Merage Ranked by Bloomberg Businessweek
Bloomberg Businessweek has ranked the Paul Merage School of Business no. 31 among top MBA programs in the nation. This ranking is up 12 spots from the 2012 ranking. The Merage School was also ranked no. 23 in the report’s employer survey and no. 21 for intellectual capital.
Bloomberg Businessweek determined the rankings based on three measures: a survey of student satisfaction, a survey of employers who hire those graduates and the expertise of each school’s faculty, measured by faculty research in esteemed journals. 112 full-time MBA programs were ranked for this year’s report. Bloomberg Businessweek ranked 85 U.S. schools and 27 international schools. This is the largest group since the company began ranking MBA programs in 1988.
Merage Welcomes Arianna Huffington
The Paul Merage School of Business will welcome New York Times bestselling author and columnist, Arianna Huffington Thurs. Nov. 6. She will speak at the Center for Investment and Wealth Management (CIWM) Community Programs luncheon, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa.
Huffington, who was named to the 2013 Forbes Most Powerful Women list, and who is chair, president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, will share insights from her newest book, “Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well- Being, Wisdom and Wonder.”
Merage Appoints New Director for Center for Real Estate
Michael S. Robb, has been appointed executive director of the Center for Real Estate (CRE) at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business. Robb recently retired as executive vice president of the Real Estate Investments Group at Pacific Life Corporation,
Robb originally joined Pacific Life in 1976. Most recently he served as a senior vice president of Real Estate Investments until his retirement on January 1, 2013. Robb currently serves as a director for Morguard Corp. and for the California Mortgage Bankers Association.
Merage Priority App Deadline Oct. 1
The Spring 2015 priority application deadline for the Fully Employed Executive MBA program at the Merage School of Business is October 1, 2014. Apply now for the 27-month accelerated Spring FEMBA program. Classes will begin mid-March.
The application fee will be waived for applicants who apply at the priority application deadline on October 1, 2014. Applications can be completed online. Once you start your application in the Merage system, please contact kdalton@Uci.edu to obtain the application fee waiver or with any questions.
Merage Prof. Has New Research Published
In a new study, released by Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, researchers explore the complexities of diversity and what causes people to feel that a team or an organization is diverse. In the three-part study, Christopher W. Bauman (UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business), Sophie Trawalter (University of Virginia), and Miguel M. Unzueta (UCLA) report that people can disagree about how much racial diversity a team includes.
The study indicates that a particular team or organization can look quite different to people depending upon their backgrounds and racial identity. One major reason why is that people tend to judge diversity based on whether members of their own racial group are represented. Seeing people like themselves on the team eases concerns about discrimination.
Merage Starts Annual Financial Literacy Program
The Paul Merage School of Business has launched its fourth annual Financial Literacy Summer Residential Program, hosted by the Center for Investment and Wealth Management (CIWM) on Sunday, August 10, 2014. The event is being held for 30 eighth and ninth grade boys. The weeklong program, held on the UCI campus, will run through August 16, 2014.
“The primary purpose of our Financial Literacy program is to provide a foundation of financial knowledge, while creating an enjoyable environment and summer experience for underprivileged students from the surrounding area,” said Lee Anne Maki, associate director for the CIWM. “Our ultimate goal is to endow the Financial Literacy Summer Residential so that we may concentrate on increasing the number of students we can positively affect each year.”
