The B-school offers EMBA students access to its career services office: Yes
The B-school allows its EMBA students to interview on campus with corporate recruiters targeting executives for full-time jobs: Yes
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
The B-school has awarded 1,093 executive MBA degrees, and 4,400 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 4,282 living MBA alumni, and 5 MBA clubs, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
75 EMBAs will graduate in 2001, compared to 122 EMBAs that graduated in 1996.
During the past 12 months, 6% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $100, and a mean gift of U.S. $167. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $4,800,000
Significant changes since 1999:
We changed from a weekly to an alternating weekend format. Our focus on Information Technology for Management (ITM) was integrated into all core classes.
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $5,100,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school launched its award-winning Catalyst intranet, a database-driven Web site that delivers classroom content. All assignments, grades, schedules, club activities, and support resources are posted on Catalyst. An Electronic Library was created and made available to all faculty members and students. The school upgraded its network infrastructure to deliver switched 10/100 Mb connections to each network port. Permanent laptops were installed in all classrooms for visiting lecturers and presentations. The schools e-mail system was upgraded to Microsoft Exchange and mailboxes were provided for all students, including e-mail forwarding for life to all graduates. The network operating system was upgraded. An extensive high-speed wireless network was installed in all public places and classrooms. The school's infrastructure was updated to include gigabit Ethernet from its server closet to the campus backbone and gigabit cards were installed in core servers. A dedicated ITM server that will provide classroom access to top-tier business applications was purchased. The school is also partnering with campus resources to provide live broadcasts and a video library of GSM classes, TA sessions, and guest speakers.
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