Harvard Business School selected Kennesaw State student Bradley Heath as a participant in the week-long Summer Venture in Management Program that covers the world of business.
“It feels gratifying to see the fruition of almost four years of work coming to life,” Heath said. “[Gaining acceptance into this program] was a big hurdle. I am really proud of myself and extremely thankful to everyone who has helped me in the process.”
Heath said he has aspirations of attending Harvard’s Business School for the Juris Doctor and Master in Business Administration dual program after graduating from KSU. When touring Harvard in October 2018, he was encouraged to apply for the SVMP program by a current student.
“The application process consists of multiple essays with prompts such as talking about your greatest leadership moment, and how your underrepresentation in business has affected your school & career so far,” Heath said. “They also require your official transcript, and approval from your summer internship employer, which Georgia-Pacific graciously provided to me.”
Heath said he will take classes led by HBS faculty on current management issues and the impact they can have on their community and the world through business leadership with time in the evenings spent on analyzing business cases, and meeting in the mornings for study groups for further debate and interaction with peers and faculty.
“I’m really excited to learn from the rest of my classmates in this program and how their diversity has molded their lives,” Heath said. “I think learning with the Harvard case method will be really interesting and I hope to try and use some of the methodologies behind it in some classes here at KSU. Overall, I want to use the experience as an opportunity to really see myself in the life of an HBS [student] to affirm my intention to attend [Harvard].”
According to the program’s website, HBS’s SVMP is a one-week residential educational program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education.
According to the program’s website, studies in the field of business are not required for application and acceptance into the program. The applicants are reviewed for their “academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and personal characteristics” and how they exhibit aspects consistent with the program’s “objective of promoting educational diversity and opportunity in business leadership.”
