Columbia Business School Announces Collaboration With Harlem Children’s Zone
To: EDUCATION EDITORS
Contact: Keshia Mark of the Columbia Business School, +1-212-854- 2747, klm74@columbia.edu
NEW YORK, May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Columbia Business School today announced a collaboration with the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) that will allow both institutions to capitalize on each other’s particular areas of expertise. Columbia Business School will provide management education opportunities and faculty consulting to the Central Harlem-based organization and the HCZ will provide internship opportunities for students with the Harlem Children’s Zone. The program will span two years, commencing in the spring of 2007.
Funded by a gift from the Carson Family Charitable Trust, the collaboration will include the following components:
* Harlem Children’s Zone Fellowship — A HCZ staff member will be selected
to attend Columbia’s Executive MBA program, beginning with the Fall,
2007 term. This candidate will earn an MBA degree while continuing to
work for the HCZ.
* The Institute for Non-profit Management — A total of 20 senior and
middle management staff members from HCZ will attend programs at the
Institute for Non-profit Management, part of the School’s Executive
Education program. The first 6 managers will enroll during the Spring,
2007 term.
* Faculty Consulting Services — Columbia Business School faculty members
will provide management consulting services on several projects of need
for HCZ.
* Social Enterprise Student Internship — The Business School’s Social
Enterprise Program will administer paid summer internships for MBA
students working with the Harlem Children’s Zone.
* Informal Exchanges — Informal exchanges between Columbia Business
School and Harlem Children’s Zone staff will include events sponsored by
the Social Enterprise Program and the student-run Social Enterprise
Club.
“Given the extraordinary need in Harlem, we are committed to expanding our services to as many children and families as possible,” said HCZ President and CEO Geoffrey Canada. “So we are thrilled that this collaboration will help us maintain the quality of our services as we grow.”
“The Social Enterprise Program at Columbia Business School has seen a very sharp increase in student and faculty involvement in recent years,” commented Professor Ray Horton, Frank R. Lautenberg Professor of Ethics and Corporate Governance and Director of the Social Enterprise Program. “This collaboration provides our students and faculty the opportunity to be involved in, to learn from, and to contribute to one of the most dynamic and important social service organizations of our day. We’re all grateful to the Carson family for their generous support in making our two neighboring organizations even stronger.”
About Columbia Business School
Led by Dean R. Glenn Hubbard, the Russell L. Carson Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School is at the forefront of management education for a rapidly changing world. The School’s Social Enterprise Program prepares students to contribute to society as business, nonprofit and government leaders. The School offers MBA and Executive MBA (EMBA) degrees, as well as non-degree Executive Education programs. For further information, visit http:// www.gsb.columbia.edu.
About the Harlem Children’s Zone
Created in 1970 as the Rheedlen Foundation, the Harlem Children’s Zone provides education, social-service and community-building programs to over 10,000 children and adults. In 2001, it began the Harlem Children’s Zone Project, which targets a 100-block area of Central Harlem with a comprehensive system of programs for children from birth through college, as well as for adults. In addition, the agency operates two public charter schools. With the latest expansion plans, HCZ will serve over 14,000 children by 2011. For further information, visit http://www.hcz.org.
SOURCE Columbia Business School
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