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  • Applications for Vanderbilt MBA program rise more than 13%

    Applications for Vanderbilt MBA program rise more than 13%

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on June 6th, 2013

    Businessweek recently identified several top-10 MBA programs that have seen increased applications this year following an uptick in overall testing volume reported by the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC) … Read More

  • New Dean Eric Johnson Brings Excitement to Owen

    New Dean Eric Johnson Brings Excitement to Owen

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on April 26th, 2013

    Most transitions of top leadership lead to angst — especially when your current leader (and, in this case, my boss) achieved so much. However, the opposite has been true throughout the Owen … Read More

  • Don’t Wait! Work to Change Your Status on the MBA Waitlist

    Don’t Wait! Work to Change Your Status on the MBA Waitlist

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on April 1st, 2013

    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 … Read More

  • Tim Murray: Global Economy, Middle East Stronger Than Media Portrayal

    Tim Murray: Global Economy, Middle East Stronger Than Media Portrayal

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on March 15th, 2013

    Vanderbilt alumnus Tim Murray (EMBA ’03), Chief Executive Officer of Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C (Alba), brought members of his executive team to meet with Owen students, faculty and administrators as part of a recent US … Read More

  • Vanderbilt MBA Ranks in Top-30 of U.S. News & World Report

    Vanderbilt MBA Ranks in Top-30 of U.S. News & World Report

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on March 12th, 2013

    Vanderbilt once again made it into the top-30 MBA programs as ranked this year by U.S. News and World Report. While that marks a slight decrease from last year, it simply reflects the volatile, horse-race nature of … Read More

  • Summer Business Programs Give Undergrads A Career Edge

    Summer Business Programs Give Undergrads A Career Edge

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on March 7th, 2013

    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. … Read More

  • Are you there God?  It’s Me, a Flailing First Year Recruit

    Are you there God? It’s Me, a Flailing First Year Recruit

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on February 19th, 2013

    On Monday, January 7, 2013, at approximately 4pm, I return home, sit down, and crack open a Coors Light, smiling at the blue “Super Cold” bar near the bottom of the can. The first day of Mod 3 classes is … … Read More

  • Nashville Notes: Cheap Eats, Mrs. Carter, Rembrandt

    Nashville Notes: Cheap Eats, Mrs. Carter, Rembrandt

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on February 18th, 2013

    THE CHEAP SHEET Mondays are “Pint Night” at The Flying Saucer – all pints $3.00! 2-for-1 craft beers at ML Rose in Sylvan Park every Wednesday All entrées are HALF OFF after 9pm (every night) at F. Scott’s … Read More

  • 7 Ways Women Can Make the Most of Their Careers

    7 Ways Women Can Make the Most of Their Careers

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on February 12th, 2013

    Corbette Doyle, a former risk management and financial executive and Chief Diversity Officer at Aon Corporation, who is now in her second career as a lecturer in workplace diversity and women’s leadership at Vanderbilt … Read More

  • Nashville: More Than Just Another ‘It’ City

    Nashville: More Than Just Another ‘It’ City

    by Owen Graduate School of Management on February 11th, 2013

    Between the Black Keys, Jack White, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood and others at the Grammys last night, it’s clear that Nashville has arrived. The New York Times said as much last month in an article about … Read More