Archive | March, 2013

South Africa: Land of Contrasts… and Hope

Though “land of contrasts” is a common description of both Africa as a continent and South Africa in particular, in retrospect, I don’t think it is possible to fully grasp the full import of that statement until you experience it yourself. At least, during the remainder of my International Experience there, the nonchalant juxtaposition of [...]

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First Day of Spring…?

According to our calendars, spring started on March 20 this year. Of course, up here we had fresh snow on the ground that day. It’s mostly melted by now, and daily high temperatures are creeping up into the 40s and even 50s so spring does seem to be making its way in, slowly. The fresh [...]

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A Perspective from Cyprus

A friend from Cyprus writes: Indeed the situation here is not good. We have major financial problems. Greece took us down the drain. Our banks lost about 4.5 billion euros from the haircut on Greek government bonds, 5 billion in non-performing loans from Greek operations of Cypriot banks, plus about 3 billion from a major blast at [...]

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Spring Break in the Upper Valley

While many of our fellow Tuckies and TPs spent their spring break on ski trips or traveling to far-flung countries like Japan, Israel, and many other amazing locations around the globe, we instead chose to stick around Hanover. It was so nice to have Zach home and able to relax after the intensity of school [...]

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Texas MPA is #1…Again!

The Texas MPA was ranked first in the nation for the seventh year in a row in the U.S. News and World Report’s survey of Best Graduate Schools! Visit our MPA rankings web page to learn about recent faculty accomplishments, highlighting the hard work that makes ours the top graduate accounting program in the country.

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BBAs Turn to Entrepreneurship

Bloomberg Businessweek’s recent article, “College Startups: The ‘New Master’s Degree,’” highlights the growing trend of undergraduate business students launching startups immediately after, or even before, graduation. The article features promising startups from top 20 undergraduate business schools, including Emory University’s Goizueta Business School undergraduate student venture, Campus Bubble. While the article acknowledges the challenges student [...]

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EMBA No. 15 in “World’s Best” by Poets & Quants

Emory University’s Executive MBA Program rose to No. 15 in the latest ranking by Poets & Quants. That’s up two places compared to last year. The Poets & Quants ranking of the World’s Best Executive MBA Programs measures the overall reputation of programs, combining rankings from Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, and [...]

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Notes from the Director: Round 2 Decision Release and Round 3 Update

Greetings from Philadelphia, With the close of March has come spring (finally!), and we hope that the weather stays after a last hurrah for winter and bout of snow earlier this week. In addition to the change in season, March also brought our Round 3 application deadline and the much-anticipated (from our end and yours) [...]

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Sports Marketing Q&A: March Madness

This year marks the 75th anniversary of March Madness and for the fourth time Atlanta will play host to the Final Four. Some fans may be regretting their bracket decisions, but two Emory University marketing professors are taking a different look at the teams. Dr. Michael Lewis and Dr. Manish Tripathi recently launched the website [...]

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Round 3 Application Due Tomorrow, 28 March

Darden’s Round 3 application is due at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time tomorrow (28 March 2013). If you encounter any technical difficulties, please sign-out of the application system and log back in. If this does not solve your issue, contact us at admissionstechsupport@darden.virginia.edu or call us at +1 434-924-1051. Good luck and we look forward to reading your [...]

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