Nsombi B. Ricketts

ODI Director's Message

Nsombi B. Ricketts

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By Nsombi Ricketts on 4/5/2012 10:34 AM
2012 has been a very successful year for ODI thus far. We launched the Johnson Diversity Council (JDC) in February to support the Dean and Management Committee in implementing our community’s diversity and inclusion initiatives. We also received a record number of applications through...
By Nsombi Ricketts on 12/23/2011 11:01 AM
 

Season’s Greetings from the Johnson Office of Diversity and Inclusion!  ODI had another amazing year in 2011 and so much has happened since my last blog.

In October we hosted our largest diversity recruiting weekends ever.  During Johnson Women in Business (JWiB)...
By Nsombi Ricketts on 9/20/2011 12:36 PM
October is the busiest and most exciting time of the year for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI). Next month we will be hosting numerous events both on and off campus to connect alumni, current and prospective students, and corporate business diversity partners. We invite you to join us at the following events celebrating Johnson’s diverse community.
By Nsombi Ricketts on 8/24/2011 9:04 AM
I am writing this entry from Accra, Ghana- my 1st stop on Johnson’s inaugural African MBA Tour.  The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is partnering with UVA’s Darden School of Business to visit four African countries to recruit prospective MBA students.
By Nsombi Ricketts on 3/11/2011 11:29 AM
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) had a phenomenal academic year. We leveraged our new partnership with the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management to recruit the most diverse full-time MBA class in Johnson history, and were recognized in Bloomberg Businessweek for having the most dramatic increase in underrepresented minority representation of all top 30 business schools over the last decade.