Building tomorrow’s business. Together.
The Eli Broad College of Business is dedicated to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive community that empowers our faculty, staff, students and alumni to achieve true collaborative excellence.
Values, Vision & Goals
Vision
Foster a culture and climate of belonging and success: Build a community grounded in mutual respect where everyone feels valued, supported to do their best work, and able to advance.
Short-term (1-2 years): To be a leader at MSU with best-in-class practices, policies and achievements in enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Longer-term (2-4 years): To be a leader among the Big 10 and peer business schools and become an exemplar with the best-in-class practices, policies and achievements in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Goals
- Promote inclusion and belonging
- Ensure equity in policies and practices
- Increase diversity of people and perspectives
Principles of Engagement
Engagement of all stakeholders
We will seek to involve faculty, staff, students, alumni, employers, advisory boards, and other supporters in our DEI efforts
Breadth and depth of initiatives
We will ensure that our DEI efforts cover the entire spectrum of our programs and activities, including engaging in signature endeavors that signal distinct expertise
Embedded in Teaching, Research and Outreach
We will strive to embed our DEI efforts pervasively in our curriculum, scholarly activity, and interactions with the community
Ambitious KPIs and Accountability
We will aspire to meet ambitious goals and targets and be accountable to our stakeholders for our performance
DEI Resource Repository
For those within the MSU community, the Broad College has developed a repository of DEI resources that is actively curated through the Gast Business Library (MSU NetID required to access).
DEI Stories @ Broad
First- and second-place awards were given to hospitality business students at MSU’s sixth annual event.
In this Q&A, five MBA students share what the holiday means to them and how the business community can be inclusive.
Full-Time MBA student Yvonne (Ya Wen) Juang says Lunar New Year 2023 is a time to reunite with her family in Taiwan.
Culture and Climate of Belonging and Success Strategic Initiative Working Group
We’ve brought together a diverse team of faculty and staff to guide actions that the Broad College is taking.
Carl Borchgrevink
- Associate Professor
The School of Hospitality Business
Cheri DeClercq
- Assistant Dean for MBA Programs
Dean's Office - Senior Director of Marketing and Communications
Marketing and Communications Office
Elizabeth Fisher
- Director of M.S. in Supply Chain Management Program
Supply Chain Management
Ken Horne
- Director of Undergraduate Student Engagement
Dean's Office
Wayne Hutchison
- Director, MBA Program & Academic Services
Full-Time MBA Program
John Jiang
- Eli Broad Endowed Professor in Accounting
Accounting and Information Systems
Farnoosh Khodakarami
- Assistant Professor
Marketing
Anna Linn
- Associate Director for Corporate and Foundation Relations
Development and Alumni Relations
Jeff Magnuson
- Manager
James B. Henry Center for Executive Development
Marquis Taylor
- Program Coordinator
Multicultural Business Programs
Heidi Wardin
- Executive Assistant
Dean's Office
Scot Wright
- DEI Program Manager
Dean's Office
Patty Geller
- Human Resources Manager
Dean's Office
Get Connected with Broad:
- Business College Complex
- 632 Bogue St
- East Lansing, MI 48824