Minority Business Student Organizations

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion Student Services provides advisement, encouragement, and funding support to 14 minority business student organizations. These organizations are designed to give attention to the particular interests, concerns, and challenges of minority students interested in business careers.

Minority business student organizations provide culturally and socially significant vehicles for the establishment of mentorship, career placement, and networking opportunities with local businesses, corporations, and over 46,000 College of Business alumni located nationally and internationally.

• Asian Business Student Association (ABSA)

Members are encouraged to become future business leaders by taking an active role in the development of their business profile, as well as communicating through a national network of students and professionals with similar interests. Inspiring guest speakers from the public and private sector are invited to present.

• Black Masters of Business Administration Association (BMBAA)

The Black MBA Association (BMBAA) provides the supportive academic and social atmosphere that is necessary for incoming and continuing African American students to succeed in the Fisher College of Business programs. The organization assists students in their personal and professional development through innovative programs and activities emphasizing a commitment to excellence and community involvement.

• Chinese Business Professional Associaton (CBPA)

The Chinese Business Professional Association (CBPA) works as a bridge between China and the U.S., and the key purpose of CBPA is two fold: 1. Help people (faculty, staff, and classmates) in Fisher College of Business as well as people out of campus to understand a real China, introduce Chinese culture, and promote business opportunities between China and other countries 2. Help Chinese students transfer smoothly to the life at Fisher College of Business, work as a culture community to organize relevant events, and collaborate with other Chinese associations at OSU and Columbus.

• Council of Black Students in Administration(CBSA)

The Council of Black Students in Administration (CBSA) facilitates and promotes the academic, professional, and social development of black students interested in management and administration. The organization features successful black business persons offering valuable insight and social events designed to increase communication and interaction.

• Fisher Latino Graduate Association (FGLA)

The Fisher Latino Graduate Association serves to increase the profile and opportunities for Latino students at the Fisher College of Business. Our goal is to encourage personal and professional development, provide support and assist its members in their academic development at the Fisher College of Business. In particular, the organization will focus on identifying and networking with Latino alumni leaders, build fellowship among its members and address issues that face the Latino community.

• Fisher Veteran's Association

Fisher’s veteran cohort is 24-strong and includes former members of the US Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines. The group contains former officers and enlisted service members, graduates of service academies, foreign military officers, pilots, logisticians, infantrymen, mechanics and many others. The FVA’s mission is to make Fisher the premier graduate business school for veterans in the country. They serve as liaisons to prospective students, as a support group for transitioning military students, and a networking organization aimed at connecting Fisher Vets with veterans in the community.

• Fisher Business Students with Disabilities Association

Fisher Business Students with Disabilities Association was created in 2012.

• Fisher Graduate Women In Business (FGWIB)

The Fisher Graduate Women in Business (FGWIB) organization acts as a forum to discuss and address issues relevant to women in business and build awareness of women in leadership positions. FGWIB does this through professional and social events that provide our members with direct access to female leaders with the Columbus community and beyond. This organization strives to promote the role of women in business by providing our members with the practical knowledge they need to succeed within the business community. Membership is not restricted to women; anyone who is interested in addressing the topics that interest the contemporary women in business is welcome.

• Fisher Indian Students Association (FISA)

Fisher Indian Students Association provides a platform for continuous dialogue and interaction among members with a goal of improving student life and enabling career opportunities for its members. FISA will act as an interconnecting system for students to network and create an environment that will help in enriching students’ Fisher experience. It is an effort to make the first year students’ transition to Columbus and to Fisher as smooth as possible. Although we are called the Fisher Indian MBA Association, membership is open to all and diversity is encouraged.

• Hispanic Business Student Association (HBSA)

Members are encouraged to become future business leaders by taking an active role in the development of their business profile, as well as communicating through a national network of students and professionals with similar interests. Inspiring guest speakers from the public and private sector are invited to present.

• International Business Club (IBC)

The International Business Club is designed to be a fun and informative group helps develop world citizens. The IBC serves to provide MBA students with opportunities to meet, interact, and learn through events focused on international business and/or international locations and cultural themes. The organization also serves to facilitate the integration of international and exchange students into the Fisher community, and the interaction of foreign and domestic students in a social environment. Finally, the IBC functions as the voice for students who wish to promote integration of international topics and courses into the curriculum of the Fisher College of Business in addition to providing forums for students to stay updated on current events.

• National Association of Black Accountants (NABA)

The Ohio State University Student Chapter of NABA shall unite through membership accounting students who have similar interests and ideals are committed to academic and future professional excellence, a sense of professional and civic responsibility, and are concerned with enhancing opportunities for minorities in the accounting profession.

• Out in Business

The Out in Business Association was designed to meet the growing need for support, networking and awareness of the GLBT community within Fisher College of Business.

• Undergraduate Business Women's Association

The mission of the Undergraduate Business Women's Association is to bring together students interested in business, and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, service, networking support and national recognition.