10 Coolest MBA Clubs in Philadelphia
If you’re looking to enhance your MBA experience as well as to gain priceless networking opportunities, membership in a student club could be the best choice for you. Schools in the Philly metro have a host of organizations for every interest.
St. Joseph’s University Haub School to Offer Healthcare Executive MBA through Team Effort
Beginning in March 2016, Saint Joseph’s Haub School of Business (HSB), in collaboration with the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), will offer an online executive MBA program for alumni of PCOM.
Dr. Stephen Porth, Executive Director of graduate business and Associate Dean at HSB said in a press release, “As physicians with an average of 10 or more years of experience, many of PCOM’s graduates no longer fit the profile of a traditional MBA student…This customized program allows them to earn their healthcare-focused MBA in an accelerated online format along with their peers.”
SJU Veterans Bootcamp Program Now Accepting Applications
The Haub School of Business is now accepting applications for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans. St. Joseph’s was accepted into the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) in early 2015. EBV is an entrepreneurial and small business education program at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. The program is run by Syracuse’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families. The first class for the program at SJU will begin the program in spring 2016.
The program is open to any interested post-9/11 veteran with a disability and an honorable discharge status. Those interested in attending the program can visit www.sju.edu/veterans. The deadline for the 2016 program application is December 18, 2015.
Haub Accepted to Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
The Haub School of Business has announced that it will be participating in the The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities is an entrepreneurial and small business education program that was founded in 2007 at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. The program is operated by SU’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families.
The Haub school joins several other schools that participate in the EBV program, including the SU’s Whitman School of Management, The Florida State University College of Business, the UCLA Anderson School of Management, Texas A&M University’s Mays School of Business, the Krannert School at Purdue University, University of Connecticut School of Business, the E.J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University and the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University.
Haub Names Director of Initiative for Family Business and Entrepreneurship
St. Joseph’s University has named Meghan Juday the director of The Haub School of Business Initiative for Family Business and Entrepreneurship. The initiative was founded in 2012. It provides a program that is designed around the unique challenges and skills required to operate a family business and pursue entrepreneurial endeavors.
Judy is a fourth generation member of the 99-year-old family-owned business, IDEAL INDUSTRIES in Sycamore, Ill. She serves as the family council chair and corporate director of IDEAL INDUSTRIES and is also the founder of Family Business Strategy Group (FBSG), an independent consulting firm. She also serves as a member of a curriculum committee for the Loyola Family Business Center’s Stewardship and Governance Institutes in Chicago.
Haub Hosts Exec Ed. Open Class Visit
The Haub School of Business at St. Joseph’s University will be hosting an Executive Education Open Class Visit. The visit will be held Jan. 30 and will begin at 8 a.m. Prospective students are welcome to visit for as little as one hour, or stay for the entire morning. Visiting prospective students also have the opportunity to schedule their own one-on-one information session with a program representative.
During the class visit, prospective executive students will have the opportunity to audit and participate in the class they choose to visit. Classes open for visits begin at 8 a.m. and are held until 12 p.m. This class visit will give interested attendants the opportunity to network with current students and professors. Breakfast will be provided to those who attend and a program representative will also be available to answer any questions about the program or application process.
