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Kappa Alpha Psi Partners with Indiana University's Kelley School of Business New MBA fellowship program aims to increase diversity in corporate leadership diversity
K appa Alpha Psi Indiana University E.W. Kelley School of Business to increase diversity in corporate leadership. Through the partnership, college graduates from Fraternity, Inc., has partnered with the around the world who are Kappa Alpha Psi® mem- bers are invited to apply for a fellowship program to attend the Kelley School’s nationally ranked in-residence full-time MBA program. Successful candidates will be known as Kappa Alpha Psi Fel- lows. The fraternity, open to all men regardless of color, religion, or national origin, has 642 active chapters with more than 250,000 initiated members worldwide. Kappa Alpha Psi was founded 113 years ago by Black students at IU seeking camaraderie and support. “This partnership creates an exciting opportunity for Kappa men to share in the MBA experience at our
birthplace and deepen the special bond that Kappa Alpha Psi and Indiana Uni- versity share,” said Grand Polemarch Jimmy McMikle,
a 1991 initiate of the Alpha Chapter, and a 1992 IU graduate. Ash Soni, Dean of the Kelley School and The
Sungkyunkwan Professor, said the new partnership continues Kelley’s history of leading the way toward a more diverse classroom and
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