Council Of Black Students In Administration: A Case Study

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Council of Black Students in Administration, CBSA. CBSA is a professional development organization that is dedicated to the advancement of African American students in Fisher College of Business by putting them in direct contact with business professionals and hosting workshops for different development topics such as resume building and delivering a pitch. I joined the E-Board in spring of 2015 as the Director of Membership. Upon joining, I learned that CBSA was really struggling with membership retention. I took it upon myself to create a membership survey asking current members what they wanted to see from companies, which companies they’d like to be brought in and what industries they were interested in. Fall of 2015, I built relationships

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