doctor of engineering from the StevensInstitute of Technology and a LLD from DePaul University. In addition, she was named a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1997.

Professor Bailey serves on the board of directors of the CSX Corporation and the Phillip Morris Companies, Inc. and is a member of the board of trusteesof the Brookings Institution, the College Retirement Equity Fund and the National Bureau of Economic Research. In addition, she is vice chairman ofBancroft NeuroHealth.

Katherine J. Klein, Edward H. Bowman Professor and professor of managementProfessor Klein specializes in multilevel organizational theory and research, organizational psychology, team composition, leadership and effectiveness,and organizational innovation processes. Her current projects include a shock trauma research project on team leadership, team performance andindividual learning in a dynamic setting, team composition, team leadership and team social networks over time, and stock options and employeeattitudes. Her research has been published in academic journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and Journal of Applied Psychology.Professor Klein was the associate editor of the Journal of Applied Psychology from 2002 to 2007 and currently serves on the editorial board ofAdministrative Science Quarterly.

Professor Klein has earned numerous awards, including the 2007 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology William A. Owens ScholarlyAchievement Award and the 1987 Academy of Management Outstanding Publication Award in Organizational Behavior. In addition, she has receivedgrants and fellowships, such as the Army Research Institute Research Grant, American Psychological Association Fellowship, Society for Industrial andOrganizational Psychology Fellowship, National Science Foundation Research Grant and the Human Resources Planning Society Research Grant.

Janice Fanning Madden, Robert C. Daniels Foundation Term Professor of Urban Studies, Regional Science, Sociology and Real EstateProfessor Madden is an expert in urban and regional economics and labor market analysis. Her current research projects focus on an analysis of thedeterminants of the distribution of income among households and earnings among workers within U.S. metropolitan areas. Recently, she has been aconsultant and expert witness on behalf of local and federal governmental agencies and corporations on issues involving employment discriminationand affirmative action. Her work has been published in journals such as Urban Studies and the Journal of Urban Economics.

Professor Madden has held many positions at the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania. From 1979 to 1991, she served asundergraduate chair of the department of regional science. Also during that time, she was director of the Alice Paul Research Center and women’sstudies program and vice provost for graduate education from 1991 to 2000. Professor Madden has served on the board of directors of the EconsultCorporation since 1980.

Please provide information about prominent alumnae from your school.

Suzanne Shank, WG 1987, chief executive officer, president and cofounder, Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.As president, CEO and cofounder of municipal bond specialist Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., Suzanne Shank has overseen transactions for the stateof Connecticut for more than $981 million and for the Detroit Water Board for more than $3 billion, as well as other large deals.

In 1997, Ms. Shank and a colleague, G. Napoleon Brandford, decided to team with Muriel Siebert, the first female member of the New York StockExchange, to capitalize on their knowledge of the municipal bond market. The Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, the Detroit water department, the city ofPhiladelphia, Ann Arbor and Detroit public schools, the city of Oakland and the states of Connecticut and Ohio all came to Siebert Brandford Shank& Co. for representation in the marketplace. Ms. Shank is an advocate of pre-marketing—getting financing set up before the actual sale date of thebonds, which ends up getting more backers who want a piece of the obligation—a hallmark of Siebert Brandford Shank.

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In 2006, Black Enterprise magazine named Ms. Shank one of the 50 Most Powerful Black Women in Business and one of the 75 Most InfluentialBlacks on Wall Street. Based in Detroit, she has established an internship program there—the Detroit Summer Finance Institute—opening careers inhigh finance to underprivileged city students.

Connie K. Duckworth, WG 1979, founding president, ArzuConnie Duckworth began her career at Arco in the oil business in the late 1970s when the industry was at its hottest. She then became a woman offirsts at Goldman Sachs, serving as the firm’s first female sales and trading partner, cohead of the municipal bond department, head of fixed incomein Los Angeles and cohead of the Chicago office.

In 2001, Ms. Duckworth retired from Goldman to make mentoring fledgling businesswomen her full-time vocation. She cofounded 8 Wings Enterprises,a group of angel investors that advises and selectively funds early-stage, women-led companies, and co-authored The Old Girls’ Network: Insider Advicefor Women Building Businesses in a Man’s World. In addition, she served as chair of the Committee of 200, a professional organization of the nation’smost powerful women entrepreneurs and corporate executives.

Today, Ms. Duckworth is in the spotlight for her work as founding president of Arzu, a nonprofit organization that aims to provide sustainable incometo Afghan women by sourcing and selling the carpets they weave. She is a member of Wharton’s board of overseers and a winner of the KathleenMcDonald Distinguished Alumnae Award from the Wharton Women in Business organization. When the Wharton Club of New York revived its JosephWharton Awards in 2006 after a 15-year hiatus, Ms. Duckworth was one of the first honorees.

Tan Sri Dato’ Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, PhD 1978, governor, Bank Negara MalaysiaTan Sri Dato’ Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz is governor of Malaysia’s central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia. Appointed governor in 1998 at the height of the Asianfinancial crisis, she successfully introduced and implemented an exchange control strategy that restored stability. She then created a master plan forthe financial sector—a strategy that included consolidating the banking system while rapidly expanding the Islamic financial sector. In 2005,Euromoney named Ms. Zeti Central Bank Governor of the Year for her pivotal role in reforming the exchange rate, capital markets and the bankingindustry.

Ms. Zeti, who had previously held senior positions in the departments responsible for monetary and financial policies and reserve management, hasbeen with the Central Bank since 1985. She has been an important figure in driving the growth of Islamic finance, not just in Malaysia but also inother parts of Asia, as well as having an influential role in the debate to establish common standards of what is considered Shari’ah (Islamic law)compliant.

Ms. Zeti chaired the inauguration committee for the establishment of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) and had an active role in its creation.In 2002, she headed a team to launch the Malaysian global Islamic Sukuk, the world’s first Sukuk (a Shari’ah-compliant security) to be issued by asovereign.

CURRICULUM AND RESEARCH

Please provide information on any classes and concentrations that focus on issues related to women or minorities.

MGMT 740: Leading Effective TeamsThis course is designed to develop students’ skills in effectively designing, leading and consulting to teams in organizations. This will be a highlyinteractive course, with emphasis on class participation and experiential learning. One of the goals of this course is to provide both the conceptualunderstanding and behavioral skills required to implement strategies. To this end, class sessions will make use of a variety of approaches to teachingand learning, including the case method, simulation exercises and lectures. We will cover topics such as leading groups, group formation andsocialization, diversity, creativity, group problem solving and decision making, conflict and knowledge sharing. Students will leave this class withknowledge of how to most effectively lead a team as well as how to be an effective team member.

MGMT 751: Strategic Management of Human AssetsThis course introduces the student to the strategic role human resource management might play in creating competitive advantages for firms. Westudy personnel/human resource management policies and practices in context and consider broader corporate strategies, business activities andcompetitiveness in an increasingly global marketplace. We give attention to the diversity of the American work force and to the effects of changingtechnologies in production and in provision of services.

Please describe any faculty and/or student research projects that focus on diversity, multiculturalism and/or minority issues.

Professor Bernard E. Anderson’s research interests include work place and employment standards, work force diversity and international laborstandards.

Martin A. Asher, director of the research and scholars programs, specializes in gender and race wage differentials. His published work includes:

“The Effect of Gender and Race Differentials on Public-Private Wage Comparisons: A Study of Postal Workers.” Industrial & Labor RelationsReview, 38.1 (October 1984).

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Stuart Diamond is the Practice Professor of Legal Studies and adjunct professor of law. His research interests include cross-cultural diversity andgender negotiation. His current projects focus on bridging cross-cultural differences, new methods of solving problems and managing differentperceptions inside organizations, new models for developing creative ideas, developing value-added exports in emerging markets, and research oninterpersonal styles and effect on communication.

Robert House, the Joseph Frank Bernstein Professor of Organizational Studies, specializes in leadership, motivation, personality and performance andcross-cultural organizational behavior. His published work includes:

“Culture, Leadership, and Organizational Practices.” Advances in Global Leadership, W.H. Mobley, ed., JAI Press, 1999.

“Cross Cultural Leadership.” Cross Cultural Organizational Behavior and Psychology, C. Earley and M. Eriz, eds., New Frontier Series of theSociety for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1997.

Ann E. Mayer is an associate professor of legal studies and business ethics. Her research focuses on Middle Eastern law, international human rightslaw, human rights and globalization, women’s international human rights, law and international business and comparative constitutional law. Hercurrent research projects focus on the problems of human rights universality, human rights and globalization, and recent developments affectinghuman rights and constitutionalism in the Middle East. Her published work includes:

“Clashing Human Rights Priorities: How the United States and Muslim Countries Selectively Use Provisions of International Human RightsLaw.” Satya Nilayam: Chennai, Journal of Intercultural Philosophy 44 (2006).

“The Evolution of the Concept of Human Rights.” Islam and Human Rights: Advancing a U.S.-Muslim Dialogue, Shireen Hunter, ed. withHuma Malik (Washington, D.C.: Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005).

“Conundrums in Constitutionalism: Islamic Monarchies in an Era of Transition.” UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law(spring/summer 2002).

Please describe any symposiums or special lectures that focus on diversity and minority issues organized and/or sponsored by your school.

The Race and Sports LectureThe Race and Sports Lecture was established in 2002 to discuss issues of race and racism in American athletics and commemorating the 40thanniversary of the activism displayed during the 1968 Summer Olympic Games. The lecture is cosponsored by the Wharton Sports Business Initiative.In April 2008, John Carlos, Harry Edwards and Tommie Smith were the speakers.

Black Scholars and Sports: A Sports Business RoundtableThe Wharton Sports Business Initiative hosted a small group of scholars focused on the future of scholarship impacting Blacks in the business of sports.The wide ranging conversation began with the foundations established by the early writings of the famed sociologist, Dr. Harry Edwards. In additionto sharing their current and past scholarship, the group focused on the scholarship that it would like to see done in the future. Multiple topics weredeemed to be important, including a continued vigilance on the statistics serving as indicators of the inclusion of Blacks in sports. Also included onthe list were the impact of globalization on African-Americans on and off the field of play in sports, the future role of Historically Black Colleges andUniversities in sports, and understanding the past and future role of hip-hop on the sports business.

Inclusion in the Business of Sports: Legacy Roundtable I and IIThe Wharton Sports Business Initiative and Sports Perspectives International hosted these impact conferences on the inclusion of people of color andwomen in the business of sports. This environment provided participants with a rare opportunity to exchange ideas and best practices with their peers.We made this possible by creating an atmosphere that was different from other conferences: Since attendance was strictly limited, a lively informaldiscussion resulted. The moderator and participants were asked to stimulate debate rather than lecture from a podium.

The key issues that were considered included:

• Developing the strategic plan for success• Focusing on strategies that have been successful and their transferability• Highlighting strategies that are no longer relevant and why• Focusing on the impact of technology on the changing landscape and globalization of sports• Developing a strategy for moving forward for greater inclusion• Focusing on strategies and outcomes for future roundtables

Women in Business Conferencewww.whartonwomen.orgWomen leaders forging their own unique paths, whether in careers or elsewhere, continue to inspire us, challenge expectations and explore newfrontiers. The conference brings together leaders from various industries and backgrounds to engage in meaningful dialogue about the critical issuesfacing women inside and outside of the workplace, and to explore ways women can achieve personal success, however they define it. The Women inBusiness Conference events include panels, lectures and workhops. The 2007 keynote speakers were Traci Lerner, founding partner of ChesapeakePartners L.P., and Michelle Peluso, president and CEO of Travelocity.

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Whitney M. Young Conferencewww.wmyconference.comThrough the conference, the Wharton School’s African-American MBA Association (AAMBAA) acknowledges and memorializes the contributions andideals of Whitney M. Young Jr., an educator, humanitarian, author and civil rights leader. The 2008 theme, “Connecting and Developing DynamicLeadership,” reflects the influence and inspiration that arise when an assortment of talent, ideas and initiatives are brought together. Individuals fromvarious geographic regions, a broad range of professional and business interests and varying levels of career advancement will gather in Philadelphiaon this weekend and the interaction will surely result in much creative and innovative thinking that will inspire attendees for years to come.

The 2008 event featured dynamic panel discussions and keynote speakers, a career fair, engaging social events and a new ventures competitionhighlighting our community’s latest innovations. The conference is an opportunity for students, alumni, educators, professionals and entrepreneurs tonetwork, share ideas and gain knowledge about professional business industries and issues of interest to members of the African diaspora. We inviteyou to come participate in what promises to be an informative, enjoyable and rewarding experience.

Wharton Leadership Lecture SeriesWharton Leadership Lectures (formerly the Zweig Executive Series) encourage prominent national and international business, government andnonprofit leaders to address MBA students in an informal setting.

Speakers are invited to share their diverse perspectives on leadership and the challenges of business transformation. The Wharton Leadership Lecturesare a collaborative effort between the office of student affairs, the leadership program and the newly formed leadership development club. The WhartonLeadership Lectures will enable Wharton to broaden the recruitment of high caliber speakers by creating a structure that allows for the coordination ofefforts between students, faculty and administrators.

ORGANIZATIONS AND STUDENT LIFE

Please provide information about your school diversity student and alumni organizations.

African-American MBA Association (AAMBAA)www.whartonaambaa.comThe Wharton African-American MBA Association is the organization that represents all students of African descent in the MBA program at the WhartonSchool. AAMBAA emphasizes academic achievement, community involvement and career success, and supports students in those ends throughvarious programs and initiatives. AAMBAA is dedicated to increasing the number of students of African descent at the Wharton School throughoutreach to prospective students and building bridges to alumni to maximize the power of the AAMBAA alumni network.

The legacy of the Wharton African-American MBA Association has grown remarkably since the organization’s inception over 30 years ago. Our visionis to support the continued achievement of students of African descent and to provide extensive resources to foster the successful progression fromprospective students to Wharton alumni. The strength of our organization is predicated on the steadfast dedication of members to assist each otheracademically, professionally and socially through myriad events and activities.

Asia Clubwww.whartonasiaclub.comThe purpose of the club is to help accomplish the social and professional aspirations of Asian students and as well as those non-Asian students whohave an interest in Asia. The club aims to develop a cooperative and collegial community that welcomes everyone with an interest in the Asian region.It helps its members achieve individual goals by providing the club platform for collective undertakings of common interest.

In case of overlap with Asian country-specific clubs (e.g., the Japan Club, India Club, Greater China Club), the Asia Club plans to work jointly with eachof them to serve the greater need of the entire Asia region.

India Clubwga.wharton.upenn.edu/club_info.asp?id=75&cuid=3&cuty=international/culturalThe India Club is open to members from all countries to participate in and enjoy the rich and diverse culture of the Indian subcontinent. The club alsoprovides significant professional development and career networking opportunities to its members.

The India Club’s purpose is to foster a close network among Indians, South Asians and all those interested in India to enhance their experience atWharton through social, outreach, academic and career initiatives. The club is also committed to promoting the Wharton brand through the WhartonIndia Economic Forum and India GIP.

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Muslim Students Network (WMSN)The Wharton Muslim Students Network is the Wharton community’s primary contact point for activities and issues related to Wharton Muslims in thebusiness world.

WMSN strives to build a sense of community among the Muslims of Wharton who come from extremely diverse backgrounds. At the same time, theMuslim Students Network strives to represent Islam within the Wharton community more broadly so that the school can benefit from the diversity ofits students.

Out for Business (Out4Biz)clubs.wharton.upenn.edu/outfbiz/index.shtmlOut for Business is Wharton’s gay, lesbian and bisexual professional and social club providing a network for students, faculty and staff. We strive tocontinue to build an open and accepting environment for all Wharton students, and count several straight allies among our members. Out4Biz providesan opportunity to network with other gay, lesbian and bisexual professionals, and share our professional interests and goals while connecting withcompanies around the globe. We interact with other business schools, Wharton alumni, and the communities of Penn and Philadelphia to impact ourcommunity beyond Wharton. Out4Biz recognizes that people are at different stages of coming out and participating in our group does not mean youhave to be out.

Wharton Asian American Association of MBAs (WAAAM)wga.wharton.upenn.edu/club_info.asp?id=114&cuid=3&cuty=international/culturalWharton Asian and Asian-American MBAs provides a unique forum that integrates the Asian and Asian-American communities within Wharton, theuniversity and greater Philadelphia.

Our goal is to build the broadest social and professional network in the Wharton MBA community and foster closer interaction with the diverse Asianstudent bodies within the university and various Asian professional groups within greater Philadelphia.

Wharton Latin-American Student Association (WHALASA)It is the purpose of the Wharton Latin-American Student Association to promote the Latin American culture to the Wharton community; assist Latin-American students and international students interested in the region in reaching their professional and academic goals; have the best parties atWharton, promoting the festive Latin spirit; contribute continued communication with alumni, Latin-American leaders and club members; and seekopportunities to develop community service and volunteer programs for members in Latin America or related to Latin America.

The Wharton Latin-American Student Association organizes several traditional events every spring and fall, including the WHALASA Carnival and annualwelcome weekend party. WHALASA’s get-togethers are some of the most popular parties on campus. The tradition started many years ago when theclub hosted its fiesta parties at Vance Hall (on campus), but the party became so popular that the club had to find a bigger place to be able toaccommodate everyone.

The WHALASA parties attract not only the current Wharton community (graduate and undergraduate students) but also many of our alumni, who tryto come back and visit for some of the unforgettable WHALASA experiences.

Wharton Hispanic-American MBA Association (WHAMBAA)www.whambaa.comThe Wharton Hispanic-American MBA Association is Wharton’s professional and community resource for Hispanic-Americans. WHAMBAA serves alsoto promote Hispanic awareness within the Wharton community through recruitment and mentorship of prospective Hispanic applicants to the WhartonSchool.

Our members help to identify qualified applicants, encourage their application submission and serve as a resource to prospective students throughoutthe admissions process. We are active in organizing events for prospective students during prospective day and Wharton Welcome Weekend.

In addition, WHAMBAA serves as a peer network for Wharton’s Hispanic students, promoting career development and facilitating interaction amongstudents, alumni and professionals.

Wharton Women in Business (WWIB)www.whartonwomen.orgWharton Women in Business is a professional organization that strives to increase career, mentoring and networking opportunities for all women atWharton by serving as a platform for professional advancement and collaboration. The organization initiates efforts in admissions, alumni outreach,professional and personal development, recruiting and community service. In addition to a full calendar of events, WWIB hosts an annual conference.All Wharton women are automatically WWIB members. (There are no dues.)

The club’s mission is to promote women’s continued success as leaders in business and beyond. It sponsors many activities, including:

Wharton Women in Business ConferenceThe conference is an event to promote the collaboration and mentoring of women in business and provide an opportunity for Wharton womento network with successful women from a broad spectrum of industries.

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Career developmentProvide resources to enhance career development and exploration among first- and second-year women. Some initiatives include the buddyprogram and the coffee chat program, both of which encourage mentoring interactions between first-years and second-years in an informalsetting. Some more formal initiatives include resume reviews, mock interviews, industry and company-specific lunches and events, speakerseries and workshops on relevant topics.

Social eventsEncourage the building of relationships through club-sponsored activities, such as social and cultural events, including patronage of the arts,international dinners and sports events.

Alumnae outreachA primary focus this year will be to develop relationships with Wharton alumnae to both advance the goals of current Wharton women andprovide a forum for Wharton alumnae to network with each other. Alumnae events include regional and on-campus activities for current andformer Wharton women, as well as career-related initiatives.

Outreach to prospective studentsReach out to prospective students through direct email correspondence, welcome weekend brunches and regional winter break coffee chats.

Community serviceHost fundraisers and yearlong service projects to benefit nonprofits focused on women.

External relationsBuild relationships with undergraduate and graduate women’s groups as well as professional and special interest women’s groups in thegreater Philadelphia area.

Please provide information on any programs, including on-campus and universitywide programs in which MBA students participate that focus on issuesrelated to women or minorities.

Wharton Social Impact (WSI)www.whartonsocialimpact.orgWharton Social Impact is Wharton’s chapter of Net Impact, a national network of more than 10,000 emerging business leaders committed to using thepower of business to create a better world.

Founded in 1999, Wharton Social Impact continues to gain increasing momentum; in 2006-2007 its membership reached more than 100 students.WSI members include students coming from or going into social impact-related careers, as well as students with no background in social impact whosimply want to learn more about these topics.

Wharton Social Impact is a professional club committed to shaping business education and fostering career opportunities that aim to improve societyas a whole. In particular, WSI promotes an understanding of and commitment to social entrepreneurship, socially responsible investing, venturephilanthropy, education, economic community development, corporate social responsibility, nonprofit management, business ethics and environmentalsustainability within the Wharton community.

Our main activities include:

• The Annual Social Impact Conference (more than 300 attendees)

• Speaker series and faculty speaker series: We organize talks where faculty share their research in areas related to social impact and socialentrepreneurs discuss their experiences and vision for the future of business.

• Career development: We work closely with career management to identify and promote career opportunities in social impact (for example,through a weekly job listserv). We also organize career panels and industry-specific treks.

• Prospective student outreach: We collaborate with the admissions office to reach out to prospective students interested in social impact.We interact with prospective students through direct email correspondence, welcome weekend brunches and social impact informationsessions in New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

• Curriculum evaluation and development: We collaborate with Wharton faculty and administration to promote new courses and materialsthat address socially-responsible business and public interest issues. We helped develop Wharton’s first social entrepreneurship courselaunched during spring 2005. We also liaise with other graduate programs at Penn to facilitate Wharton students’ enrollment in theircourses.

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• Alumni outreach: We are actively building our network of Wharton alumni working in the broad field of social impact.

• Social and networking events: Through club-sponsored happy hours and dinners, we provide an opportunity for WSI members to havefun and get to know one another.

• WSI encourages other clubs to incorporate relevant social impact programming into their content. During 2006-2007, the technology,finance, marketing and energy conferences included panels related to clean technology, double bottom line projects, microfinance,corporate social responsibility and alternative energy.

Please provide information on any institutes and/or related programs that focus on diversity.

Penn women’s centerThe Penn women’s center mission is to understand and address the continuing and evolving needs of women on the campus of the University ofPennsylvania (primarily its students, but also faculty and staff). We strive to be a welcoming, comfortable, exciting place to foster community, expandawareness and enhance the educational experience for the women of Penn.

The women’s center—located at the heart of campus and open most days and evenings—offers the perfect space for women to congregate and relax,and also to team up for civic engagement projects both large and small. We also provide opportunities for networking and mentoring between studentsand their peers, students and faculty, students and alumnae, and students with local and national women’s organizations.

The women’s center is a resource/educational facility, presenting and sponsoring programs on career issues, stress management and health concerns.On a larger scale, we also focus on economic, political and global matters. We play an advocacy and support role regarding issues of safety and equityfor women, and we are a resource to turn to for a host of concerns including health care, workplace discrimination, violence, substance use, self imageand body image issues and mental health. Services include individual advice/counseling, institutional advocacy regarding policy creation andimplementation, crisis intervention, outreach and referrals to appropriate on- and off-campus resources.

African studies centerwww.africa.upenn.eduThe African studies center at the University of Pennsylvania brings together researchers and students, along with cultural, business and media entities,to gain knowledge of contemporary and historical Africa.

The center coordinates a wide range of course offerings and events in a variety of disciplines ranging from history, language and culture to health,science and business. The geographic expertise of Penn Africanist faculty and staff spans the continent and extends to the African Diaspora. Theyshare a commitment to an interdisciplinary approach to the study of African people, their institutions and the wider world where they now reside.Distinguished visiting scholars from the United States and Africa regularly contribute to the center’s diversity of expertise, while benefiting from theresources available at Penn and in the region.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Please describe any diversity recruiting events for employers recruiting minority and/or female students at or near your school.

The Wharton School is an active member of organizations that promote minorities and women in business. The MBA career management office worksclosely with them to offer the most services to Wharton students.

The Wharton School is a member of the Forté Foundation, as well as sponsors of both the National Black MBA Association and the National Societyof Hispanic MBAs. As a member school of the Forté Foundation, an organization of top business schools and corporations whose mission is to increasethe number of women in business, we work actively to encourage women to attend business school and seek careers in business. Each year, FortéScholars are selected based on exemplary leadership and achievement. Scholars participate fully in the Forté Scholars programs. For moreinformation on scholar benefits, please visit www.fortefoundation.org.

In addition, the Wharton School student clubs organize recruiting and networking events for its members. Out4Biz coordinates recruiter-sponsoreddinners throughout the fall that allow companies to make their pitch to current students and to talk about diversity initiatives where they work.

The African-American MBA Association offers skill building career and academic workshops, as well as sponsors its annual Whitney M. YoungConference.

In addition to its social events, the Asia Club organizes career panels, resume reviews and mock interviews for members and facilitates career treks toAsian cities such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, etc. The club strengthens its mentorship program by connecting first-years with second-years early in the recruiting calendar, provides recruiting information through the club’s website/web café, and invites accomplished alumni, businessleaders and government officials to Wharton to discuss the latest Asian business trends. It also partners with other Asian clubs at Wharton and othertop business schools, such as the Wharton South-East Asia Club, Japan Club, Korea Club, India Club and Greater China Club, to organize professionalactivities, such as career fairs, business conferences, etc.

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Wharton Women in Business’ (WWIB) career officers are the primary point of contact for companies seeking to recruit Wharton women and areresponsible for coordinating numerous career-focused events throughout the year. These events include:

• Recruitment events with career services focused on maintaining and extending WWIB relationships with industries that have a growingfemale representation (e.g., banking, consulting, technology and manufacturing)

• A faculty-led workshop to develop contract and general business negotiation skills

• A first-year/second-year student mentor program

• Educational events with career services

• Production and distribution of the WWIB Resume Book

• Industry lunches and coffee chats with employer representatives

• Resume reviews

• Mock interviews

• Networking events

WWIB career officers are continually reevaluating our current schedule of events to arrive at a calendar that best meets the needs of Wharton women,introducing them to the full breadth of opportunities available to Wharton alumnae.

The Wharton Hispanic-American MBA Association (WHAMBAA) sponsors professional development events throughout the year with companies froma wide variety of industries. These events provide WHAMBAA members with an excellent opportunity to network with Hispanic executives in thebusiness world.

This also enables companies to grow their presence at Wharton School and reach their recruitment goals. Events include dinners, office hours, cocktailreceptions and networking breakfasts.

STRATEGIC PLAN AND DIVERSITY LEADERSHIP

Please provide your school’s diversity mission statement.

The University of Pennsylvania diversity statementPenn rejoices in the rich diversity of persons, groups, views and academic disciplines and programs that grace the campus of the nation’s firstuniversity. Tapping our diversity to strengthen ties across all boundaries enriches the intellectual climate and creates a more vibrant community.Fostering and nourishing this diversity, especially among students, faculty, staff and trustees, must remain central to the core missions of the university.

How does your school’s leadership communicate the importance of diversity to your student body, faculty and administration?

At Wharton, we’re committed to you as an individual. Our large community includes students of many backgrounds, including married students,parents, international students, women and members of traditionally underrepresented populations. The exchange of ideas among students andfaculty from different backgrounds and perspectives creates a powerful environment for learning and leadership development.

Whatever your background or lifestyle, you’ll find the support you need at Wharton and at Penn. Cultural and affinity organizations like the African-American MBA Association, Greater China Club and Out4Biz (the gay and lesbian student association) nurture an appreciation for diverse cultureswhile providing a community for students who share similar backgrounds and interests.

In addition, Wharton maintains a website that describes its diversity network, www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/community/diversity/index.cfm.

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DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

Please describe the demographics of your most recent entering class.

Class of 2011

Percentage of female students: 40 percent

Percentage of students of color: 29 percent

Please describe the geographic diversity of your most recent entering class.

Percentage of U.S. citizens or permanent residents: 63 percent

Approximate number of countries represented: 70

Please describe the selectivity of your school for the most recent application cycle.

Number of applicants: 7,493

Number of matriculants: 862

Please describe the academic and employment backgrounds of your most recent entering class.

Median years of pre-MBA work experience: Five

Percentage of students with three years or fewer: 21 percent

Percentage of students coming from different industries pre-MBA:

Consulting: 19 percentInvestment banking: 12 percentPrivate equity/venture capital: 10 percentTech/internet/e-commerce: 8 percentInvestment management: 7 percentGovernment/military: 6 percentNonprofit: 5 percentHealth care/biotechtechnology: 4 percentReal estate: 4 percentMedia and entertainment: 4 percentConsumer products: 3 percentRetail: 2 percentOther services: 8 percentOther financial services: 7 percent

Percentage of students who studied different undergraduate disciplines:

Humanities/social science: 42 percentEngineering/math/science: 30 percentBusiness: 24 percentOther: 4 percent

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

Average starting salary: $110,000

Average signing bonus: $25,000

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Percentage of students entering different industries:

Consulting: 26.6 percentConsumer products/retail: 3.1 percentEnergy and utilities: 2.2 percentFinancial services: 47.7 percentHealth care/pharmaceuticals/biotechnology: 5.1 percentManufacturing: 1.7 percentMedia and entertainment: 2.2 percentProfessional services: <1 percentPublic interest: 1.1 percentReal estate: 4.2 percentTechnology industries: 5.6 percent

Percentage of students working in different functions:

Business development: 4.4 percentConsulting/strategy: 28.2 percentControl/accounting: <1 percent Corporate finance/mergers and acquisitions: 18.2 percent Entrepreneurial management: <1 percent General/project management/management: 5.5 percentInvestment management/portfolio management: 10.3 percentLegal services: <1 percentManagement info systems/IT: <1 percentOperations/production management: <1 percentPrivate equity: 8.3 percentProduct/brand marketing: 4.8 percentProduct development/structuring: <1 percent Real estate: 4.7 percentResearch: 3.4 percent Restructuring: <1 percentSales: 2.2 percentTrading: 4.2 percentOther: 2.8 percent

Major recruiting companies:

AccentureBain & CompanyBoston Consulting GroupCredit Suisse First Boston, LLCCitigroup, Inc.Deutsche BankFidelity InvestmentsGoldman Sachs & CompanyGoogle, IncJ.P. Morgan ChaseLehman BrothersMcKinsey & CompanyMerrill Lynch & Co., Inc.Morgan StanleyUBS AG

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