Fox Holds MBA Information Events
The Fox School of Business will host three separate MBA information events on Nov. 3 for prospective students. The first opportunity for prospective students will be the Fox One-on-One Consultation. Prospective students can schedule an appointment between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. with a Fox representative. The meetings will be held at Temple University’s center city campus. Prospective students can learn more about the many MBA options that Fox offers and learn more about the admissions process. Appointments can be scheduled online.
The next event for prospective students will be a virtual MBA information. The event will be held online at noon. Although it is a virtual information session, it will be a live session. Prospective students will have the chance to get an in-depth look in to the MBA programs at Fox and to learn more about the school, admissions and program options from an admissions representative. Registration for this event can be completed online.
Fox Holds TUCC Tuesday Event
The next TUCC Tuesday Event from the Fox School of Business will be held Feb 24. There will be three events held on this day. During the events, students will have the opportunity to learn more about the programs offered at Fox, meet with a representative from the school and discuss any of the programs available for students.
The first event is a virtual information session. The session will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. Interested participants must register to reserve a spot for a virtual meeting. Following the virtual information session, prospective students can also schedule a lunch time meeting with a school representative. The meetings will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. These appointments must be scheduled online.
La Salle Holds Online Info Session
La Salle University’s School of Business is holding an online information session for its part-time and Saturday MBA programs. The event will be held October 24, 2014 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Registration for the event can be completed online. The event is free for anyone who wishes to attend.
All of the MBA programs at La Salle University are internationally recognized for having earned Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International) accreditation. Less than five percent of business schools worldwide earn this distinction.
La Salle Offers Part-Time MBA Info Sessions
La Salle University is offering several upcoming Virtual Information Sessions for its Part-Time MBA program. These information sessions will be held online.
The programs will be offered on Tuesday, September 23 at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday October 8 at 5:30, p.m., Friday, October 24 at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 3 at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, November 6 at 6:00 p.m., Monday, Novemeber 17 at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, December 4 at 10:00 a.m. and Tuesday December 16 at 5:30 p.m.
Smeal Appoints New Faculty Director
Dennis Sheehan, the Virginia and Louis Benzak Professor of Finance at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, has been named the faculty director of both the Penn State Smeal MBA Program and the Executive MBA Program in Philadelphia.
The faculty director is responsible for academic aspects of the programs, including curriculum, concentrations, global immersions as well as other aspects of both of the programs.
Sheehan says that, in addition to day-to-day tasks of the job, he and the program leadership team will undertake the project of revising the MBA as well as the Executive MBA programs.
Lebow Student Receives AICPA Scholarship
Lebow College of Business junior accounting and finance major Andres Vivas Lopez has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship from the American Institute of CPAs. He accepted this award onstage at ALPFA’s national convention in Orlando, Fla.
Lopez serves as the president of LeBow’s ALPFA chapter. KPMG sponsored four LeBow students to attend the event, which included a case competition.
He is a recent transfer student from Community College of Philadelphia. Currently, Lopez is doing his first of two co-ops at Grant Thornton, working within the firm’s business advisory services department. Part of his job there requires him to serve as a liaison for audit projects in Latin America.
