Meet the "who's who" of local leaders that is helping to guide the Fisher Leadership Initiative’s leadership scholarship, outreach and connections with the business community.

Carol L. Newcomb’s legacy of service to Fisher is represented by the national prowess of its executive education program, a program she helped revive and shape beginning in 1997. In recognition of her work, as well as her commitment to and support of Ohio State, Newcomb was honored with the university’s Distinguished Service Award.

A scholarship fund created by alumni affiliated with Deloitte, as well as the Deloitte Foundation is helping to advance diverse undergraduate and graduate accounting students and programming at Fisher.

The Deloitte Foundation, in collaboration with The Ohio State University, has created a need-based scholarship fund to support diverse students pursuing professional services careers at the university’s Max M

What happens when you ask, “What if?” That simple question nearly 10 years ago sparked the creation of the Ohio Export Internship Program that has since scaled to include students at colleges and universities across the state and recently was recognized nationally.

Learn about the competition that challenged Fisher students to create innovative solutions designed to help companies become more eco-friendly.

Faced with the challenge of helping a local restaurant group make inroads into new communities and recruiting diverse talent, MBA students got creative. See what solutions impressed Cameron Mitchell Restaurants executives.

Middle-market companies aren’t unique in facing the many challenges brought on by the pandemic, but many of them have the resiliency to emerge from it successfully. Anil Makhija, dean and John W. Berry, Sr.

There’s a disparity of women leaders in supply chain, but students like Haley McCrory are closing that gap. Check out her story and the Fisher program that’s helping other female students make inroads into the industry.

Highlighting the collaboration between the college, Ohio State and government partners, Fisher’s Office of Global Business and the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship helped connect globally focused students around the country with programming dedicated to exploring careers in technology and entrepreneurship.

In partnership with the U.S. Department of State, Fisher is hosting a virtual U.S. Future Leaders Career Readiness Seminar for approximately 50 alumni of the department's Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program. 

After the death of George Floyd, companies promise more diversity and inclusive, but will it happen this time? Philip Renaud, executive director of the Risk Institute, said unlike similar corporate pledges in the past, this time does seem different.

The switch to a virtual format for Fisher’s Fall Career Fair revealed important benefits for students and recruiters alike — and may be here to stay.

Leaders from The Ohio State University, Honda and state and local government are celebrating a historic milestone between the university and one of world’s most respected manufacturers. A formal agreement cementing the Honda-Ohio State partnership was approved 20 years ago. 

Ellora Majumder and Kyle Madura may not have felt like pioneers, but when COVID-19 turned their sure-fire summer global internships upside down, the Fisher students were certainly in unfamiliar territory. 

Jada Washington (BSBA ’20) leaned on some familiar faces at Fisher to help land her first job in a crowded workforce.

The Blackwell Inn is known as a swanky hotel on the Ohio State University campus. Celebrities like Jerry Lewis, Stevie Nicks, Christopher Reeve and Van Halen have stayed there. But this fall, it is housing students.

With the help of the Office of Global Business at Fisher College of Business, the Brazil Gateway connected three Fisher students with virtual internship opportunities with a Brazilian consulting company that yielded positive results and feedback for two of its clients. 

For many accounting graduates, passing the CPA exam can be a daunting task. It was for Mackenzie Hitchcock, but the MAcc alumna did far better than simply pass the exam. She earned accolades for her performance on it.  

Responding to massive challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic requires the ability to skillfully perform as part of an ensemble cast. It’s hard to imagine anyone better suited for the role than Andrew Thomas (MD ’95, MBA '00), chief clinical officer of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

A worldwide pandemic may have stopped much of the world in its tracks, but students and project partners involved in Fisher's Health Care Industry Immersion program didn’t skip a beat. 

Hard working, academically talented and naturally curious, Sarah Boylan has always placed a premium on education. Check out her journey to becoming an engineer at Acura, and how a business leadership certification she earned at Fisher is complementing her engineering skills at the auto manufacturer.

In 2014, The Ohio State University’s Integrated Business and Engineering Honors program — one of the first interdisciplinary programs at Ohio State — recruited its first cohort of students. Since then, the program has produced highly sought-after graduates with both engineering skills and business acumen, creating an alumni network that spans from New York City to Silicon Valley and beyond.

Technology functions are now inherent in nearly every company, and competition for talent has no borders. Even so, students are not necessarily leaving Central Ohio en masse to work at places like Facebook and Google. Jeff Rice, executive director of Fisher's Office of Career Management, says many Fisher students interested in the tech industry are staying in Central Ohio and getting hired at companies such as Nationwide, Huntington and JPMorgan Chase, among others.