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Rotman students champion MBA scholarship for Black students: Toronto Star, CBC News

Bilal Habib and Jathiban (Jay) Panchalingam

Bilal Habib and Jathiban (Jay) Panchalingam are helping lead a scholarship drive, supported by U of T, to support Black students in part-time MBA programs at the Rotman School of Management (photos courtesy of Bilal Habib)

A group of MBA students at the 狐狸视频鈥檚 Rotman School of Management are leading a drive to fund a scholarship to support Black students in the school鈥檚 morning and evening MBA programs.

Jathiban (Jay) Panchalingam and Bilal Habib saw a need for the scholarship after noticing few Black students in the part-time programs, which are designed to let students take classes before and after work, the . The pair, along with other likeminded Rotman students, teamed up with Students Against Anti-Black Racism 鈥 formed in the wake of the killing of George Floyd 鈥 to launch the scholarship with U of T鈥檚 support, according to the Star. 

"The overall goal is to remove the financial barriers for students in the Black community, so that doing an MBA is a viable option for them," Habib .

Nonso Molokwu, who was born in Nigeria, told CBC Radio鈥檚 Metro Morning that supporting Black students in their business education can help boost representation in senior leadership positions of corporations. 鈥淲hen you think about the lack of Black students, the representation at this level of education, you start to see the impact of that going further down the line,鈥 said Molokwu, who is co-president of Students Against Anti-Black Racism. 

Nouman Ashraf, assistant professor, teaching stream, and the Rotman鈥檚 director of equity, diversity, and inclusion, told the Star change is imperative. 鈥淰ictories in this space come from people recognizing that allyship means for us to put our personal, financial and social capital on the line,鈥 Ashraf said.

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