The F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College has named Ursula Liff, M ‘09, winner of the 2008-2009 William G. McGowan Scholarship.
Babson’s William G. McGowan Scholar applicants must maintain a 3.0 grade point average and submit an essay. McGowan scholar candidates must demonstrate leadership ability, interpersonal skills, and involvement in academic, campus, and community activities. The award also recognizes intellectual curiosity, and a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurial potential.
“Ursula has earned this award! Her leadership has great impact on the Babson community. She has a solid record of academic achievement, a spirit of curiosity, and a commitment to community building,” said Karen Maccaro, chair of the selection committee and associate dean of the graduate school. “In a strong pool of candidates, the Committee found her to be the embodiment of the characteristics the McGowan Foundation seeks to recognize and reward.”
“Being named the McGowan Scholar means a tremendous amount to me,” says Liff. “I am very thankful to the Babson community, my teachers and my colleagues who have supported me throughout the year and pushed me beyond my own expectations.”
Liff, a first-year student in the Two-year MBA program, is the daughter of Stephen Liff of Jamaica Plain and the late Boston Park Commissioner, June Mee Liff. She earned a B.A. degree in drama and art history from Vassar College. She currently lives in Boston’s Back Bay.
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Donna Jean Kanner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Kanner of Chappaqua, NY, yesterday, he was married to Richard James McGowan, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. McGowan Jr. Morris Township, NJ The Rev. Philip Caruso, the ceremony at SS John and Mary Roman Catholic Church.
Pamela Ann Kanner was maid of honor. John W. 3d McGowan served as best man The bride, a student at Fordham University Graduate School of Business Administration, studied at Kenyon College, as the Bridegroom. His father is a Senior Vice President and Director of International Operations of Benton & Bowles, Inc., New York advertising
Babson Names Dennis Nations MBA Admissions Director
He received his MBA from Babson in 2003 and has a sales and marketing career background.
Nations says his recent experience as a student in the Babson MBA program will benefit applicants. I have lived through the program, and been able to see its relevance to the real-world. I know first-hand the power of the faculty and their experience. When I talk about Babson its from a position of knowledge and belief in the product.
Nations says he will use this background to bring a new direction to the Babson MBA Admissions
Goa Institute of Management provides application form for all students who want to take admission in various postgraduate programs for the academic year 2009 - 2011
Courses offered
PGDM
PGDM (PT)
Management Development Programmes
Eligibility criteria
(i) The Candidate should have passed in a three-year Bachelor’s degree from any recognized university
(ii) Candidates who will complete all requirements for the degree by 15th June 2009 may also apply.
Important dates
1. Admission notice in National Dailies September 2008
2. Filling of online application forms September 2008 to December 2008
3. Last date for online registration 3rd January 2009
4. Last date to make payment to a coaching centre 31st December 2008
5. Last date to receive DD / Receipt and
The Princeton Review has named Babson College MBA as one of its Best 290 Business Schools, according to the 2008 edition of the guide book (Random House / Princeton Review, $22.95, October 9). Babson is also among the Top 10 MBA programs for Greatest Opportunity for Women.
The Greatest Opportunity for Women is based on the percent of students who are female, the percent of faculty who are female, and student assessment of: resources for female students, how supportive the culture is of female students, whether the business school offers coursework for women entrepreneurs, and whether case study materials for classes
U.S. News & World Report magazine has ranked Babson College the #1 MBA program for entrepreneurship for the 15th year in a row.
Besides Babson, other top five entrepreneurship programs are Stanford University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan).
Additionally, U.S. News has ranked Babson's MBA program #48 overall.
The full rankings are available at www.usnews.com.
Babson has a rich history in the field of entrepreneurship studies:
* First course in entrepreneurship -- 1966
* First "hall of fame" for distinguished entrepreneurs -- 1977
* First academic center for entrepreneurship -- 1978
* First undergraduate entrepreneurship major -- 1979
* First endowed
Selected to receive a four-year undergraduate scholarship of $4,000 was Tiffany Gordon, a graduating senior from Salem Community High School. This year alone, the Illinois AMVETS Scholarship Program has awarded more than $113,000 in scholarships to graduating high school students.
Gordon will be entering the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign this fall to pursue a bachelor's degree.
The AMVETS Department of Illinois has been an organization of Veterans serving Veterans since 1945. Illinois AMVETS has been at the forefront of community and Veterans' service for the State of Illinois. Their goal is to improve the lives of the nation's Veterans
Institute of Petroleum Management, Gandhinagar (IPMG) invites application form for Admission in MBA (Focused on Oil & Gas Sector) program for Aspire candidate.
Courses Offered
Management
Economics
Supply Chain
International Geo-Political affairs,
Project Management
Oil & Gas Accounting & Finance
Laws-to mention a few areas of the Oil & Gas Sector.
Eligibility Criterion
(i) The candidate should have passed Bachelor’s Degree with 50% marks from any equivalent CGPA,
(ii) Candidates appearing for the final bachelor's degree / equivalent qualification examination can also apply.
IPMG uses CAT
(Common Admission Test, conducted by IIMs) score as an input for the admission process, which is
Tysons Corner loan originator awarded diversity scholarship to Campus MBA program
Option One Mortgage Corp. a national residential lender and subsidiary of H&R Block Inc., has chosen Scott Davis of Market Street Mortgage in Tysons Corner, to receive a Loan Originator Diversity Scholarship to the Campus MBA program in recognition of his outreach to diverse markets and communities.
Scotts commitment to educating consumers about the home-buying and lending process is commendable, said Larry Gilmore, vice president of Emerging Markets, Option One. We know many people are reluctant to make the commitment to homeownership because they may not fully understand the process.
MBA / BBA ADMISSION 2008 [Planning and Entrepreneurship Programme for Students/ Working Executives 2009-2012
For Students
Full Time Programme in Planning and Entrepreneurship 2009-2011
Eligibility: 20 years (Leading to an additional MBA degree*)
Full Time Programme in Planning and Entrepreneurship 2009-2012
Eligibility: 17 years (Leading to an additional BBA degree*)
For Working Executives
One Year Executive Programme in Planning and Entrepreneurship 2009-2010
Eligibility: Minimum of one year's work experience after graduation (Leading to an additional MBA degree*)
Centres:
Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Gurgaon, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Indore, Bhubaneshwar
Important dates
Last Date of Registration: 20th December, 2008.
Address
Indian Institute of Planning and Management
Chennai: IIPM Tower, 145, Marshall's Road, Egmore,
SSN School of Advanced Software Engineering, Off Chennai, India, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A., offers for the first time in India: Carnegie Mellon's Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) degree program with specializations in Software Engineering and Embedded Software Engineering.
The Program:
Fully residential MSIT degree program of one and a half years duration.
First year of SSN SASE, Chennai with core faculty and industry professionals.
Courseware and methodology provided by Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Remaining six months at Carnegie Mellon University, USA
MSIT degree conferred by Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Requirements
Minimum 60% score in graduate or post graduate degree in engineering or MCA
Valid
Tezpur University was established by an Act of Parliament in 1994. Institute invites application from of MBA and PhD program for Various Candidates.
Offered Courses:
MBA Programme (Two year full time)
Ph.D
Eligibility for MBA:
The Candidate should have passed a Bachelor’s degree from any recognized university with 50% marks
Eligibility for Ph.D.
(i) The candidate should have passed Master’s degree in Humanities and Social Science/Management Science/ Science/ Engineering /Technology from a recognized University. With 50% marks
(ii) The candidate who have done B.E/B.Tech are also eligible to apply for this programme lest they have got at least 80% marks as aggregate.
(iii) The candidates having a fellowship in
Five post-grad scholarships
Five former UT student-athletes -- Will Curtiss, a 1998-2001 baseball player, Jake Finlayson, UT tight end from 2001-04, Tim Nguyen, track shot put and hammer thrower from 2004-05, Will Overstreet, UT defensive end from 1998-2001 and Chris Robinson, a 2002-04 golfer -- were awarded post-graduate endowment scholarships to further pursue their education
Curtiss, a former Vol pitcher, received the Herman Hickman Memorial Scholarship, which will be used towards his final year of the MBA program.
Finlayson, who was Academic All-SEC in 2004, graduated with a degree in civil engineering and will be pursuing a masters in civil
MBA students to benefit from scholarships
The Urban Land Institutes (ULI) Arizona District Council has awarded scholarships to two W. P. Carey School of Business graduate students in the schools full-time MBA real estate specialization program. The two $2,000 awards are part of a new ULI real estate scholarship program for students at the W. P. Carey School and at ASUs College of Design.
This is the first year that ULI Arizona has awarded scholarships, according to Steve Gervais, chair of the ULI Arizona Scholarship Committee. Gervais said the institute created the scholarships to encourage top academic performers to pursue careers
One of the most significant trends sweeping the Indian management education domain is the significant importance being attached to prior work-experience of MBA candidates.
Overwhelming percentage of students at IIMs and other top-schools are candidates with some prior work experience.
In the fresh data shared by IIM-L with MBAUniverse.com, a whopping 89% of candidates admitted to the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) have some prior work experience. Significantly, just a year ago, only 50% of the batch admitted to PGP 2007-2009 were candidates with work-experience.
Informs IIM-L, “The total number of experienced students in 2007-2009 batch were 122 (50.41%) which has increased
Tsinghua Universtiy has won the 1st runner-up in the The mai Bangkok Business Challenge Sasin held in Bangkok during Feburary 25 to March 1, meanwhile it also won the award for Best Business Plan-Group B and the award for Best Presentation Group B.
Led by Associate Professor Zhang Wei from the Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tsinghua team consisted of four undergraduates: Wang Lu (Chemical Biology), Gong Siwei (Environment), Qie Yan(Electrical Engineering), Chen Xu (Economics and Management)and Hua Xin(Economics and Management). All of them have been admitted by master program 2009 of the Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Tsinghua