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Continue reading…Friday News – Georgetown Executive Program Earns Top 10 Ranking, UVA Darden Launches Online Career Development Tool, and More
Let’s take a look at some of the biggest stories from this week, including the Georgetown Executive Education program earning some heady praise from the Financial Times.
Financial Times Ranks Executive Custom Programs #10 in U.S. – Georgetown McDonough School of Business News
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has been recognized by the Financial Times as one of the top ten best executive education programs in the country.
On the news, Charles Skuba, Senior Associate Dean for Executive Custom Programs, says, “Our client-centered approach to executive education at Georgetown McDonough ensures every program is tailored to the specific needs of each organization … We’re proud of our ranking and the results we deliver for our loyal and growing number of clients.”
McDonough’s Executive Custom Programs are tailored to the needs of each individual and their organizations. Advisors consult with students to build a curriculum that will best meet their unique goals. Among the areas covered by custom programs are market strategy and non-market strategy, global leadership and operations; corporate responsibility, communications, project management, and finance.
You can learn more about the Georgetown Executive Education Custom programs here.
UVA Darden Launches Summer Program Offering Admitted Students Early Preparation for MBA Recruiting Success – UVA Darden School of Business News
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business has announced the launch of a new tool to assist incoming MBA students in preparing for internships and their future careers.
The program, Career Development WhyFinding, was developed by Darden’s Career Development Center. It features videos, interactive modules, and curated resources that are designed to guide students through the early stages of professional development. One of the main features of CDWhy is its ability to assist in preparation for the rigorous recruiting process.
Inside the UVA Darden Career Development Center / Photo via news.darden.virginia.edu
“Year after year, we hear from Darden students that they wish they had begun preparing for MBA recruiting in the summer before their First Year,” says Jeff McNish of the Career Development Center. “We are thrilled to now offer this service to Darden’s career-driven students so that they can gain a head-start in the competitive MBA recruiting process.”
CDWhy was developed with input from a diverse group of Darden students and alumni. The Career Development Center has planned to implement versions of CDWhy that are tailored to both Executive MBA and Business Analytics students. Learn more about the Center and about CDWhy here.
Tuck Makes Applicant-Friendly Changes for the 2019-2020 Admissions Cycle – Tuck School of Business News
With the goal of streamlining the admissions process, Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business has made some changes to its application process.
The application deadline for round one will be October 1, with decisions released in early December. November 1 is the cutoff for applicant-initiated interviews. Luke Anthony Peña, Executive Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, says:
“We pledge to listen and to be responsive to our applicants. Moving our round one deadline back two weeks provides several additional days for aspiring Tuck students to visit campus and interview before finalizing round one applications … And once again, we are committing to a shorter wait time for decisions.”
In the new application, there will be three 300-word essay questions, and the short answer portion has been omitted. In addition, Tuck has adopted the GMAC’s Common Letter of Recommendation questions. Both the essay and the recommendation questions can be found here.
Another Successful Showcase for the UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator – UCLA Anderson News
At last month’s UCLA Anderson School of Management Venture Accelerator Showcase, ten companies presented their startups to an audience of venture capitalists and potential investors.
Among the presenters were a skin care company and a ready to drink cocktail, in addition to a product that uses WiFi to charge mobile devices. Created by a father and son team, this product has already received funding. Trish Halamandaris, Director of the Anderson accelerator, says of the showcase, “This year’s companies were further along in their product development, which resulted in some better funding … Much of that success can be attributed to the increased number of Anderson alumni who served as advisors and were instrumental in helping these companies accelerate their growth.”
Members of the 10 teams competing at this year’s UCLA Anderson School of Management Venture Accelerator Showcase / Photo via anderson.ucla.edu
The competitors were U-Defi, an anti-aging skin care product; Indarra, a fast-casual Indian restaurant; Bluprint, a presentation tool; Creative Propulsion Laboratory, a production company for children’s content; VoiceLife, a wireless charging product; Elenita, the ready-to-drink mescal cocktail; and Nutopia, a blockchain service for the film and television industry. You can read more on the competitors and the showcase here.
EMBA Students’ Alabama Road Trip: Reflections on Racial Injustice – Berkeley Haas News
A group of EMBA students from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business traveled to Selma and Montgomery, Alabama over Memorial Day to experience the history of the civil rights movement with the hope of informing their studies and their careers.
The trip held special significance for Lisa Rawlings (EMBA 19) whose grandmother was born in Alabama and moved to Memphis as a teenager. “Putting myself in my grandparents’ shoes, I realized that courage was not always resistance, but sometimes it was simply endurance, which often required unthinkable compromises to their dignity to save their lives and those of their loved ones,” she says of the visit.
Rawlings was joined by her EMBA classmates, touring the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, along with Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served as pastor. They also crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, where law enforcement and protesters for voting rights had a standoff in 1965.
You can learn more about the Berkeley Haas students’ journey to Alabama here.
Friday News – Sweetgreen Comes to Georgetown, Merage Honors Digital Transformation, and More
Let’s take a look at some of the biggest stories from this week, including the Sweetgreen founders returning to their alma mater, Georgetown McDonough.
Center for Digital Transformation Selects Top Companies for Digital Innovators Award – Merage School of Business News
The Center for Digital Transformation at UC Irvine’s Merage School of Business named three companies that exemplify the center’s mission: “Advancing the competitiveness and productivity of business in the digital economy.”
Using responses from its annual survey, the Center selected Target, Aetna/CVS Health, and Quad/Graphics for work in reinventing themselves to compete in the digital economy. The six elements of each business that the Center observed were the companies’ culture of innovation; the level of technical ability of the workforce; how well the companies apply digital technologies; strategic vision; and the investments the companies made in new technology.
Vijay Gurbaxani, the Director of the Center for Digital Transformation, says “Our survey examined 150 companies, but among them, these three companies stood out. Transformation is especially challenging for legacy companies—[those] incorporated before 1990—because they have to change in fundamental ways that younger, natively digital companies don’t.”
The winners were honored at this year’s annual Road to Reinvention Conference, along with a dinner on March 20, 2019. For more on the Center and the conference, click here.
Sweetgreen Founders Reflect on Success – McDonough School of Business News
The founders of fast casual salad chain Sweetgreen visited their alma mater, McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University, to discuss the evolution of their company. The event, which took place on April 16, 2019, was part of McDonough’s Stanton Distinguished Leaders Series.
Georgetown McDonough School of Business alumni Jonathan Neman (B’07), Nicolas Jammet (B’07), and Nathaniel Ru (B’07), seen above, speaking at their alma mater on April 16 / Photo via msb.georgetown.edu
Jonathan Neman (B,07) says, “We found this niche in the market where there was an opportunity to have something that was fresh and healthy, but also affordable and fast.” Noting that he and his partners were challenged to find any healthy food choices on campus, Neman continues, “We wanted to figure out how we could create something essentially for ourselves in the beginning.”
Neman’s classmates, Nicolas Jammet and Nathaniel Ru came up with the idea during their senior year at Georgetown. After being turned down for funding, they decided to crowdsource from a reliable audience: friends and family. The team gathered $300,000 in funding and the company took off. Initially called ‘Greens’ the original location of the restaurant was on campus
With social impact at the heart of Sweetgreen’s business model, the founders have begun several initiatives involving sustainable farming and access to healthy foods for underserved communities. The company also seeks to reduce waste at every level of production.
New Study On Ways to Inoculate Teens Against Junk Food Marketing – Chicago Booth Newsroom
A professor at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business recently published research on the affects of junk food marketing on adolescents.
Professor Christopher Bryan, along with the other members of his research team, discovered a method to protect teenagers, (especially boys, who are most susceptible), against the harmful effects of food marketing. The study, which took place in a Texas middle school, presented students with an exposé-style piece on corporations that manipulate consumers to make unhealthy choices. The stories revealed facts to the students about how addictive junk foods are marketed to poor and vulnerable populations.
Another group of students were given more traditional marketing materials about the benefits of healthy eating. The first group made, on average, more healthy decisions at the cafeteria on subsequent days. Professor Bryan says, “What we’ve done is turn that around on the food marketers by exposing this manipulation to teenagers, triggering their natural strong aversion to being controlled by adults. If we could make more kids aware of that, it might make a real difference.”
The study, “A Values-Alignment Intervention Protects Adolescents from the Effects of Food Marketing,” was published in mid-April.
The Fox School is Hitting the Road – Fox School News
Temple University’s Fox School of Business is launching a new alumni event called “Fox on the Road,” with the goal of providing professional development and networking opportunities in New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.
The events will feature keynote speakers on trends and topics in their industries. More details are coming soon, and Fox is seeking input on how the series can be most useful to alumni.
Upcoming events this spring include a joint effort with Wharton Alumni of Philadelphia at WeWork on 5/1, an Alumni Association Cheer Station at the Broad Street Run on 5/5, and a TedX Philadelphia talk on 5/15. The TedX Event’s theme will be “Unintended Consequences.”
Penn State Smeal College of Business names two new members to Board of Visitors – Penn State Smeal News
Penn State Smeal’s College of Business has announced two new members to its Board of Visitors, which advises faculty and administrators on strategic decisions and trends in each member’s industries.
Smeal alum Farid Alias is President and CEO of Maybank in Malaysia. He received the Penn State Alumni Association’s Alumni Fellow Award, the organization’s highest honor, in 2017. Jerome Griffith, who earned his bachelor’s degree from Smeal in 1979, is the CEO of Land’s End.
Smeal Dean Charles Whitema says of the appointments:
“Both Farid and Jerome have significant C-suite experience that I expect will enhance the programs and services we provide for Smeal students…I look forward to the contributions they will make in the years to come.”
Farid Alias was named CEO of the Year at the ASEAN Business Awards Malaysia in 2015 and was awarded the CNBC Asia Business Leader Award for Corporate Social Responsibility, also in 2015. He is Vice Chairman of Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers, and is also a member of the ASEAN Banking Council, the Asian Banker Association, and the Visa Senior Client Council Program. Griffith formerly served in executive positions at Esprit, Tumi, Tommy Hilfiger, and the J. Peterman Company.
Click here for more on other members of the Board of Visitors.
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Georgetown McDonough Announces New Flex MBA Program
In response to market research and student requests, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is adding greater flexibility to its part-time MBA program. The updates include technological innovations for the inclusion of hybrid courses, new course delivery options, and a more adjustable duration. The idea behind the new Georgetown Flex MBA is to ensure that working professionals can better balance their career commitments with their personal commitments. Continue reading…
Georgetown Launches New MBA Certificate in Consumer Analytics and Insights
In response to overwhelming demand by students and recruiters, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business launched a new MBA Certificate in Consumer Analytics and Insights. The certificate delves deep into marketing data and analytics to provide MBA students with the necessary skills needed to drill down into consumer behavior and marketing practice through data. Continue reading…
