MBA News November 2007
COB MBA Named One of the Best 290 Programs in the World
Illinois State University's College of Business is once again one of the best choices for earning an MBA, according to the 2008 edition of Best 290 Business Schools, published by Princeton Review. Inclusion in Best 290 Business Schools highlights the quality of Illinois State's MBA program, which is one of 290 of the best AACSB-accredited MBA programs in the world. There are over 500 MBA programs in the world accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). "With more than 1,500 business schools offering MBA programs worldwide, we rank within the top 20 percent. More importantly the quality of our program is proven by the increasing number of successful alumni locally, nationally, and internationally," said College of Business MBA Director S.J. Chang.
Illinois State MBA students cited that they appreciate the "big university resources with a small classroom focus" that they find in the College of Business. Students surveyed also cited the personalized attention by faculty, strong networking with local and regional corporations, career placement services and the new, state-of-the-art College of Business Building as being major selling points for the MBA program. Illinois State's MBA program averages around 200 students, approximately three-fourths of whom are employed full-time and taking evening classes to complete their degrees. Although most of the students are drawn from around Central Illinois, about 15 percent of the students in the program are international.
Best 290 Business Schools is one of more than 200 Princeton Review books published by Random House. The line includes guides to the best colleges, law schools, medical schools and guides to college and graduate school admission exams. For more information visit www.princetonreview.com/mba.
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| Bob Crowell returned to campus as a featured speaker at Business Week 2006. |
Robert Crowell '95 Creates Endowed MBA Scholarship
The MBA Program received a $20,000 donation to establish an endowed scholarship from one of its alumni, Bob Crowell. Crowell, former Development Director at Horizon Wind Energy, has over 20 years of energy experience in the natural gas utility and independent power industries.
His expertise includes due diligence and asset purchase and sale negotiations; negotiation of interconnection agreements, land control agreements, financing term arrangements and other project related agreements; permitting, market assessment, strategic planning and project evaluation and analysis.
Crowell holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering and was the recipient of the Outstanding MBA Student Scholarship at ISU in 1995. Bob returned to campus to share his expertise with students as a featured speaker during Business Week 2006. Associate Dean Chang said details for awarding the Crowell scholarship are being finalized.
Exchange Opportunities with South Korea
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| Left to right: Dr. Junesuh Yi, Dr. Momar, Ndiaye, Dr. Byeong-Cheol Lee, Dr. Al Bowman, Dr.Charles McGuire, Dr. S. J. Chang |
On October 12th representatives from Dongguk's business school visited Illinois State University and ISU President, Al Bowman signed a memorandum of understanding for officially establishing exchange relationships between the two universities.
Details for the exchange programs will be discussed and agreed upon in the future. The College of Business welcomes these opportunities to send our students and faculty to Korea, one of the fastest-growing regions of the world.
08-08-08 Start Date
With the current on-campus, weekend Corporate MBA Program progressing nicely, the next iteration of the program is set to start August 08, 2008. Once again in partnership with the McLean County Chamber of Commerce, the program will offer MBA courses on an accelerated cohort basis. Contact the MBA Office at 309-438-8388 or email isumba@exchange.cob.ilstu.edu for more information.
