Kellstadt Adds Evening Cohort MBA
The Evening Cohort MBA offered through the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business is the newest addition to DePaul’s roster of MBA options. This accelerated cohort experience offers those who are already working a structured class schedule and the opportunity to learn as a unit.
The Evening Cohort MBA is strategically planned around networking and building relationships. Candidates will take the same classes at the same time and graduating together. Other assignments include a group consulting project for a nonprofit and an international study trip together to explore international business to meet with global executives. Continue reading…
Harvard 1st Year MBA Students Present IPO Day
May 14 marked IPO Day at Harvard Business School, where students in the FIELD 3 course had the opportunity to present viable businesses to 900+ first year MBA students. The audience cheered as teams presented ideas ranging from making single origin chocolates fun and accessible (DelectareChocolates.com), a solution that ‘unshrinks’ woolen clothing (Unshrinkit.com) to an app (SpotRocket.co) that promised to help job seekers find the “hottest start-up to work for.”
This presentation capped the yearlong FIELD course. FIELD 3, the final module, thrust students into experiencing the real-world roles of entrepreneur, analyst, marketer, and investor. It challenged them to refine the leadership and teamwork skills they learned in FIELD 1 last fall, and the product or service development skills they practiced while working with global partner organizations during FIELD 2. The students had two months to refine their ideas and develop a customer sales pitch, all leading up to Launch Day in mid-April, and teams with a viable idea advanced to this month’s IPO Day.
“Our objective with FIELD 3 was to provide students with an opportunity to apply and integrate the knowledge, skills, and tools acquired in the first-year curriculum,” says Senior Associate Dean Youngme Moon, chair of the MBA Program. “It exposed the entire class to the challenge and excitement of being an entrepreneur, creating an idea, and making it a reality. “The focus was on taking action, learning from the response to that action, and making changes to improve your chances of success,” Moon continues. “Almost all successful ventures go through this ‘pivoting’ process multiple times as they probe and test their ideas. FIELD 3 uniquely challenged students to experience that process and learn from it.”
NYU Stern’s Director of MBA Admissions Shares Tips for Candidates on the Waitlist
Rabia Ahmed, who serves as the director of MBA admissions for NYU Stern, recently sat down with www.topmba.com, in order to share her top insights and tips for candidates who find themselves on the waitlist for 2014.
1. Be self-aware
The MBA admissions committee has seen strengths in your application, but there may be ways to improve your candidacy. We are looking for people who have the personal initiative to improve themselves. We provide detailed information about what we evaluate and why on our website. We are looking for the kind of person who can take that information, do a self-assessment and take appropriate action.
2. Be proactive
Provide us with updates to your application. New information about employment, updated test scores, as well as supplemental recommendation letters or essays can all potentially enhance your qualifications. New information is most effective when it provides a different or updated perspective to the committee.
3. Be appropriate
Each school has different policies for how to interact while on the waitlist. At NYU Stern, we are open to communication and welcome updates, but not all schools are. We want to know that you continue to remain interested in our program, but we don’t need daily or weekly updates.
4. Be considerate
to your fellow applicants on the waitlist. If you have made other plans, graciously give up your spot for others.
5. Be encouraged
The NYU Stern committee feels that your application has some real strengths and therefore has offered you a place on the MBA waitlist. At the same time, please understand that we do have many more qualified applicants than spots, so if things don’t go your way, take heart and consider reapplying next year.
Lerner College of Business Announces Winners of Startup Business Funding Competition
The University of Delaware’s Lerner College of Business announced the winners of the annual Hen Hatch, the school’s premier business startup funding competition. After competing since early March by pitching entrepreneurial ideas to a panel of expert judges in order to receive recognition and funding, three teams in two tracks emerged as the winners of this year’s competition.
Teams were made up of students, alumni, faculty and staff, and pitches were evaluated by a panel of expert judges, including Neil Book, president and CEO, Jet Support Services; Brian Harvell, vice president, Product Engineering, SevOne; Jennie Horn, founder and chief creative officer, Second Base; John Petterson, senior vice president, Operations, Tiffany & Co.; Mike Phelan, venture partner, Osage Venture Partners; and Mark Parsells, executive chairmain and CEO, GDR Acquisitions Company. Continue reading…
Over 100 Fox Faculty to be Recognized by Temple University with Merit Awards
The Provost of Temple University, Hai-Lung Dai, recently announced that 767 faculty at Temple will receive merit awards, with one hundred and eight of those recognized coming from the Fox School of Business.
“A merit award reflects our faculty’s continued dedication and commitment to scholarship and students, and highlights the exceptional drive for excellence in teaching, innovation and performance,” Provost Dai said. Continue reading…
Babson College Recognizes Outstanding Students and Alumni with Changemaker Awards
Since 2011, the Lewis Institute’s Changemaker Awards have recognized Babson students and staff who exemplify remarkable effort to create a positive change within the community and in the world. Two of recipients of this year’s Changemaker Awards are Two of this year’s honorees are from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College; Mayank Arora M’15, and the institute’s first ever alumni award was given to Jon Feinman M’10.
Arora is a first-year MBA student, who will participate in MBAxAmerica this summer. This new, six-week program designed for MBA students from the nation’s top business schools incorporates cross-country travel where students participate in six business challenges with innovative entrepreneurs. He serves as the Vice President of Operations for the Babson Energy & Environmental Club. Arora, who strives to become a social entrepreneur, has a passion for sustainability and is working on improving energy efficiency within the residential sector. Continue reading…
