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2018 Alumni Award Recipients holding their awards
November 6, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Fisher honors 2018 Alumni Award Recipients

Alumni and friends of the Max M. Fisher College of Business gathered to celebrate the 2018 recipients of the college’s Alumni Awards.
Mod Squad
October 2, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Partnership connects students with minority-owned businesses

Two years after partnering to create a program designed to empower local business owners, Fisher College of Business and Columbus City Council are celebrating the launch of the program’s first success — Mod Squad, a handyman service for the central Ohio community.
September 25, 2018
Columbus Business First

Mod Squad social enterprise handyman service boosts free home repairs for seniors

Rebuilding Together was one of the two small and minority-owned establishments that took part in a city-funded Ohio State University pilot for a program called C-Biz. Students at the school's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship did a marketing study.
September 25, 2018
Metropreneur

Wave innovation center brings coworking & community workspace to Italian Village

The idea for the innovation center grew out of a conversation with Ohio State's Paul Reeder. Before the center, Ortiz and Redd would often post up at Mission Coffee Co. in Short North to work. When Reeder saw the duo’s coffee cups during a meeting, he said the ecosystem needed a place like Mission – where people felt comfortable sharing their ideas and collaborating.
September 25, 2018
The Columbus Dispatch

Ohio State University helps launch new handyman service for Central Ohio

Ohio State and City of Columbus help launch Mod Squad, new handyman service. Mod Squad is a product of the C-Biz program. Launched in 2016, C-Biz is a partnership between Columbus City Council and Ohio State and Fisher designed to connect established, small and minority-owned businesses with students who can provide consulting and analytical services.
September 17, 2018
Columbus CEO

Nonprofit Spotlight: The Driven Foundation

Roy Hall, a former Ohio State wide receiver, who earned a Fisher College of Business degree in marketing and even had a few years of NFL experience to his credit, could have availed himself of the many opportunities that await a former Buckeye, but that kind of success didn’t interest him.
September 10, 2018
WBNS

Ohio State study uncovers top sources of distracted driving

The Risk Institute at the Ohio State University has been doing research on distracted driving for more than a year now. The top distractions may not be what you think.
Students, all dressed in white shirt, black pants, stand around floor logo in Fisher Hall
July 30, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

KeyBank’s financial support of Fisher students tops $3 million

Building on nearly 15 years of meaningful engagement in shaping future business leaders, The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business and KeyBank have extended their successful partnership into 2023.
Connor Scholars gathered around a conference table
July 13, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Connor Scholars putting social entrepreneurship skills to work across the globe

Thanks to support from Chris (BA ’78) and Sara Connor and the Connor Family Scholars Fund, 33 Fisher students spent two weeks in Africa, Asia and Europe as part of Fisher’s Global Projects Program: Nonprofit working on challenges ranging from improving outreach for people with physical and mental disabilities in India, to growing a local music incubator in South Africa.
David Harrison on stage with three individuals is handed an award by the National Association of Black Accountants
June 21, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Harrison honored with regional service award

Recognizing his commitment to education and the professional and personal development of underrepresented students at Ohio State and throughout the region, David Harrison was recently honored by the National Association of Black Accountants.
Students and professors gathered outside the CDC in Ethiopia
June 14, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

GAP program continuing to build global competencies

Valuable opportunities to gain global perspective while putting business skills into practice remains a key differentiator for students at Fisher — th
Scott's spring fling group photo
June 5, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

$1M ScottsMiracle-Gro Hagedorn Legacy Endowment established at Ohio State

Strengthening its commitment to equipping future leaders with the skills, experiences and networks necessary to succeed, The Ohio State University Max
A GAP team poses.
May 29, 2018
The Ohio State University Office of International Affairs

GAP team making an impact in eastern Africa

Seven MBA students from Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business are currently in eastern Africa completing their Global Applied Project (GAP) addressing Global One Health initiative’s business challenges.
Cynthia Turner and Project THRIVE students pose during a service activity with local elementary school students.
May 23, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Turner recognized for enhancing diversity at Fisher

As director of a Fisher program designed to engage underrepresented minority students interested in the field of accounting, Cynthia W. Turner wanted
Erin Halleran is interviewed.
April 26, 2018
Fisher College of Business

Erin Halleran (BSBA '18): Passionate, purposeful, principled

Four years ago, Erin Halleran knew what she wanted in a college. Halleran, a member of the Class of 2018, shares how Fisher and Ohio State helped nurture her passion for social entrepreneurship and equipped her with the skills to lead.
April 23, 2018
The Ohio State University Office of Student Life

Ari Vandersluis: The power of positive change

Ohio State’s Office of Student Life shares the story of Ari Vandersluis, an operations management student and a member of the Class of 2018, who has had a positive impact across the university.
Diversity Award winners show off their awards next to Fisher sign
April 13, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Fisher honors its partners in diversity and inclusion

The 17th Annual Fisher College of Business Diversity Awards Reception and Luncheon recently recognized those individuals and corporations that have wo
March 12, 2018
ABC 7

Students spend Spring Break giving back

While some college students have hit the Suncoast with the beach in mind, a group of students from Fisher College of Business are giving up their beach time — to give back instead. 
March 12, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Wolstein Scholar named Next Generation Innovator of the Year

Like most entrepreneurs, Laura McLaughlin identified a problem and wanted to solve it. Equipped with a solid academic foundation, she enlisted the help of The Ohio State Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) to turn her idea — a mobile app to help combat infant mortality — into a reality.
A student speaking about the APTE Summit
March 9, 2018
Fisher College of Business

APTE Summit connecting students with social entrepreneurship

The Alleviating Poverty Through Entrepreneurship (APTE) Summit has connected students at Fisher and Ohio State with change leaders from around the world to explore ways to put business education to work in making positive impacts in communities near and far.
Sonal Gupta
March 7, 2018
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Student launches empowerment network to address gender inequality

Fisher College of Business student Sonal Gupta has created an email network to ignite an important social discussion among men and women.
March 5, 2018
Fisher Ink

A taxing experience

Fisher Ink, the college's official literary magazine, profiles two undergraduate organizations that are providing financial services to improve lives throughout Columbus. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program and Scarlet and Grey Financial provide workshops to help teach financial stability to young adults and low-income families.
Local nonprofit leaders on high chairs making presentation to students
December 7, 2017
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Marketing for social impact the focus of annual event

Fisher students and representatives from national and local nonprofits recently congregated to gain insights on how to effectively wield marketing skills for a positive impact on important social causes as part of the “Marketing for a Better World” event, hosted by the Fisher Association of Marketing Professionals (AMP) with the support of Fisher Board Fellows.
Fisher Impact Day
November 28, 2017
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Student leaders shape Fisher Impact Day though service

Fisher is burgeoning with emerging leaders, many of whom recently worked to make the college’s day of service into something truly exceptional. C.J. Stover and Brady Ellis were among those students who helped shape Fisher Impact Day, an event in which more than 880 members of the Fisher community dispersed across campus and throughout central Ohio to serve various organizations.
An inmate at Southeastern Correctional Institution talks about his experience with the Ohio Prison Entrepreneurship Program.
November 28, 2017
Max M. Fisher College of Business

Partnership brings entrepreneurship to prison

Making her way through security at the Southeastern Correctional Institution (SCI) in Lancaster last August, Erin Halleran wasn’t unnerved by the chai

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