Summer Institute for Emerging Managers and Leaders
This fellowship offers students from HBCUs an unrivalled opportunity to launch their future in business management.

Participating Campuses

What's a Day Like?

The Institute is committed to making sure students receive an unrivalled experience over the course of their two summers in the program.

Here is what a typical day might be:

A typical day's schedule
7:00am Enjoy breakfast and coffee with colleagues in the residence dining commons or outside in the California sunshine
8:00am Meet with 24 colleagues and 4 instructors to review the day's topic; break into groups to brainstorm objectives for field trip-based research project
9:30am Walk across campus together to BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Station; travel to one of San Francisco's top clean energy firms
10:15am Conference with CEO, CFO and other industry leaders, including short lectures and question-and-answer periods
11:30am Have opportunity for one-on-one sessions with firm's executive team members
12:00 Enjoy a catered lunch on the green at San Francisco's Embarcadero Plaza
1:30pm Take part in a large-group discussion of achieved and revised objectives
2:00pm Participate in small-group preparation of sustainable business model proposal, guided by instructors at 1:6 faculty to student ratio
3:00pm Compare business and economic models in student panels
4:00pm Walk back to the dorms; read, relax, and chat about tomorrow
6:00pm Have dinner with friends
8:00pm Attend a free blues concert at record store on Telegraph Avenue