McDonough Offering Intensive Learning Experiences to Evening MBAs
The McDonough School of Business is offering seven Intensive Learning Experiences (ILEs) for Evening MBAs this summer. These courses cover topics beyond the school’s core curriculum and other electives, and are offered in short time periods usually lasting between one-to-two weeks.
“ILEs allow us to deliver innovative course topics that aren’t traditionally offered at a business school. Students are able to learn about issues that are highly relevant to their career interests — the business of water, for example — that don’t necessarily ‘fit’ in a standard curriculum,” said Kerry Pace, associate dean for MBA programs. Continue reading…
Winners Announced for Davis Wine Packaging Competition
Earlier in July 2014, UC Davis Executive Education at the Graduate School of Management brought together over 80 participants for its inaugural Wine Packaging Strategy: Decide, Design, Impress program. Participants were asked to bring wine products that “spoke to them” through packaging. Over 40 products were entered in the contest, representing a huge cross-section of wines and packages.
The winners were chosen the old fashioned way, with each program attendee getting a vote. The results are as follows:
HBS Alumnus Named Director of SEI
Harvard Business School alumnus Matthew M. Segneri (MBA 2010) has been named the new Director of the school’s Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI). As Director, Segneri is responsible for working with the Initiative’s faculty co-chairs, Professors Herman B. “Dutch” Leonard and V. Kasturi “Kash” Rangan, to oversee SEI’s strategic objectives and operational goals and manage a range of programs and activities.
The SEI was established in 1993 with the help of a generous gift from John C. Whitehead. The program pioneered the concept of “social enterprise” with the adoption of a problem-focused approach toward understanding the management and leadership challenges facing organizations involved in creating social value regardless of their structure or source of funding.
Carroll Prof. Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
The International Symposium on Cross Sector Social Interactions has presented Carroll School of Management Galligan Professor of Strategy Sandra Waddock with a lifetime achievement award for her pioneering work in cross-sector collaborative research. Waddock began research in the field 30 years ago. She is only the second person to receive this honor from the symposium.
“I was surprised, humbled, and amazed to see that I was considered to be a pioneer,” said Waddock, who also is the Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility. “I just thought I was doing this really cool stuff. I don’t think any of us regard ourselves as pioneers. What we do is we find something that’s really interesting to look at, or is a puzzle, or that’s important, and that very few other people are interested in, and we go after it.”
Fox Holds Reception for New CC EMBA Center
Temple University’s Fox School of Business welcomed more than 100 guests to The HUB for a July 15 reception, celebrating the Executive MBA’s relocation and the Executive DBA program’s launch. Both programs will be housed at the innovative executive meeting facility, located at 20th and Market streets.
This marks the first time in years that the Fox School’s EMBA has been offered within the city limits, moving the program from the suburbs to Center City. Current and prospective students, faculty and alumni took in The HUB’s new facilities and modern amenities on ushered tours of its second-floor suites.
Anderson Announces Speakers for Exec. MBA Commencements
UCLA Anderson School of Management has announced the speakers for this year’s Executive MBA (EMBA) and Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) commencement ceremonies.
Frank Carrere (MBA ’97), senior VP of corporate development at Fox International Channels at 21st Century Fox, will address graduates of the Global Executive MBA for the during the commencement program at 3 p.m. on July 20, 2014, in Korn Hall. John R. Muse (MBA ’74), private equity principal at Kainos Capital, will address Executive MBA graduates at 3 p.m. on July 26, 2014, at Royce Hall and Craig Ehrlich, chairman and co-founder of Novare Technologies, will address graduates of the Global Executive MBA for Asia Pacific program at 6 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2014 on Alumni Plaza.
