The Memphis Institute for Leadership Education (MILE) Program is a program within the Fogelman College of Business and Economics designed to provide additional leadership education for business students.   Its specific mission is to prepare FCBE students to be future leaders in the city of Memphis through leadership development programs and mentoring.
Key aspects of this mission is that the MILE program:

     Targets primarily FCBE students and in particular FCBE undergraduate students

     Specifically focuses on developing the future leaders of Memphis and the Mid-South

     Encompass a variety of leadership development activities

     Has as a leadership mentoring program as a primary component

   Meal for Ronald McDonald House: The 2nd MILE Students with assistance from members of the MILE Bobcat team provided dinner for approximately 100 residents of Ronald McDonald House, Target House, and the Grizzlies House.  For more information please visit www.rmhmemphis.org

   Darrin Melllinger secures $2000 Donation to Ronald McDonald House: During the raising of money for the Ronald McDonald House event, Darrin Melllinger’s solicitation email fell into the hands of company president Ben Sustress. Mr. Sustress presented Darrin with a personal check for $1000 which will also be matched by his company for a total donation of $2000!

   MILE receives $100,000 donation from Jim Baker: Jim Baker has made the very generous donation of $100,000 to the MILE program. We thank Jim Baker very much for his large contribution to the program.

    February 10th – The University Center Ballroom from 3:30 - 6:30pm. This month's session will feature keynote speaker Jason Womack. We want to welcome Rhodes College and the U of M's LEAD program who will also be joining us for this event. Please feel free to invite any mentor prospects to this event. We would be delighted to have them join in on the fun!

   April 13th – Our final MILE session will be held in the Kemmons Wilson Holiday Inn at the University of Memphis. The meeting will be held from 5:00 - 8:00pm. Please join us for our final MILE session.