By Kara Sherrer
In case you missed it, we’ve rounded up all the Owen news from the past week in one convenient place (plus some of the Twitter highlights from the past few days). Explore the stories at the links below.
Personal Scale, Personified: Why ‘Humans of Owen’ Succeeds at Vanderbilt Business
In less than two years, Humans of Owen has gotten buy-in from all over the Owen community (plus a feature in Poets&Quants), and the initiative seems poised for still more growth. The student leaders behind this year’s Humans of Owen Celebration talk diversity, inclusion, personal scale, and why HoO has been so successful.
Social Media Roundup: Humans of Owen Celebration
Every February, the Humans of Owen initiative puts on a slate of diverse, inclusive programming with help from clubs across the Owen community. From the Fail Festival from the Bubbly Brunch, we rounded up the Instagram highlights from this year’s HoO Celebration.
Podcast: The Wide World of Public Accounting
Master of Accountancy Alumnae Mary Hsu (MAcc’09) and Margaret Ross (MAcc’14) discuss the incredible career opportunities within the field in the latest episode of “This is Vanderbilt Business.”
When Disaster Doesn’t Strike: New Book from Stanford University Press Explores the Study of Highly Reliable Organizations
Organizational Reliability Experts Rangaraj Ramanujam — the Richard M. and Betty Ruth Miller Professor of Management at Vanderbilt Business — and Karlene Roberts of UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business curated 30 years of work in the field for researchers and practitioners.
Melissa Thomas-Hunt
What Is Tokenism, and Why Does It Matter in the Workplace?
A recent panel at The Wond’ry explored the effects of tokenism in the workplace, and how businesses and employees can address it. Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence and Professor of Management Melissa Thomas-Hunt and Director of Admissions Consuela Knox spoke on the panel.
Twitter Roundup
Feb. 26 to March 2