Owen School
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Nine students selected as newest cohort of Bass Military Scholars
Among the nine new Bass Scholars, who are pursuing graduate and professional degrees across several Vanderbilt schools, are a former Army Ranger who served in combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, a Naval Academy graduate who flew jet fighter combat missions from an aircraft carrier, and two of the first female officers to serve in previously all-male Army field artillery units. Read MoreAug 27, 2020
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Future Partners: Owen School supporters commit more than $13 million toward Management Hall renovation and expansion
A group of prominent Vanderbilt University alumni and supporters has committed more than $13 million toward an extensive renovation and expansion of Management Hall at Owen Graduate School of Management. Read MoreJun 23, 2020
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Ask an Expert: How can negotiating help with your expenses?
Ray Friedman, Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Professor of Management and professor of organizational studies, discusses how consumers may negotiate to help with their personal expenses. Read MoreMay 30, 2020
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VU alumni’s startup empowers refugees with financial security
How can the world’s roughly 70 million forcibly displaced people, who may not have access to smartphones or the internet, access and secure their finances with ease? That’s one of the questions that Vanderbilt alumni Tori Samples and Nat Robinson teamed up to answer with their startup company, Leaf Global Fintech. Read MoreMay 29, 2020
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Deadline to apply for Vanderbilt Executive MBA program is May 31
The Vanderbilt Executive Master of Business Administration is a 21-month program designed for working professionals already in or aspiring to executive leadership roles. The deadline to apply and be considered for scholarships for the upcoming term is Sunday, May 31. Read MoreMay 26, 2020
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Why Less Is More: Former ‘Survivor’ contestant Kelly Goldsmith on how helping others can help yourself
Goldsmith, now an associate professor of marketing at Vanderbilt, explains what behavioral research has taught us about how scarcity affects our thinking and our actions. Read MoreFeb 17, 2020
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Career Booster: New student-athlete business fellowship launched
The Accelerator® Business Fellowship for Student-Athletes is a two-week certificate program that gives participants the opportunity to take foundational and advanced courses from renowned faculty, learn directly from business executives, and collaborate on team projects that devise real-world business solutions. Read MoreFeb 17, 2020
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All-Stars: Dynamic educators and researchers join Vanderbilt’s distinguished faculty
This fall Vanderbilt welcomed its newest faculty members to campus, and their impact is already being felt, both in the classroom and through their wide-ranging research. Read MoreNov 7, 2019
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Reunion Revelry: Weekend draws more than 4,800 alumni and guests to campus
The beauty of Vanderbilt’s campus was on full display Oct. 18–19, as more than 4,800 alumni and guests celebrated Reunion and Homecoming Weekend. Read MoreOct 24, 2019
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Call of Duty: Q&A with Gary H. Cheek
Gary H. Cheek, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, joined Vanderbilt in April to direct the newly created Bass Military Scholars Program, established in 2018 with a $25 million gift from the Lee and Ramona Bass Foundation. Read MoreMay 23, 2019
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The Bank That Built the Owen School: A small but mighty Nashville investment bank played a vital role in founding Vanderbilt’s business school
Equitable Securities Corp., a municipal bonds dealer founded in Nashville during the Great Depression, helped launch what eventually became Vanderbilt's Owen Graduate School of Management. Read MoreSep 6, 2018
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Gary D. Scudder: Strategic Management
An expert on new product development and strategic planning, Gary D. Scudder, James A. Speyer Professor of Production Management and professor of operations management, died June 13 in Nashville. He was 65 years old. Scudder came to Owen in 1990 from the Carlson School of Management… Read MoreSep 6, 2018
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Welcomed Change: Shirley M. Collado, BS’94, is transforming Ithaca College—and higher education—in her new role as president
Collado represents a distinct departure from earlier presidents at Ithaca. For one, she is the first person of color to head the college—in fact, she is the first Dominican–American in the history of higher education to lead any four-year institution. Read MoreNov 21, 2017
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Markets Master: Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman, MBA’93, charts the future of finance
As CEO, Adena Friedman has laid out a bold vision to build upon Nasdaq’s foundational legacy as a leading provider of the technology that powers financial markets. It’s an ambitious goal that could transform Nasdaq—and exchanges around the world—for years to come. Read MoreMay 29, 2017
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Obituary: J. Dewey Daane, Giant of Finance
An international monetary expert and one of the most esteemed economic minds of the last century, J. Dewey Daane died Jan. 3 in Nashville at the age of 98. Read MoreMar 7, 2017
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Teaching Touchstones: New Product Design and Development
For the past 15 years, David Owens, professor of the practice of management and innovation at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management, has taught a course on New Product Design and Development, designed primarily for MBA candidates and engineering undergraduates—but available to any students with an interest in the subject. With the recently opened makerspace at the Wond’ry, this year marked the first time the class was able to spend most of its time actually building and refining prototypes rather than taking in lectures and PowerPoint slides. Read MoreMar 7, 2017
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Policy Prescriptions: Melinda Buntin Brings Washington Expertise to Vanderbilt’s Department of Health Policy
With a greater focus on how the health care system functions, particularly in the wake of the 2009 Affordable Care Act, Vanderbilt has adjusted its own research and teaching programs surrounding public health and health policy. Read MoreMay 12, 2016
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#Vandygram: Spring 2016
Plenty of notable personalities visited Vanderbilt this past spring or showed some love to Commodore Nation on social media—and sometimes both. Read MoreMay 12, 2016
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Vanderbilt mourns Taylor Force
The Vanderbilt community is mourning Taylor Force, 28, a student at the Owen Graduate School of Management who was killed in a terrorist attack March 8 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Read MoreMar 11, 2016
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A Plan for All Seasons: Vanderbilt Explores Land-Use Plan That Drives Its Mission
With the completion of several major projects in recent years like The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons, the Student Life Center, Warren and Moore colleges—along with the new Engineering and Science Building, now nearing completion—Vice Chancellor for Administration Eric Kopstain says several factors make this is an ideal time to embark on a new land-use plan. Read MoreFeb 29, 2016