Search Results for: EMBA Spotlight (40 results found)

Vanderbilt Owen’s Two-Track EMBA In The Heart Of Nashville

EMBA Spotlight: The Two-Track Program In The Heart Of Music City (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: January 27, 2023

A Dallas native, Tara Tenorio, 39, moved to Nashville 20 years ago for the sole purpose of attending Vanderbilt University. She never left. She started her career in politics, joining Governor Phil Bredesen’s successful re-election campaign and administration and working with Mayor Karl Dean. Much of her career was in community development for nonprofit organizations…

Q&A: NYU Stern's Johannes Stroebel Wins Prestigious Fischer Black Prize For Financial Research With Impact

The P&Q Interview: NYU Stern’s Johannes Stroebel, Winner Of The Fischer Black Prize For Financial Research With Impact (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: January 26, 2023

Johannes Stroebel wasn’t planning to attend the annual meeting of the American Finance Association earlier this month. While he usually goes every year he’s in the U.S., the NYU Stern School of Business finance professor was on sabbatical this year in Europe with his family. They had booked a week of skiing. Then he got…

Sloan Fellows: An Elite Mid-Career Degree At 3 World Class B-Schools (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: January 19, 2023

Every morning, on his way to class in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Taiwo Ajetunmobi walks by a little park in Kendall Square. He passes a statue there inscribed with seven words: “Most innovative square mile on the planet.” An executive with a love of technology and a mission to build up emerging economies like his home country…

The Benefits Of Rutgers’ Academic-Run EMBA Powerhouse

EMBA Spotlight: The Benefits Of Rutgers’ Academic-Run EMBA Powerhouse (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: January 17, 2023

Back before COVID sent most meetings to Zoom, Farrokh Langdana remembers interviewing a West Indies EMBA candidate in his office at Rutgers Business School. Across from him, the candidate froze. He just couldn’t talk. But Langdana saw something in the older man, and his resume was fantastic. Langdana, who grew up in Mumbai, India, picked…

EMBA Spotlight: How Cornell Johnson’s Program Is Uniquely Suited To The Moment (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: January 3, 2023

Three years and three days into one of the most disruptive decades in the history of business education, 2023 dawns with yet more turbulence ahead. Predictions range from an economic downturn at best to a full-on recession at worst. Hiring freezes and layoffs that rocked the tech industry throughout 2022 show no sign of slowing.…

Kellogg Announces 3 Major Changes To Its EMBA (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: November 16, 2022

With its formation of its global partnerships more than two decades ago and “pop-up” electives in cities like Lisbon, London, Singapore, and San Francisco that combined asynchronous and in-person sessions years before the pandemic, Kellogg School of Management has long been an innovator of the Executive MBA. The business school at Northwestern University recently announced…

EMBA Spotlight: The Columbia Business School Advantage (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: November 11, 2022

Brianna Day’s path to consulting was a bit unorthodox, to say the least. She studied pre-med at the University of Albany, where she also played Division I lacrosse, sure she was going to be a surgeon. She took a few required business classes in undergrad, but nothing beyond what was required. She spent hours in…

EMBA Spotlight: At UMN Carlson, A New Curriculum & Hybrid Option (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: November 4, 2022

Over the course of his 20-month EMBA program at Carlson School of Management, Darrin Hubbard sampled a variety of delivery formats: in-person, online, and virtual live via Zoom. Not by choice, necessarily. The pandemic closed the University of Minnesota campus for parts of his term and, for a time, remote class was the only option.…

NYU Stern’s Washington, D.C. EMBA Enrolls Its 5th Cohort (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 18, 2022

In 2017, when New York University’s Stern School of Business was preparing to launch a new Executive MBA in Washington, D.C., Fabrice Coles was just the type of professional the school hoped to target. Coles was a busy D.C. lawyer with a growing family of three small children. He worked for congressmen and senators, advised…

EMBA Spotlight: UW Foster’s Program Brings Students To Seattle’s Tech Mecca (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 17, 2022

Want to know what sets University of Washington’s Foster School of Business executive MBA apart from its competitors? Think like a realtor: Location, location, location. “Being positioned in Seattle, especially on the West Coast, our region is very tech focused. There are a lot of tech companies here. I think we have anywhere between 25…

EMBA Spotlight: TCU Neeley’s Promise – ‘ROI Starts Monday’ (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: September 29, 2022

There’s a motto emphasized in the executive MBA classrooms at Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business: “Class starts Friday. ROI starts Monday.” In the highly-personalized, small classroom setting, students work in teams to solve the real problems in their own companies, non-profits, or organizations. They are encouraged to take their lessons back to their…

A Decade After Its Split With Columbia, An EMBA That Is Uniquely Haas (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: September 27, 2022

For Richard Golfin III, the journey to a UC Berkeley Haas EMBA began with a mistake. As chief compliance and privacy officer and head of legal affairs at Alameda Alliance for Health, Golfin managed a large staff and had a demanding schedule. He needed an executive MBA program that would allow him to both show…

Total Cost At P&Q’s 2022-2023 Top-Ranked Executive MBAs (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 16, 2022

A reality check: If you’re thinking about an executive MBA, you’re looking at a heft investment. Even the least expensive programs from our latest EMBA ranking of the best U.S. programs will set you back at least $50,000. For the prestige of a premier program, and all the perks that come with it, you’re looking…

EMBA Spotlight: Emory Goizueta’s Pursuit Of Flexibility (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: September 22, 2022

Last month, The Wharton School shook up the Executive MBA market by becoming the first top-five program to offer an online MBA. Its new Global MBA For Executives will welcome its first cohort in May 2023, and students will complete three-fourths of the program in online synchronous sessions. The move is part of a larger…

2022 Best & Brightest Executive MBA: Kunal Cholera, U.C. Berkeley (Haas) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: July 30, 2022

Kunal Cholera University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business Age: 37 “Myself, Son, Husband, Father, Software Engineer, Technology executive, Teacher and Investor (in that order).” Hometown: San Francisco, California Family Members: Wife - Mimansa Cholera DDS,  pediatrics dentistry resident at UCSF and newly born son - Shiv Cholera - arrived last week during Haas…

2022 Best & Brightest Executive MBA: Jefferson Rogers, USC (Marshall) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: July 30, 2022

Jefferson Rogers University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business Age: 44 “People Strategist - Coach – Disney Magic Key holder focused on setting organizations up for success.” Hometown: Greenville, TX Family Members: Glenda Rogers (Mother), Kim Rogers & Leanne Pugh (siblings) Fun fact about yourself: I attended acting school full-time at the Neighborhood Playhouse…

2021 Best & Brightest EMBAs: Scarlett Zhang, University of Toronto (Rotman) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: September 4, 2021

Xijuan (Scarlett) Zhang Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto Age: 35 "Balance risks with returns" – Scarlett loves building business functions with a strategic and entrepreneurial mindset. Hometown: Chongqing, China Family Members: Aaron Wu (spouse), Lin Huang (mom), Shaohong Zhang (dad) Fun fact about yourself: Scarlett loves travelling with her family and exploring different…

2019 Best EMBAs: Nancy Mehan, Georgetown University (McDonough) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 2, 2019

Nancy Mehan    Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business “I am a mother and a physician. I am ambitious and excited to change the world.” Age: 40 Hometown: Great Falls, VA Fun fact about yourself: I’m working on my black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Almost there! Undergraduate School and Degree: Pennsylvania State University, Bachelor…

2017 Best EMBAs: Lori Wong, Wharton (San Francisco) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: June 2, 2017

Lori Wong The Wharton School “Global explorer, curious and driven.”   Age: OIder than I look! Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Family Members: Husband, parents, 5 sisters and 1 brother and 19 nieces and nephews     Fun fact about yourself: I share an office with the famous pharaoh, King Tut! (during the months when I’m…

Why Specialized Master’s Are Hot (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: October 2, 2019

For many mid-tier business schools, the last few years have been tough. The hyper growth of the MBA degree, making it the most popular graduate degree in the U.S., has long stalled. Some schools, including Wake Forest University and Simmons College, have recently pulled out of the full-time, on-campus MBA market after years of declining…

Firms Fill EMBA Gap After China Crackdown (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: October 2, 2019

To understand the problem facing Chinese business school executive MBA programs, look no further than guanxi. The word describes relationships in the political and business spheres, and if that were all it meant, it might not be an issue in the EMBA programs. But guanxi is not mere networking - it’s networking with benefits, with…

Wharton Preps Execs for Cuba Investment (NEWS)

By: Ethan Baron | Last Updated: January 6, 2015

If Fidel Castro still smoked his trademark cigars, he'd probably be choking on one now. The former Cuban dictator rose to power in a revolution driven in large part by opposition to U.S. investments in the country. And today, 55 years later, the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School announced the "Cuba Opportunity Summit: High Velocity…

UC Berkeley Rolls Out Revamped EMBA (NEWS)

By: Lauren Everitt | Last Updated: April 24, 2013

It's not very often that a top-tier business school gets an opportunity to overhaul its curriculum, design new courses, scrub a few others and rebrand itself, but that's exactly what's happened when University of California Berkeley-Haas parted ways with Columbia Business School to end the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA program in February 2012. The split resulted…

Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business (NEWS)

By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 19, 2012

Bentley University McCallum Graduate School of Business 175 Forest Street Waltham, Massachusetts 02452 Admissions: 800-442-4723 Email: Bentleygraduateadmissions@bentley.edu Website: http://graduate.bentley.edu/mba/pmba Apply Online: https://app.applyyourself.com/AYApplicantLogin/ApplicantConnectLogin.asp?id=bentley Designed with the working professional in mind, the Professional MBA program offers flexibility, choice, and the possibility of credit for prior academic work. The program accommodates the work schedule of part-time students, while also allowing for full-time…