Kellogg proudly joins The Consortium

The partnership will further advance our shared mission of comprehensive community experience in business education and corporate leadership.
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Kellogg MBA students gathered on campus in Evanston

By Crystal Fazal ’08 MBA 
Director of Admissions, Strategic Partnerships & Engagement 

At Kellogg, we believe in the power of diversity of thought and experiences. Channeling the energy that lies in differences helps effect change and creates impact around the world. We strive to form mutually beneficial partnerships that can help us continue our work in building better communities and more inclusive workplaces, which is why we are excited to join The Consortium. 

Now encompassing 23 esteemed business schools among its membership and 1,000 current students, The Consortium links top-tier students, MBA programs and providing merit-based scholarships. Prospective students who apply to Kellogg through The Consortium will gain access to webinars, events and a network of 80+ corporate partners. 

The Consortium’s mission of enhancing global business education and leadership reflects one of our school’s core values, and we are happy to partner with an organization that has supported more than 10,000 MBA students and alumni across their prestigious network of business schools to achieve career success and personal growth. Our mission is to educate Kellogg Leaders who can thrive in a world of increasing complexity, and who can convene and inspire diverse teams to shape the best solutions for the greatest impact. 

Through this partnership, Kellogg is furthering this mission and its commitment to creating a more equitable student experience where students feel they show up authentically and unapologetically. Continuing to uphold a high level of achievement, Kellogg will extend its dedicated network including career counseling, personal support, academic planning and career placement assistance to Consortium Fellows. 

Our commitment to shaping empathetic leaders 

From classrooms to boardrooms, improving daily life experiences and instilling a global mindset can transform communities so that they grow rich in (self) awareness and better understand the interconnectedness of societies.  

Throughout the year, Kellogg students, staff, faculty and alumni engage through academics, initiatives and programming. Highlights include: 

  • Prospective student events: The school's admissions team holds focused events and resources for all audiences, including networking opportunities  for prospective students in several cities across the country, one-on-one admissions chats, applicant assistance and mock interview support for prospective candidates. 
  • Intercultural development inventory: As Kellogg students begin their MBA journey, they are offered an assessment of intercultural competency to understand their level of self-awareness within a multicultural environment such as the one they are entering. Also, starting this year, students will have the opportunity to take the same intercultural competency assessment upon completion of their academic program, enabling them to reflect on their growth on key dimensions at Kellogg. 
  • Tough Talks: This initiative is an opportunity for Kellogg students to have meaningful conversations around difficult, often controversial topics. Students are provided with a guide to help them understand how to engage different perspectives with curiosity and respect while communicating their own position and feelings. This workshop builds students’ soft-skill toolkit, helps them consider sources of unconscious bias and encourages them to think carefully about the other people in the conversation. 
  • Culture Core workshops: We created a series of trainings and workshops for student groups covering topics including Power and Privilege, Cross-Cultural Communication, and Solidarity Spaces.  
  • Faculty-led workshops, research and thought-leadership: Kellogg faculty members continue to win wide recognition for their pathbreaking research and industry-shaping thought leadership across dimensions and dynamics of diversity, equity and inclusion. During the academic year, faculty members facilitate and participate in Kellogg and Northwestern workshops designed to create a more inclusive classroom environment. 
  • Kellogg Resource Groups (KRGs): An integral part of our school’s efforts to ensure an inclusive and equitable environment, the nine staff-driven groups strive to enhance a sense of community and belonging for both staff and faculty. 

While we prepare our students to uphold inclusive leadership during their time at Kellogg, we also invest in the future of their success. The Career Management Center (CMC) at Kellogg equips our students with tools and training to proactively manage their career path and goals over a lifetime. This year the CMC created a dynamic landing page to highlight new resources available to them including a set of recommended questions to ask employers during the networking and interview phase to better understand the values of the company.