CAREERS
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? No
School policy:Only students who are "self-funding" are eligible to visit the Career Management Center for any career services.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
The B-school has awarded 1122 executive MBA degrees, and 5,760 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 5,696 living MBA alumni, and 10 MBA clubs throughout 4 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
62 EMBAs will graduate in 2003, compared to 55 EMBAs that graduated in 1998.
During the past 12 months, 20% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $355, and a mean gift of U.S. $100. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million between Jan. 2001 and Oct. 2003, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $142,211,033
PROGRAM CHANGES
Significant changes since 2001:
Incresased emphasis on team-learning. Added "Launching the Entrprise" in place of e-commerce, as practicum in internal and external entrepreneurship. (More information in the school's general comments below)
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $2,000,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
In Aug, 2000 the school introduced a wireless laptop program - one of the first in the country. All students are required to participate in this program and the entire school, including classrooms, study areas, faculty offices, library, outdoor courtyard (Starbucks across the street) is covered by our wireless network. The school has implemented a sophisticated intranet that provides access to web based course material, threaded discussion boards, virtual chat and online library databases. The intranet also provides student clubs and admin. offices the capability to share information, announcements, email distribution lists and threaded discussion boards with the Owen community. The intranet also provides Owen alumni with access to selected faculty courses, "communities of interest" and closer ties with current students. Owen recently upgraded its video conferencing capabilities to enable corporate executives to make "virtual" visits to classrooms. The school is an early adopter of new technologies and has adopted a strategy of standardizing on the same hardware and operating systems enabling us to stay current with the lastest business applications.
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