Howard University School of Business
     Executive Leadership Honors Program

We’re excited to be part of a program that brings promising business students (who are looking for great career opportunities) together with cable industry companies (who are looking for great employees). 

Here’s what’s involved: 

Sponsors.  Each year, five corporate sponsors from the cable industry sign on to invest resources, time and expertise in a special program developed by Howard University’s School of Business. They mentor students, deliver presentations at retreats and workshops, put students to work solving real industry problems and host networking activities. And above all, they meet and work closely with some smart, ambitious and talented business school students.

Students.  They’re high achievers who are preparing to make big contributions to their industries. To be accepted into the Executive Leadership Honors Program, incoming freshmen must be National Merit Scholarship finalists, or rank within the top 10 percent of their senior class, academically. Sophomores must be rising stars who have a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher, along with three outstanding letters of recommendation. The program extends across the duration of the students’ undergraduate education.

Goals.  The program’s mission is to increase the pool of highly qualified, superbly trained African-American executives through involvement in an active and challenging learning environment. Combining a liberal education with real-world business situations and problem-solving, the program provides students with what they need to become world-class business leaders.

Companies.  Recent sponsors include some big names in corporate America, like Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Johnson & Johnson and plenty more. Thanks to collaboration between the Walter Kaitz Foundation and Howard University’s School of Business, some of cable’s best companies have signed on as sponsors including ESPN, MTV Networks, Scripps Networks, and Time Warner Cable.