http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:21:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/new-dean-eric-johnson-brings-excitement-to-owen/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/new-dean-eric-johnson-brings-excitement-to-owen/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:12:20 +0000 Tami Fassinger http://5.323 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/new-dean-eric-johnson-brings-excitement-to-owen/feed/ 0 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/dont-wait-work-to-change-your-status-on-the-mba-waitlist/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/dont-wait-work-to-change-your-status-on-the-mba-waitlist/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:19:57 +0000 Tami Fassinger http://5.314 Okay, so it’s not the news you were hoping for: you were waitlisted for B-School. As a recent Businessweek article explained, this is the season when students are “buzzing with concern” about how to navigate the dreaded waitlist. But with a few smart moves, applicants can increase greatly the likelihood of getting out of what many people describe as a kind of purgatory. Here are a few tips: 1. Ask why you were waitlisted Just remember, if the Admissions Committee [...]]]> http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/dont-wait-work-to-change-your-status-on-the-mba-waitlist/feed/ 0 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/deanbradford/the-mba-is-alive-and-well/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/deanbradford/the-mba-is-alive-and-well/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:15:03 +0000 Dean Jim Bradford http://2.203 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/deanbradford/the-mba-is-alive-and-well/feed/ 0 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/cmc/comings-goings-for-mod-4/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/cmc/comings-goings-for-mod-4/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:31:38 +0000 Read McNamara http://17.50 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/cmc/comings-goings-for-mod-4/feed/ 0 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/tim-murray-global-economy-middle-east-stronger-than-media-portrayal/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/tim-murray-global-economy-middle-east-stronger-than-media-portrayal/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:43:48 +0000 Tami Fassinger http://5.299 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/tim-murray-global-economy-middle-east-stronger-than-media-portrayal/feed/ 0 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/vanderbilt-mba-ranks-in-top-30-of-u-s-news-world-report/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/vanderbilt-mba-ranks-in-top-30-of-u-s-news-world-report/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:09:03 +0000 Tami Fassinger http://5.288 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/vanderbilt-mba-ranks-in-top-30-of-u-s-news-world-report/feed/ 0 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/summer-business-programs-give-undergrads-a-career-edge/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/summer-business-programs-give-undergrads-a-career-edge/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:34:25 +0000 Tami Fassinger http://5.282 For college undergraduates — and recent grads — looking for a crash course in business skills to help land a job, summer bridge programs offer enormous benefits, as the Wall Street Journal reports in a story today. Designed for students whose colleges don’t have an undergraduate business program, summer business institutes like Vanderbilt’s Accelerator help round out a traditional liberal-arts education for employers seeking candidates with relevant business skills. At Vanderbilt, for example, students receive 100 hours of classroom instruction [...]]]> http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/summer-business-programs-give-undergrads-a-career-edge/feed/ 0 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/projectpyramid/ready-set-go/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/projectpyramid/ready-set-go/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:36:27 +0000 kstanton http://7.468 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/projectpyramid/ready-set-go/feed/ 0 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/vbintelligence/making-hospitals-safe-for-the-21st-century/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/vbintelligence/making-hospitals-safe-for-the-21st-century/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:20:24 +0000 Ryan Underwood http://10.111 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/vbintelligence/making-hospitals-safe-for-the-21st-century/feed/ 0 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/7-ways-women-can-make-the-most-of-their-careers/ http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/7-ways-women-can-make-the-most-of-their-careers/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:35:11 +0000 Tami Fassinger http://5.274 http://blogs.owen.vanderbilt.edu/tamifassinger/7-ways-women-can-make-the-most-of-their-careers/feed/ 0