Upcoming Events
May 10 – Nashville
Graduate Celebration at Owen
(3 p.m.)
May 11 – Nashville
Owen Commencement
May 15 – Louisville
EMBA Information Session
(6 p.m.)
May 19 – Nashville
EMBA Preview Day at Owen
(8 a.m. – Room 204)
May 21-22 – Nashville
Executive Development Institute: Achieving Operational Excellence open enrollment program
(Room 204)
May 26-June 24 – Nashville
Accelerator–Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute at Owen
June 16 – Los Angeles
Baseball and Owen (Angels vs. Dodgers) alumni event, hosted by Patrick L. Ilabaca (MBA ’01)
June 20 – Minneapolis
Owen alumni event, hosted by Sam Graber (MBA ’01) and Gigi Abbadie (MBA ’93)
For complete event details, visit the new Owen Community Calendar.
Alumni F.Y.I.
Double '07: All annual, unrestricted gifts through June 30 will be matched by an anonymous donor, doubling your generosity. For more information call 615.322.0815.
Save the Date: Reunion/Homecoming 2007 will take place on October 12-13.
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From the Dean
The Rhythm of the Seasons
Owen is an organic, living community in which prospective students, current students and alumni come and go, learn and lead, succeed and prosper. These cycles repeat but never remain static. With each new season, we seek to improve our programs, our faculty, the caliber of our students, our connections with our alumni and our institution as a whole. And, every now and then the outside world takes note.
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Off the Presses
- Oasis Center VP Awarded Full Tuition to EMBA Program
- Owen Jumps 15 Places to No. 34 in U.S. News Rankings
- CEO Leads Accelerator Program at Owen
- Business and Faith: a Unique Partnership Inspires Future
Happenings
Visit the Happenings page on Owen's website to stay connected to the latest Owen events, speakers, competitions, and much more.
- OwenBloggers.com “The Movie” Debuts
- Alums Celebrated at “Magic of Business” Gala
- Walker Library Celebrates 25th Anniversary
- Owen Continues Impressive Run at Competitions
- Marketing Madness Spreads at Owen
- DSS Lands Wal-Mart and International Paper CEOs
- Owen Global Food and Cultural Festival a Hit
- First “Women in Business Symposium” a Success
Alumni Spotlight
The Owen 10
Vanderbilt MBAs prove golden for Goldman Sachs in Atlanta
If you hear someone in the Atlanta world of wealth management, especially at Goldman Sachs, speak of the “Vanderbilt Mafia,” don't worry. They're not talking about anything sinister. Rather, it's an acknowledgment that Owen is well represented in the Private Wealth division of Goldman's Atlanta office. So well represented, in fact, that 10 of the approximately 30 MBAs there earned their degrees from Vanderbilt.
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Faculty Spotlight
Teaching from the Tux School of Business
With Richard Willis, Accounting Is Seldom What Students Expect
Last fall, Professor Richard Willis showed up for the mid-term exam in Mgt. 311b (Managerial Accounting) sporting a tuxedo. He told his students that his festive attire was “to celebrate their knowledge.” Willis, an Associate Professor of Accounting, admits he enjoys throwing the occasional curveball, sartorial or otherwise, at his classes. "I just like to stir things up."
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Student Spotlight
Starting at the Bottom
Students Build ‘Pyramid’ Initiatives at Owen to End Global Poverty through Global Business
Today, it may seem unusual to think of capitalism and idealism in the same breath, but that combination is the animating force behind Project Pyramid, a student-led initiative at Owen to use business development, including microfinance, to end global poverty.
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