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and see the challenges, see actual
bottlenecks, rather than just reading
about them? "
And why does learning have to
require verbal feedback among
a large class of students, all
eager to speak to earn important
participation grades? That's
certainly what Gandz wondered
in 1977, when he felt like a harried
traffic cop, rather than a learned
professor giving students the benefit
of his experience.
Rethinking the way participation is
rewarded is part of a larger goal of continuing
to be more inclusive. " In my first year, in a class of 70
there were six women and no visible minorities. We were
white and male, " Gandz recalls. The strategic plan lays the
groundwork to continue expanding inclusivity, broadening
the definition, and finding new ways to reach out.
The 100th anniversary celebrations are centred on Global
Ivey Day, May 11, when alumni worldwide will do something
good for their community. The school plans to plant 100
trees, working with ReForest London, and is in discussion
with additional organizations regarding projects for later
in the year.
But when the streamers come
down and the balloons are gone,
Ivey students will continue their
community work. The well-established
Ivey Field Project pairs
students with local businesses
that need some advice or expertise
to solve a specific challenge.
And MBA students participate in
an annual Social Impact Day, volunteering
with not-for-profits.
From his point of view, working
full-time at Deloitte while running the
real-life coffee shop case with Bloomfield, Mano
Majumdar is encouraged by the direction and goals Ivey has
identified. He sees them as crucial.
" If we are to be the leaders we see ourselves as, we have to
be willing to go first and model these principles in our own
processes, " Majumdar says. " We have done it before with
the case method and the one-year MBA and stood apart
from our peers. For the next hundred years, I wish Ivey the
continued courage to move first and be radical. "
It's a sentiment Hodgson endorses. It's why she chose
London over San Francisco: to change the world.
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