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Anderson Days Recap

A-Days was a rousing success this past weekend, making it our most heavily attended preview weekend; we hosted close to 250 incoming students and significant others on campus. This great event is organized jointly by the MBA Admissions office and countless student and faculty volunteers who make it possible for us to provide a small [...]

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Achieving Success in Business School

If you’re thinking about applying to an MBA program or plan on enrolling in an MBA program this fall, Darden’s Assistant Dean for the Full-Time MBA program Wendy Huber offers helpful tips on how to achieve success in business school. In this podcast for the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, Wendy discusses: Differences between [...]

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Investment Advice from George Wyper ’84

The secret to investing success? There isn’t a single answer, according to George Wyper ’84, managing director of Royce and Associates and a member of the Yale SOM Board of Advisors, who spoke to a student audience at Yale SOM on March 25. The Career Development Office and the Development and Alumni Relations Office sponsored [...]

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Inspirational Speakers at the 2013 YCCI “Engaging Consumers in a Complex World” Conference

An open embrace of business complexity, of the connection between corporate and social sectors, is what drew me to Yale SOM. The 2013 YCCI Conference brought together students, professors, and marketing professionals to address a flattening global market and innovations in consumer engagement – key subjects for those of us interested in marketing.  With complexity [...]

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Wharton Women in Business Visit Days and Conference

In conjunction with Wharton Women in Business (WWIB), the MBA Admissions Office is excited to announce the upcoming Wharton Women in Business Visit Days this fall.  This is a chance for prospective female applicants to learn more about Wharton's many opportunities for leadership and its amazing community of women.  A full day of programming including a class [...]

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Goizueta Alum recalls Cadet Heroics | Atlanta-Journal Constitution

By: Julie Barefoot, Associate Dean of Admissions Atlanta-Journal Constitution | Sports | Friday, December 7th, 2012 In reading this article, I was reminded of the impact Patmon’s success as the kicker in this Army-Navy Game 20 years ago had on his MBA candidacy.  When Patmon applied to Emory’s MBA program 8 years after his graduation from [...]

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2011 Bloomberg Business Week rankings are out and Fisher EMBA moves up!

We are pleased to announce the Fisher Executive MBA program has moved up to #14 on the 2011 Bloomberg Business Week “Best EMBA program world rankings”.  Our world-class faculty and high-caliber students help us achieve national and international success among peer institutions.  Executive graduates say our curriculum is flexible, responsive, rigorous, and practical.  If you’re [...]

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Access Anderson: A Fantastic Event

Tuesday’s Access Anderson event was a huge success. We improved last year’s Los Angeles information Session to include the broader UCLA Anderson community. Over 200 registered attendees had a chance to speak with UCLA Anderson faculty, students, alumni, Center directors, and other staff members. Along with my colleague Regina Regazzi (Asst Dean, Parker Career Management [...]

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Dhanush of Kolaveri fame interacts with students at IIM-A

The PGP and PGPX students of the contemporary Film Industry Course at IIMA attended a lecture by Dhanush, the actor and producer of the upcoming movie 3, and Anirudh, the young 21 year old music director of ‘Kolaveri Di’. Dhanush and Anirudh, each spoke individually first and then fielded questions from the students. Dhanush started [...]

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Pursuing an MBA – The working professional Perspective

MBA is a career option which is highlighted a lot and is a dream career for a lot of students and working people. Different people have different views regarding an MBA degree but what allures most people towards pursuing an MBA can be described in three scenarios: Scenario 1 – The fat pay checks that [...]

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