May 15, 2026 | Leadership Crisis Challenge, Student Blog
During the 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge (LCC), I attended a Leadership in Action (LIA) session, “Navigating Crisis: Resilience in Action,” which reinforced a simple but important truth: nobody walks into a crisis with all the answers—not students, not business...
Apr 17, 2026 | Leadership Crisis Challenge, Student Blog
The 2026 Leadership Crisis Challenge (LCC) was intense for me in all the best ways. It challenged me to think on my feet, work through ambiguity, and collaborate closely with my peers. But when the dust settled, I was left wondering: How do I actually talk about this...
Feb 27, 2026 | Student Blog, MRLE, Alumni
I came to Michigan Ross to sharpen a scalpel, but I ended up performing surgery on my own career. My trajectory was designed to be a linear, risk-averse march toward the law: a Master of Management to complement a future JD, followed by the quiet security of a career...
Feb 18, 2025 | Student Blog, Women in Leadership
Inclusive leadership is key to creating equitable and successful workplaces. Sam Schmitt (MBA ‘25) and Clare Henne (MBA ‘25), active participants in the Sanger Leadership Center, serve as co-presidents of Michigan Business Women (MBW), a graduate student club at...
Dec 6, 2023 | Sanger News, Ross Leaders Academy, Student Blog
The Ross Leaders Academy (RLA), powered by the Sanger Leadership Center, and sponsored by the Deloitte Foundation, is a year-long leadership development program open to students from across the University of Michigan. During the program, fellows collaborate with their...
Feb 27, 2020 | Leadership Crisis Challenge, Student Blog
Max Garcia, BBA ’20, participated in the Leadership Crisis Challenge as a sophomore. In this blog for Poets&Quants, he reflects upon the intense, high-pressure experience… and explains why he’s going to do it all over again this March, when he...
Feb 26, 2020 | Leadership Crisis Challenge, Student Blog
Michigan Ross welcomed our first class of Online MBA (OMBA) students to campus in January to take part in the leadership residency. Marissa Bialecki, OMBA ’22, reflects on the experience—which included participating in our Leadership Crisis Challenge! Read more from...
Sep 1, 2019 | Business + Impact Challenge, Student Blog
Just one day after arriving on campus, the most diverse class of Michigan Ross Full-Time MBA students ever were faced with an ambitious business challenge presented by Amazon and Sanger. This year’s Business + Impact Challenge asked students to develop innovative ways...
Jul 8, 2019 | LDRx, Student Blog
The University of Michigan is a big place. It’s made smaller by our Michigan Ross community, but it can still be hard to decide on what clubs and activities to get involved in during freshman and sophomore years. We recently checked in with BBA senior Sirisha Billa,...
Jun 24, 2019 | Student Blog, Business + Impact Challenge
Incoming first-year Weekend MBA students recently had the chance to partner with Amazon on a top-secret project as part of our May Business + Impact Challenge. This year’s winning team was made up of five Weekend MBAs with a range of experience from the financial...
May 6, 2019 | Ross Leaders Academy, Student Blog
By: Lynn Chou, MM ’19 1. Because Investing in Your Personal Growth Starts Now. There are 1,440 minutes in a day. If you’re anything like me, those minutes are mostly spent on daily tasks, classes, sleeping, and, realistically, watching too much Netflix. But what...
Apr 25, 2019 | Ross Leaders Academy, Student Blog
By: Rima Fadlallah, MBA ’20 In January, I attended what would be my favorite Ross Leaders Academy (RLA) session all year (and I love RLA sessions). This session, in particular, was on empathy. Towards the middle of the session, we started a group discussion on...
