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At its 2009 Annual Industry Conference, GMAC honored six business schools for outstanding and exemplary contributions to social responsibility. The six competed successfully in the third annual TeamMBA Awards Competition, earning recognition for both volunteer service by students and school support for community outreach.
TeamMBA is GMAC’s global initiative to help strengthen the relationship between business school and society by encouraging business school students to become involved in their communities. The TeamMBA awards recognize efforts to integrate community engagement into the educational experience and mold leaders whose sense of social responsibility reflects their business expertise. Winning entries were selected by a panel of business school professionals.
The following schools won awards:
Boston University School of Management was awarded the 2009 All-School Award. Students at the school volunteer with such organizations as Dress for Success, Adopt‐A‐Family, and the Greater Boston Food Bank, consult with local nonprofit organizations, and engage in other activities with social responsibility and sustainability themes, including ForSE: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs. The initiatives enable students to put academic theory into practice in the field and integrate real‐world perspective with academic knowledge.
Hayden Estrada, assistant dean of graduate admissions at the school, said that the award reflects a 30-year tradition at BU of working to improve public and nonprofit organizations. Noting that student volunteer work enriches the diversity and quality of discussion in BU classrooms, Elizabeth Catone, the school’s assistant director of graduate admissions, said that the work for which BU received the award also reflected the kind of students that it works to attract.
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