A few weeks ago, I posted a link to a new blog by a Northwestern University JD/MBA student named Jeremy and I’ve been following his blog ever since. He’s written some really good entries about the B-school admissions game and the start of his journey at Northwestern and it’s defiitely worth a read if you’ve got some time.

I’m bringing up Jeremy’s blog in this entry because he wrote a fantastic entry recently about diversity in the MBA world and, specifically, Hispanic Heritage Month. Diversity is a topic about which I am very passionate and I’ve a bunch of stuff in that area off and on throughout my career. After seeing his entry, I couldn’t help but post it on here to share it with other like-minded folks. If you’re interested, check it out at the link below. If not, then there isn’t much in this entry for you.

Link to Jeremy’s entry: http://www.jeremycwilson.com/2009/09/mba-diversity-hispanic-heritage-month.html

Gotta love someone who will put his full government name on full-blast in his blog Shout out to my fellow Stanford alum…

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Intro text to Jeremy’s blog entry:

“This weekend, I’ve been doing a lot of research trying to finalize my plans for the NBMBAA (National Black MBA) and NSHMBA (National Hispanic MBA) annual conferences. Having recently won both scholarships as incoming business school student, I am lucky to be able to attend both conferences at no cost. Considering how fortunate I am to be in this position, I’ve been thinking a lot about diversity, and decided I would take a moment to talk a little about it here, especially in light of Hispanic Heritage Month.

I believe that in America today, we are in a “race” to bring diversity to our professional communities. Even in my short career, I’ve already learned that diverse teams are essential to success in the market place. Just as cross-functional teams are used to create value in the market, so too do cross-cultural teams offer the richest possibility to improve our businesses, laws, and policies in today’s diverse economy. Hispanic Americans represent a large part of this diversity. They make up more than 15% of the US population and add immeasurable value to America’s economy and its communities.”