Scholarships Power a Force for Good: Fall 2024
Friday, October 18, 2024
Scholarships help provide opportunities for students to attend a leading business school and gain skills, leadership experience, and connections to help them use business as a force for good. Philanthropy from alumni and friends of Minnesota Carlson makes a positive impact, extending far beyond the campus.
Maurice “Mo” Hicks, Jr., Current MD-MBA Student
I appreciate being able to pursue my MBA and become a better strategic leader while in medical school. Minnesota Carlson will help me do that by honing my skills related to entrepreneurship, strategy, and leadership. The support I receive to pursue my education at Minnesota Carlson allows me to better serve patients on a systemic level. Black students, especially Black men, in graduate programs rarely receive such support that is necessary to continue reaching new horizons. As I am working on a digital health startup, Vertex Medical Solutions, I am in need of becoming a better business leader and strategist—completing this MBA is crucial to my success in that venture. I am grateful for the benefactors who make that possible.
The support I receive to pursue my education at Minnesota Carlson allows me to better serve patients on a systemic level.
Brianna Garcia-Meyers, Current MBA Student
Being a Minnesota Carlson student means being immersed in a community filled with people who are pushing you to be your best and grow beyond your comfort zone with the help and guidance you need to do it. Many classes are oriented around group work, so I truly feel connected to many other high-achieving students who are constantly pushing me to do my best and learn how to use business as a force for good.
I’m grateful that my scholarship funding has allowed for my pursuit of higher education to be more affordable and given me more freedom to explore college outside of classes, pursuing leadership roles within the school as an Undergraduate Ambassador and a Carlson Crew Leader, as well as in other student organizations such as Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional business fraternity on campus. It’s been an honor to fully embrace being a Gopher from learning in the classroom to “rowing the boat” on gameday. Ski-U-Mah!
This article appeared in the Fall 2024 alumni magazine
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