Advanced Accounting, 4th ed., New York: Wiley & Sons, 2009. By Debra Jeter, Associate Professor of Accounting, and Paul Chaney, the E. Bronson Ingram Professor of Accounting Managing Projects: A Team-Based Approach, Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2010. By Nancy Lea Hyer, … Continued
The Owen School held its first-ever Welcome Owen Well (W.O.W.) event during new student orientation in August. The event, which was held in the lobby of Management Hall, welcomed members of the Class of 2012, who entered the building and … Continued
The EMBA Class of 2010 made history by raising more than $140,000 toward its class gift. Not only is it the largest amount ever raised by an EMBA class, but it is also the first time in Owen history that … Continued
The CityOwen program is led by alumni around the country and provides value through networking opportunities, updates on the school and featured faculty or staff presentations. The program also helps strengthen the relationship between Owen and local communities in areas … Continued
When Margaret and Jim Brunstad, both MBM’75, arrived at Owen in fall 1973, little did they know that their paths would soon merge, sending them in a direction that has been unpredictable at times but enjoyable all the same. “We … Continued
When Todd Jackson, BA’96, EMBA’08, joined Cumberland Consulting Group as Director of Operations this past spring, it signaled a new chapter in the company’s growth. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based firm, which assists health care providers in choosing and implementing electronic medical … Continued
A team of students from the Owen School came in first place at the 2009 National MBA Human Capital Case Competition, hosted by Vanderbilt last fall. The competition included teams from 10 of the top graduate schools nationwide. The winning … Continued
Bruce Cooil, Dean Samuel B. and Evelyn R. Richmond Professor of Management, co-authored a paper that won the Best Practitioner Presentation Award at the 2009 Frontiers in Service Conference held in Honolulu last fall. Cooil was part of a research … Continued
Last fall the Owen School and Korn/Ferry International announced a partnership to provide Vanderbilt MBA students access to the same rigorous leadership assessment and ongoing professional-development training Korn/Ferry provides to C-suite executives of the world’s top organizations. The alliance—the first … Continued
A team from the Owen School captured first place and the grand prize of $5,000 on March 19 in the Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition at Tulane’s Freeman School of Business. This is the third time a team … Continued
Jim Bradford was reappointed Dean of Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management in December for a five-year term, effective July 1, 2010. “Jim has worked tirelessly over the past five years to promote the Owen School to a variety of … Continued
A team of MBA students from Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management took second place this winter in the University of Texas at Austin National Real Estate Challenge, a prestigious MBA case competition. The team members were second-year MBA students … Continued
Woodrow “Woody” Lucas, MBA’07, MDiv’07, a doctoral student at the Owen School, wasone of only two recipients of a Ph.D. Trailblazer Award for 2009 from the National Black MBA Association at the annual meeting in New Orleans last fall. Lucas, … Continued
Jon Lehman, Associate Dean of Students, (left) with MBA candidates and fellow scooter commuters Jarod Pardue, Mark Harris, BS’03, PhD’09, and Darcy Lincoln
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